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Director, Product Sports – Programming
NBCUniversal. Lead product strategy, design, integration, and evolution of the data architecture powering sports viewing experiences .
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in sports data architecture and integration, focusing on translating complex data into user-friendly digital experiences across various platforms. Proficient in collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance metadata accuracy and usability in sports viewing contexts.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Sports Data ArchitectureProgramming Data SystemsData Integration and InterpretationInternational Sports Data ModelsCloud-Based Data Platforms
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Hard Skills
Data IngestionData ProcessingData MappingMetadata ArchitectureProgramming Metadata PlatformsData APIsXMLJSONGraphQLAI-Assisted Metadata Enrichment
Soft Skills
CollaborationCommunicationStrategic ThinkingProblem SolvingUser Experience Focus
Tools & Technologies
OBS Data ServicesSportradarStats PerformOptaGenius SportsGracenote
Industry Keywords
Sports TechnologiesDigital Sports ProductsBroadcast WorkflowsCompetition OperationsOlympic Games Technology
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesCloudGraphQL
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead product strategy, design, integration, and evolution of the data architecture powering sports viewing experiences
- Translate complex data feeds into scalable, reliable, and fan-friendly digital experiences across web, mobile, connected TV, and emerging platforms
- Define and own sports data architecture solutions across multiple digital products
- Serve as subject matter expert for international sports data ecosystems
- Partner with Product, Engineering, and UX teams to translate complex sports datasets into intuitive user-facing experiences
- Own the strategy and roadmap for programming metadata platforms, from data ingestion and processing through distribution across digital products
- Ensure programming data is accurately mapped to and integrated with NBCUniversal's metadata models and platform architecture
- Serve as subject matter expert for programming data, including data providers, linear schedules, content taxonomy, and metadata architecture
- Align external data providers, internal stakeholders, and engineering teams to improve metadata coverage, accuracy, and usability
- Collaborate with engineering, product management, design, editorial, and operations groups to ensure accurate presentation of sports and programming information
Requirements
What you’ll need- Extensive experience working with sports data platforms, sports technologies, or large-scale digital sports products
- Deep knowledge of international sports data models, event structures, schedules, athlete metadata, statistics, and results systems
- Experience integrating and interpreting complex programming data feeds
- Strong understanding of programming data systems, broadcast workflows, and competition operations
- Experience translating technical data structures into customer-facing experiences
- Direct experience with OBS data services, Olympic Games technology programs, or IOC information systems preferred
- Experience with ODF, BDF, XML, JSON, GraphQL, and sports data APIs preferred
- Experience with data providers such as Stats Perform, Sportradar, Opta, Genius Sports, Gracenote, or equivalent preferred
- Knowledge of Olympic and international federation competition formats preferred
- Experience supporting large-scale live sporting events preferred
- Familiarity with cloud-based data platforms and modern data engineering practices preferred
- Experience with AI-assisted metadata enrichment, content tagging, and sports data discovery preferred
Benefits
Comp & perks- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Pension
- Paid leave
- Tuition reimbursement
- Other discounts and perks
- Bonus eligibility
- Long-term incentive eligibility