Broadcast Connectivity & Media Transport Manager

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Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
In-Office
Senior level
Sports • Esports
The Role
The manager designs and supports media transport systems, drives operational excellence, leads projects, and fosters team development for seamless live broadcasts.
Summary Generated by Built In

The Best Players Need the Best People.

The Connectivity and Transport Manager is a technical leader, accountable for the seamless delivery and continuous improvement of media connectivity at PGA TOUR Studios. This role drives operational excellence, designs and supports resilient delivery systems, and delivers innovative solutions that enhance audience experience and advance business growth. As a key architect of connectivity strategy, the manager ensures future-ready media transport across all platforms.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • 5+ years of broadcast engineering experience, including live production in medium to large media or remote facilities.

  • Advanced knowledge of SMPTE 2110 standards and workflows.

  • Expertise in video compression, codec optimization, and workflow integration.

  • Proven experience designing, implementing, and supporting end-to-end media transport systems.

  • Proficient in all major streaming and transport protocols.

  • Experience leading technical teams or projects.

  • Strong project management and communication skills.

  • Customer service mindset with a positive, adaptable attitude.

  • Preferred: AWS/cloud certifications; experience with remote workflows, AI-driven automation; networking background and certifications.

  • Passion for golf and sports broadcasting a plus.

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Design, implement, monitor, and support end-to-end media transport systems for live video, audio, and data across broadcast, IP, and cloud networks.

  • Support connectivity for live events, remote productions, and central broadcast facilities.

  • Manage encoders, decoders, multiplexers, satellite downlinks, and cloud gateways.

  • Implement and test redundancy strategies, including primary/backup paths and failover systems.

  • Foster a culture of continuous learning and professional growth by providing guidance, training, and support to other engineers and cross-functional colleagues.

  • Lead knowledge-sharing initiatives, such as workshops, documentation sessions, or technical reviews, to elevate team capabilities and encourage collaboration.

  • Support onboarding and development of new team members.

  • Collaborate with internal operations, engineering teams, and vendors to resolve technical issues and optimize workflows.

  • Maintain accurate documentation of network diagrams, IP assignments, and signal paths.

  • Provide budget inputs and deliver to agreed cost/quality/schedule.

  • Assist in departmental operations, including staffing, budgeting, and professional development.

  • Deliver to agreed-upon KPIs and SLAs (e.g., uptime, latency, incident response time).

  • Manage vendor relationships, to ensure all deliverables and service level agreements (SLAs) are consistently achieved.

  • Participate in incident response and escalate issues to senior management as needed.

  • Drive continuous improvement in connectivity processes and systems.

  • Participate in on-call rotation; flexibility in shift work required (weekends, holidays, evenings, nights).

  • Special projects as assigned.

Top Skills

AWS
Codec Optimization
Smpte 2110
Streaming Protocols
Video Compression
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The Company
Ponte Vedra Beach, , FL
3,208 Employees

What We Do

By showcasing golf’s greatest players, the PGA TOUR engages, inspires and positively impacts our fans, partners and communities worldwide.

The PGA TOUR, headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, co-sanctions more than 130 tournaments on the PGA TOUR, PGA TOUR Champions, Korn Ferry Tour, PGA TOUR Latinoamérica, Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada and PGA TOUR Series-China. Members on the PGA TOUR represent the world’s best players, hailing from 29 countries and territories (93 members are from outside the United States). Worldwide, PGA TOUR tournaments are broadcast to 212 countries and territories in 23 languages. Virtually all tournaments are organized as non-profit organizations to maximize charitable giving.

In 2019, tournaments across all Tours generated a record $204.3 million for local and national charitable organizations, bringing the all-time total to more than $3 billion. To learn more about the positive impact the PGA TOUR has on the communities in which we play, please visit www.pgatour.com/impact.

Fans can follow the PGA TOUR on PGATOUR.COM, the No. 1 site in golf, on the PGA TOUR app and on social media channels, including Facebook, Instagram (in English, Spanish and Korean), LinkedIn, Twitter, TikTok, WeChat, Weibo, Toutiao and Douyin.

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