Head of Information Technology & Broadcast
Al Jazeera Media Network is seeking a highly experienced and dynamic Head of Information Technology & Broadcast to oversee the availability, operational stability, efficiency, and security of AJMN’s corporate and broadcast infrastructure in Washington, DC, and throughout the Americas.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the Broadcast Infrastructure, LAN network, IT systems, and corporate services to ensure seamless operations.
- Lead the department to meet or exceed key performance targets.
- Drive process optimization initiatives across the organization in DC.
- Maintain and implement industry best practices for Technology Operations.
- Leverage emerging technology trends in Broadcast, Digital Products, Networking, Enterprise Systems, Information Security, Service Desk, and Cloud to enhance workplace efficiency and innovation
- Go above and beyond to sustain world-class operational and editorial experience.
- Uphold and enforce adherence to established processes and documentation standards, as well as meeting business demands in a timely and professional manner in accordance with the agreed-upon OLAs and SLAs. This would include leading, mentoring, evaluating, and developing technology teams.
- Establish relationship with technology partners, which may include suppliers, vendors, service providers, headquarter teams and other regional hubs and teams with diverse backgrounds.
- Ensure that the AJMNs LANs, Systems, Broadcast Systems, Corporate Applications and Datacenter's meet the needs of Aljazeera and are maintained according to world‐class standards and efficiency.
- Ensure that IT Operations and Broadcast Operations run well defined and implemented Service Management processes.
- Manages the operations of an Infrastructure platforms, including server, storage, databases, middleware, and network, as well as applications and systems which directly support the end‐user environment.
- Ensure the adoption of effective policies, procedures, tools, techniques and plans relating to systems service level management activities.
- Ensure compliance with organizational, IT, security and architecture policies and standards.
Education:
- Bachelor or higher in IT, Broadcast or equivalent filed
- Industry certifications such as: o Projects Management, ideally, PMP Certified o IT Service Management, ideally, Certified ITIL4 Managing Professional / Expert / ISO/IEC 20000 o Information Security, ideally, Certified CISSP / Certified Information Systems Security Professional o Operational Excellence and Quality Management, ideally, Certified LSSBB / Lean Six Sigma Black Belt o Agile Software Development methodologies, ideally, SCRUM Product Owner. o Governance and Data Protection Regulations, ideally, COBIT Assessor / OneTrust Privacy Professional
Qualifications:
Proven leadership experience within the TV ecosystem, with a strong focus on highly scalable, mission-critical media solutions.
Deep understanding of technology trends across the Broadcast industry and related fields.
Ability to drive continuous improvements by integrating new technologies and best practices.
Bilingual candidates fluent in both English and Arabic are strongly preferred.
Experience:
- minimum 12 years in relevant domain
- minimum 10 years in a News/Sports/Entertainment channel in similar systems
- atleast 6 years in a team lead role
