Manager, Sports Media Operations

Company Description

VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four core markets: political news and opinion, business news and personal finance, golf, and sports and genre entertainment. These markets are served through a powerful portfolio of iconic and innovative brands, including CNBC, MS NOW, USA Network, Golf Channel, Oxygen, E!, SYFY, and Versant's sports division USA Sports, along with complementary digital assets including Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow and GolfPass.

Job Description

Versant Media is seeking a highly organized and operationally focused Manager, Sports Media Operations to support the day-to-day management, movement, storage, and preparation of non-live sports content across the organization. This role is ideal for a collaborative media operations professional with experience supporting content workflows, post-production operations, and media asset coordination in fast-paced sports, news, or entertainment environments.

The Manager will work closely with Sports Media Operations, Post Production, and Ingest/Storage teams to ensure reliable and efficient content workflows while supporting ongoing process improvements and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

Content Management & Operations

• Manage the day-to-day workflows supporting the ingest, movement, storage, editing, and delivery of non-live sports content.
• Coordinate media asset handling across production and post-production environments to ensure timely and accurate content availability.
• Support media lifecycle operations including ingest coordination, file transfers, editorial handoffs, archive requests, and content delivery.
• Monitor workflow performance and escalate operational issues impacting production timelines or content accessibility.
• Maintain operational documentation, workflow procedures, and best practices for media handling and asset management.

Workflow Support & Process Improvement

• Support the ongoing optimization of non-live content workflows to improve operational efficiency, reliability, and scalability.
• Partner with engineering, post-production, and storage teams to support the rollout and adoption of new tools, workflows, and operational processes.
• Assist in evaluating workflow challenges and identifying opportunities for process improvements and operational streamlining.
• Help maintain consistent and reliable workflows across edit platforms, cloud storage systems, and file transport technologies.
• Stay informed on emerging media workflow technologies and operational trends relevant to sports production environments.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Serve as a primary operational liaison between Sports Media Operations, Post Production, and Ingest/Storage teams to ensure smooth workflow coordination and communication.
• Work closely with internal stakeholders to understand content priorities, production schedules, and delivery requirements.
• Coordinate with technical and operational teams to resolve workflow issues and support production continuity.
• Communicate workflow status, operational risks, and support needs to department leadership as needed.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in media operations, content management, or post-production environments within sports, news, or entertainment organizations.
• Strong understanding of non-live production and post-production workflows.
• Experience supporting media workflows involving edit platforms, cloud or hybrid storage systems, and file transport technologies.
• Familiarity with media asset management (MAM) systems and digital content workflows.
• Strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and support fast-paced production environments.

Preferred Skills

• Experience supporting sports content operations or high-volume media environments.
• Familiarity with cloud-based and remote post-production workflows.
• Experience coordinating workflows across editorial, ingest, and storage teams.
• Knowledge of media file delivery, archive operations, and content movement processes.
• Experience with media workflow platforms and technologies such as Avid, Adobe, EVS, Dalet, Signiant, Aspera, or similar systems.

Additional Information

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with a VERSANT Media employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. VERSANT Media's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to candidateaccessibility@versantmedia.com.

VERSANT Media is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. We include a good faith pay range for each position to comply with applicable state and local pay transparency laws and to promote equity across our organization. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, experience, and location and may include additional forms of compensation and benefits such as health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, etc.

VERSANT Media is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at VERSANT via-email, the Internet, or in any form and/or method without a valid written Statement of Work in place for this position from VERSANT's Talent Acquisition team will be deemed the sole property of VERSANT. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by VERSANT as a result of the referral or through other means.