Vice President, Media Solutions Architecture
What You’ll Do:
- Lead and manage a team of Senior Solutions Architects specializing in media, broadcast, and live‑production systems.
- Serve as the senior technical advisor for all media-related projects, providing guidance during presales, design, and delivery phases.
- Partner with Sales and client stakeholders to shape media system strategies, validate technical approaches, and support complex pursuits.
- Establish technical direction and advisory guidance for media system architecture, signal flow, timing, synchronization, redundancy, and performance requirements.
- Provide consultative oversight to Design Engineering and Project Teams, ensuring media solutions align with best practices and operational expectations.
- Assign and prioritize advisory and solution architecture tasks across the media solutions architecture team.
- Act as the primary escalation point for complex or high‑risk media engineering decisions and challenges.
- Collaborate with support roles like Project Support Engineering, Programming, and Configuration & Commissioning leadership to ensure media designs are executable and commissionable.
- Stay current with evolving media, broadcast, and IP‑based production technologies, translating industry trends into practical guidance for clients and internal teams.
- Contribute to the development of media‑specific standards, reference architectures, and best practices in coordination with Engineering leadership.
- Approve media system architectures and technical approaches for complex or high‑profile projects.
- Determine advisory engagement level and task assignment for Senior Solutions Architects.
- Evaluate technical risks associated with media systems and determine mitigation strategies.
- Guide tradeoffs between performance, complexity, cost, and operational sustainability.
- Determine when media‑related technical issues require escalation to executive engineering leadership.
- External partnership with: Client executive and technical stakeholders; Media, broadcast, and production technology manufacturers; Strategic media and broadcast partners or consultants.
What You’ll Bring:
Education & Certifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
Required Skills/Qualifications:
- 10+ years of experience in broadcast engineering, media systems integration, or live‑production environments.
- 5+ years of experience leading senior technical professionals or solutions architecture teams.
- Deep expertise in media workflows, signal transport, timing, synchronization, and redundancy.
- Proven ability to act as a trusted technical advisor to clients and executive stakeholders.
- Strong understanding of the full project lifecycle from pre‑sales through commissioning.
- Demonstrated ability to influence technical outcomes through consultation rather than direct control.
- Excellent communication skills for executive, client‑facing, and cross‑functional environments.
Desired Skills/Qualifications:
- AVIXA CTS‑D, CTS‑I, or equivalent broadcast‑related certifications.
- Experience supporting stadiums, arenas, broadcast studios, or enterprise media environments.
- Expertise in IP‑based media transport and advanced broadcast architectures.
- Experience developing technical standards or reference architectures at scale.
What We Offer:
Along with competitive compensation, you will be eligible for the following benefits:
- Multiple medical plan options to suit your family's needs
- Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans
- Company‑paid Basic Life, AD&D, Short‑Term and Long‑Term Disability Insurance, and Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)
- Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- 401k with Employer Match
- Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
- Voluntary Benefits: Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Pet Insurance, Homeowners and Auto Insurance, Supplemental Term and Dependent Life and AD&D, and Legal Services
- Commuter Benefits
- And much more
Equal Opportunity Employer
Diversified is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. All aspects of employment will be based on job requirements, individual qualifications, merit, performance, and business need. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. We believe in fair and equitable hiring practices and strive to create an environment where all individuals feel valued and empowered.
Accommodation for Applicants with Disabilities
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