Diversified Communications

Vice President, Media Solutions Architecture

Diversified Communications$150K — $200K *
Media
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in broadcast engineering or media systems integration.
  • 5+ years of leadership experience with technical teams.
  • Deep expertise in media workflows and signal transport.
  • Proven trusted advisor to clients and executives.
  • Strong understanding of the entire project lifecycle.
  • Ability to influence outcomes through consultation.
  • Excellent communication skills in diverse environments.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage Senior Solutions Architects in media and live-production.
  • Serve as senior advisor for media project phases.
  • Collaborate with Sales to shape media strategies and validate approaches.
  • Establish technical direction for media architecture and performance requirements.
  • Provide oversight to ensure solutions align with best practices.
  • Assign and prioritize tasks for the architecture team.
  • Act as escalation point for complex engineering challenges.
  • Stay abreast of evolving media technologies and translate them for teams.

Benefits

  • Multiple medical plan options and dental/vision plans.
  • Company paid life, disability insurance, and EAP.
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependents.
  • 401k with employer match.
  • Paid Time Off and paid holidays.
  • Voluntary benefits, including critical illness and pet insurance.
  • Commuter benefits and more.
Full Job Description
How You'll Contribute:

The Vice President, Media Solutions Architecture (VP Media) is responsible for providing senior technical and advisory leadership for all media, broadcast, and live-production projects. This role leads a team of Senior Solutions Architects and serves to direct the organization's most senior subject-matter authority for media-related system architecture, solution strategy, and technical consultation.

Reporting to the Vice President - Tech Ops, the VP Media operates primarily in a consultative capacity-advising clients, Sales, Engineering, and Project Teams on complex media solutions while guiding internal technical direction on task assignments. This role supports design engineers to create media solutions that are technically sound, scalable, operationally viable, and aligned with both client objectives and Diversified delivery capabilities.

What You'll Do:
  • Lead and manage a team of Senior Solutions Architects specializing in media, broadcast, and live-production systems.
  • Serve as the senior technical advisor for all media-related projects, providing guidance during presales, design, and delivery phases.
  • Partner with Sales and client stakeholders to shape media system strategies, validate technical approaches, and support complex pursuits.
  • Establish technical direction and advisory guidance for media system architecture, signal flow, timing, synchronization, redundancy, and performance requirements.
  • Provide consultative oversight to Design Engineering and Project Teams, ensuring media solutions align with best practices and operational expectations.
  • Assign and prioritize advisory and solution architecture tasks across the media solutions architecture team.
  • Act as the primary escalation point for complex or high-risk media engineering decisions and challenges.
  • Collaborate with support roles like Project Support Engineering, Programming, and Configuration & Commissioning leadership to ensure media designs are executable and commissionable.
  • Stay current with evolving media, broadcast, and IP-based production technologies, translating industry trends into practical guidance for clients and internal teams.
  • Contribute to the development of media-specific standards, reference architectures, and best practices in coordination with Engineering leadership.
  • Approves media system architectures and technical approaches for complex or high-profile projects.
  • Determines advisory engagement level and task assignment for Senior Solutions Architects.
  • Evaluates technical risks associated with media systems and determines mitigation strategies.
  • Guides tradeoffs between performance, complexity, cost, and operational sustainability.
  • Determines when media-related technical issues require escalation to executive engineering leadership.
  • External partnership with:
    • Client executive and technical stakeholders
    • Media, broadcast, and production technology manufacturers
    • Strategic media and broadcast partners or consultants


What You'll Bring:

Education & Certifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience


Required Skills/Qualifications:
  • 10+ years of experience in broadcast engineering, media systems integration, or live-production environments.
  • 5+ years of experience leading senior technical professionals or solutions architecture teams.
  • Deep expertise in media workflows, signal transport, timing, synchronization, and redundancy.
  • Proven ability to act as a trusted technical advisor to clients and executive stakeholders.
  • Strong understanding of the full project lifecycle from pre-sales through commissioning.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence technical outcomes through consultation rather than direct control.
  • Excellent communication skills for executive, client-facing, and cross-functional environments.


Desired Skills/Qualifications:
  • AVIXA CTS-D, CTS-I, or equivalent broadcast-related certifications.
  • Experience supporting stadiums, arenas, broadcast studios, or enterprise media environments.
  • Expertise in IP-based media transport and advanced broadcast architectures.
  • Experience developing technical standards or reference architectures at scale.


What We Offer:

Along with competitive compensation, you will be eligible for the following benefits:
  • Multiple medical plan options to suit your family's needs
  • Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans
  • Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance, and Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)
  • Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
  • 401k with Employer Match
  • Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
  • Voluntary Benefits: Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Pet Insurance, Homeowners and Auto Insurance, Supplemental Term and Dependent Life and AD&D, and Legal Services
  • Commuter Benefits
  • And much more

To learn more about becoming part of the Diversified team, visit us at our career siteor email us at [redacted].

About Diversified Communications

Diversified Communications is a media company that operates in the technology, healthcare, commercial marine, and business communities. The company produces trade shows, conferences, and publications that bring together industry leaders and professionals. Diversified Communications has been in business for over 70 years and has a global presence with offices in the United States, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom.
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800 employees
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1949

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