About the Role
DAZN is reshaping how the world consumes live sport. As VP Production Operations, you will be at the forefront of our broadcast output, ensuring the seamless execution of live and on-demand productions, from planning and logistics to delivery. This role is critical in ensuring live productions run smoothly, cost-effectively, and to world-class standards across the DAZN broadcast chain.
Responsibilities
- Define DAZN's productions footprint in North America, consistent with DAZN's global approach.
- Innovate broadcast methods to increase engagement and the value of DAZN's offering.
- Participate in the strategic development of DAZN in North America.
- Oversee all aspects of production operations including studio and remote production planning, budgeting, resourcing, and delivery.
- Collaborate with editorial, engineering, facilities, and external vendors for smooth operational workflows.
- Develop and maintain production schedules across multiple time zones and territories.
- Manage production budgets and ensure financial controls, cost tracking, and reporting.
- Own relationships with key third-party suppliers and ensure service levels and performance meet DAZN’s standards.
- Ensure compliance with health and safety, legal, and broadcasting regulations.
- Support live event readiness, ensuring all production assets, personnel, and systems are in place.
- Act as a bridge between local content teams in North America and DAZN’s global operations.
Requirements
- 10+ years’ experience in international content operations, production operations within live sports broadcasting or high-volume production environments.
- Proven leadership and people management skills across multi-disciplinary teams.
- Editorial judgement in Sports content at Executive Producer level.
- Strong understanding of production workflows, technical systems, studio operations, and remote production models.
- Proven experience with budget management and cost-control systems.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, live environment with strong decision-making under pressure.
- Exceptional organisational skills and attention to detail.
- Experience working with scheduling, resource, and media asset management tools.
Location
- US - New York
Work Type
- Permanent
- Full Time
Experience Level
- 10+ years
Salary/Compensations
- $170,000 - $200,000
Benefits
- Access to DAZN
- Up to 15 days of paid time off
- Health benefits (including dental & eye care)
- Sick time package
- Parental leave offering
- Voluntary benefits (such as basic life term, personal accident and short and long-term disability covering)
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Family friendly community
- Learning and development resources
About the Company
- DAZN is reshaping how the world consumes live sport, delivering thousands of hours of top-tier events to millions of fans every year across 200+ countries.
- We are investing in innovation across every area of the business — including how we produce and deliver content.
- Join a collaborative, high-performance culture that thrives on energy, efficiency, and excellence.
Equal Opportunity
- As part of our recruitment process, we may use automated or AI-supported tools to assist with application review and screening. These tools are used to support, not replace, human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are always made by our hiring team.
