Vice President, Content Delivery Networks

USD 245000 - USD 340000 - yearly Company Description NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our global theme park destinations, consumer products, and experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through our powerhouse film and television studios, including Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Animation, and Focus Features, and the four global television studios under the Universal Studio Group banner, and operate industry-leading theme parks and experiences around the world through Universal Destinations & Experiences, including Universal Orlando Resort, home to Universal Epic Universe, and Universal Studios Hollywood. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. Visit www.nbcuniversal.com for more information. Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.

The Media Group at NBCU supports a powerhouse collection of consumer-first brands including Peacock, NBC, Bravo, NBC Sports, and NBCU International. With unequalled scale, our teams make the most out of every opportunity to collaborate and learn from one another. We’re always looking for ways to innovate faster, accelerate our growth and consistently offer the very best in consumer experience. But most of all, we’re backed by a culture of respect. We embrace authenticity and inspire people to thrive. The Vice President, Content Delivery Networks will be part of the Global Video Engineering organization and will be responsible for overall strategy, design, and execution of content delivery for our OTT products. The Vice President will oversee a team of CDN, Data and Software engineers who are subject matter experts in next generation distribution, who will ensure the fidelity, quality, and availability of our delivery network for the benefit of our global audiences.

Technical Expertise Devise and execute Content Delivery Strategy to deliver current and planned media products & events at necessary performance & scale. Attract and retain a multi-national team of subject matter experts to deliver strategy. Develop relationships and engage with partner ISPs & telco industry to ensure performant access. Collaborate with procurement teams to manage key vendor commercial relationships. Ensure technology decisions supporting strategy are made from the latest market research of vendors and competition. Engage with Legal and Finance teams to negotiate vendor contracts and manage budgets. Conduct Short/long term technology evaluations (e.g. multicast, p2p, hybrid/ISP CDNs, deeper distribution, self-build CDN) Involvement in E2E technology planning, product governance and regulatory/legal matters. Own the end-to-end CDN roadmap, including capacity planning, performance optimization, resiliency, cost efficiency, and future-state architecture across global streaming products. Set and govern CDN reliability, quality, and performance standards, ensuring measurable KPIs and SLAs for availability, latency, startup time, rebuffering, and overall viewer experience. Lead incident readiness and operational excellence for high-profile live events and peak traffic moments, including escalation protocols, risk mitigation, and