Senior Manager, Broadcasting

About This Role

This Senior Manager role is a significant and strategic liaison position, providing support to all US and Canadian national and regional broadcast rights holders, NHL Clubs, and internal departments. The position involves managing day-to-day operational landscapes, strengthening relationships, and ensuring business objectives are met or exceeded, particularly in television production, operations, content sharing, and new broadcast technology integration.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a key department representative and liaison between the thirty-two NHL Clubs and all television and radio rights holders
• Support the production operations of rights holders during the regular season, playoffs, and at all League tentpole events
• Maintain day-to-day relationships with US and Canadian national television production contacts
• Support NHL Radio rights holders' production plans at NHL games and tentpole events and ensure the daily upload of audio highlights to NHL content platforms
• Serve as the lone on-site department representative at NHL games while providing production coordination and support
• Assess rights holder broadcast equipment placement and camera position setups at NHL games to adhere to broadcast operations standards and guidelines
• Pre-screen audio acquired by national rights holders’ wireless microphones and locker room footage in consultation with Club PR directors
• Make independent decisions to resolve conflicts during critical, time-sensitive situations amongst multiple parties while providing detailed communication updates for senior management
• Monitor and support rights holder team access requests throughout the season and at League events, assisting Club PR directors with interview logistics
• Provide rights holders with information and assets that highlight NHL initiatives throughout the year
• Manage the daily distribution of NHL content to broadcast rights holders
• Assist with the creation and distribution of arena broadcast camera maps throughout the regular season and playoffs
• Create weekly programming schedule grids and department assignment schedules
• Coordinate content and arrangements for the annual NHL Broadcast Meetings
• Create and maintain a portfolio of broadcast talent and best practices
• Provide quality control support and editorial intervention for NHL broadcasts
• Other miscellaneous / departmental related duties, as assigned

Requirements

• 5+ years of television and/or radio production and operations experience, preferably in sports
• Ability to carry out detailed instructions and multitask in a fast-paced environment

About the Company

Founded in 1917, the National Hockey League (NHL) is the premier professional ice hockey league in the world and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. With more than 1500 employees across the US and Canada, the NHL is a global sports and entertainment organization committed to building healthy and vibrant communities using the sport of hockey.