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 theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

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.

Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company ('Versant') comprised of most of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.

Job Description

NBCUniversal’s Data Operations team is looking for enthusiastic, goal-driven, proactive, and resourceful individuals to support innovation in our Ad Platforms and Operations One-Platform group. One-Platform is the collection of all NBCU’s data-driven, advanced advertising products, including data-driven linear, addressable, OTT and digital channel advertising products. Within our group we promote a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their unique abilities, experiences, and views. We believe that our varied backgrounds help us work better together, make smarter choices, and deliver better business results.

This position will support the Sr. Director on the Advanced Data Operations team and incorporate digital and convergent data tactics and strategies to ensure operational efficiency of audience-targeted ad products.

In addition, the Director position will work with the other members of the Data Operations team to streamline communication and optimize the workflow between the core internal teams, as well as data vendors, to ensure success and growth.

Areas Of Responsibility Include, But Are Not Limited To:

Leverage coding and programming skills to analyze various datasets in order to build target audiences, provide insights and analysis on audience data and platform usage, and support data products requiring custom outputs from our pool of datasets.Work with venders to ensure audience targets are delivered and available for the execution of targeted campaigns across all platforms including digital, addressable, and data-driven linear.Partner with the digital leads within the larger Ad Sales group to provide data operations guidance, help develop new operational workflows to streamline convergent projects, and assist with troubleshooting.Utilize a broad spectrum of analytic tools and databases to identify key metrics, trends and insights that effectively position NBCUniversal ad products and services to clientsHelp manage vendor relationships, including identifying and testing ways to leverage their platforms and data for offline and online data convergence.Provide project management and tracking support to the overall data team to make audience-targeted campaign operations, new data-targeted product implementation, reporting, and troubleshooting processes more efficient.Pull reports and build dashboards to support internal teams with data insights.Assist in evaluating data vendors’ contribution to campaign fulfilment as well as our data products to ensure efficient sourcing of audience data.Collaborate with internal technical teams including Product, Data Asset Management, Engineering, and Tech teams to ensure that the implementation of new data products is optimized for data operations use and document new use cases, enhancements, and bugs.Keep abreast of the rapidly-evolving technologies and trends in the entertainment industry and develop a thorough understanding of the media and advertising ecosystem and its key players.

Qualifications

Qualifications/Requirements:

BA/BS degree required, preferably in a quantitative field of study5+ years of professional experience in media, digital advertising, technology or financial servicesExperience with programming languages including SQL, Python, Scala, Databricks, Spark and/or cleanroom environments.Strong logic and analytical skills leveraging visualization tools to convey insights and trends pertaining to audience data and its usage.Familiarity with traditional TV measurement (Nielsen) and digital attribution methodologies.Experience in managing and collaborating with small high-performance teams.Familiarity with DMPs/CDPs and FreeWheel MRM/ad servers.Strong organizational and project management skillsAbility to take ownership of open-ended problems, document business requirements, manage timelines, and drive projects to completion.Customer service orientation (internal and external customers)Highly self-motivated and entrepreneurial spirit; intellectually curiousFamiliarity with both online and offline data sources and available linkages.Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills - collaborative and positive spirit is key!Self-starter with the capacity to deliver on multiple projects, contribute new ideas, meet tight deadlines, engage in meetings, and be decisive under pressure.Candidates must submit a resume/CV through www.nbcunicareers.com to be considered.

Desired Characteristics:

MS/MBA preferred in a media, business, or quantitative field of studyDigital campaign management, analytics and research, and ad ops experience, or TV and addressable advertising experience is highly desirable.Familiarity with programmatic operations and cross channel measurementFamiliarity with current privacy regulations and practices within the industrySolid understanding of the advanced advertising landscape in terms of how data is leveraged and linked within and across platforms for both targeting and measurement purposes

Additional Information:

Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week.

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website.

Salary range: $130,000 - $200,000 (bonus and long-term incentive eligible)

Additional Information

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal'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 [email protected].