HBS
You’ve probably watched a ⚽ football game at some point in your life.
Well, if it was a World Cup match, it’s highly likely that it was filmed and produced by the HBS team
HBS in a few words:
Host Broadcast Services, fully owned by Infront Sports & Media, is a specialist host broadcast organization, originally established with the core mandate of producing the television and radio signals for the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups™.
Based in Switzerland, with its planning headquarters in Paris, Miami, Zug, and London. The company has evolved since its formation in 1999 and built upon its unique capabilities by attracting expert personnel from the very top levels of the television industry to complement the experienced staff who have honed their skills over previous FIFA World Cups™.
Why we open this position? The Technical Program Manager ensures the smooth implementation and operation of Post Production workflows supporting Stadium Entertainment at the FIFA World Cup 26™. The role focuses on coordinating across FIFA Entertainment, HBS teams, and external suppliers to align requirements, manage expectations, and deliver reliable solutions. A key responsibility is to ensure that ingest, editing, and content distribution workflows run seamlessly, meet quality standards, and are delivered on time to support world‑class event delivery.
Oversee the implementation of editing, ingest, and distribution facilities at the venues in line with project requirements and timelines.
Coordinate across internal teams, workflow specialists, IT, and external vendors to ensure operational readiness.
Track schedules, milestones, and reporting to guarantee availability ahead of matchday operations.
Support the recruitment, onboarding, and management of technical operational staff.
Provide operational guidance to ensure teams follow workflows consistently.
Act as the escalation point for technical and workflow issues during live operations.
Live Operations & Support Serve as the technical and operational lead for ingest and distribution during live match days and ceremonies.
Monitor pipelines in real time and coordinate issue resolution under time‑critical conditions.
Maintain communication between edit suites, ingest operators, gallery teams, and technical support.
Documentation & Reporting Develop and maintain SOPs, workflow documentation, and operational records.
Provide daily operational updates and incident/risk reports.
Lead post‑event reviews and contribute to continuous improvement for future events.
Is it really for me? 5+ years of Program, Project, or Product Management experience.
Experience with production workflows, particularly in:
Asset management and content delivery for fast turnaround use cases.
Adobe creative tools including Premiere, After Effects, Illustrator.
Workflow orchestration and ingest‑to‑edit pipelines.
Transcode and content conversion processes.
File delivery workflows, including accelerated and cloud‑based distribution.
Strong understanding of processes and frameworks needed to deliver large‑scale, complex projects with multiple stakeholders.
Proven ability to meet deadlines while balancing multiple priorities and handling short‑notice changes.
Comfort with ambiguity but ability to dive into technical detail when required.
Background working at a broadcaster, service provider, or major event organiser in a relevant technical capacity.
Experience managing RFPs, contracts, budgets, and supplier relationships.
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