About The Role
The Netflix XD Operations team is seeking a Design Program Manager to join our XD Team within our Live On Air Creative division. You will establish and optimize the projects, processes, and pipelines for all visual touchpoints across our premium live broadcasts. This is a role for a heavy hitter who can drive complex projects from early concept to on-site execution under the high-pressure demands of live events.
You will partner with creative leads, tech teams, cross functional partners, and external production vendors to ensure our live presentation sets the gold standard for sports and entertainment.
Travel Requirement:Monthly travel required both US national and international including holiday travel due to live + events that occur year round.
Orchestrate Live Operations: Drive the organization, resourcing, and prioritization for premium live event graphics packages and studio design systems.
Master the Timeline: Map out and manage complex, concurrent production schedules for multiple major events without breaking a sweat.
Manage the Books: Handle line-item project producing, tracking creative deliverables at the artist level while managing technology and production budgets.
Bridge Design and Tech: Establish clear workflows for technical playout requirements, ensuring assets function flawlessly in real-time broadcast environments.
Own the Truck Environment: Lead on-site graphics integration from remote production trucks, managing real-time changes and troubleshooting under live-to-air pressure.
Build Trusted Partnerships: Act as the primary operational liaison for internal cross-functional teams, external vendors, and executive stakeholders.
Protect the Creative: Safeguard the design process by giving artists the time, space, and clear parameters needed to build elite visual packages.
Description of Background
The biggest live stages do not rattle you, and the most ambitious deliveries are just another Tuesday. You have deep technical knowledge of how broadcast graphics sit, breathe, and play out in real-time, remote environments. You can speak fluent artist, fluent engineer, and fluent executive all in the same meeting.
Scale and Presence: You have spent a decade guiding high-end productions and know how to keep a steady hand when millions of eyes are watching.
Broadcast Fluent: You are deeply familiar with the unique constraints, terminology, and workflows of live remote trucks and studio control rooms.
Fiscal and Operational Muscle: You have a proven track record of managing complex creative budgets, vendor contracts, and resource allocations.
On-Site Agility: You are comfortable traveling to events, managing on-site production personnel, and communicating clearly across all levels of a live crew.
Industry Experience & Must-Haves
10+ years of experience overseeing creative production teams and partnering with design leadership in high-profile live sports or entertainment environments.
Deep operational knowledge of traditional sports broadcasting, studio environments, and real-time graphics playout platforms.
Proven track record managing tech pipelines, budgets, and contractual relationships with premium external partners.
Global perspective with experience executing major live events both domestically and internationally.
Expert communication skills with the ability to navigate matrixed corporate structures and deliver crisp updates to premium stakeholders.
An ego-free approach to leadership, meaning you welcome candid feedback, learn quickly from misses, and focus entirely on the success of the team.
Generally, our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $260,000.00 - $370,000.00. This compensation range will vary based on location.
Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. See more details about our Benefits here.
