Streaming Technology Expert

2 months ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Paramount Pictures Full time

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Technology Manager to join our Product Technology & Operations leadership team at Paramount Pictures. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced, commercially driven product technology team, alongside a number of other technology specialists and supplier partners.

About the Role

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the design and development of the core systems responsible for delivering our content to our audiences across a growing range of digital platforms and devices. This will involve working closely with our internal teams, including our video product team, and acting as a primary relationship manager with our infrastructure development partners.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead, mentor and inspire a team of technology professionals, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning
  • Support solutions managers in the delivery of platform solutions
  • Act as an authority consultant to broader team
  • Develop and implement a comprehensive technology strategy that aligns with the company's objectives and supports its growth
  • Work with operational teams to ensure products are designed to be supported operationally, helping to define support processes and the handover from development/integration to operational readiness
  • Point of contact for the architecture of VoD delivery systems, providing technical consultancy to internal teams and external suppliers through documentation and workshops and where necessary help with hands-on investigation and solve operational problems and incidents
  • Gather and analyse business requirements in liaison with internal and external colleagues to design, deliver and iterate best fit online video solutions that are in line with our product roadmap and longer term technology strategy

Requirements

  • Computer Science, Software Engineering or very similar technical subject qualification
  • Self-motivated and highly organised, able to work well within a team, be flexible and handle time effectively against competing pressures
  • Commercially focused, with an awareness of the impact of technology decisions on business priorities
  • Must have led teams in the technology solutions space
  • Experience of software development, particularly based on web/internet technologies with use of APIs and service-orientated architectures (SOA) highly desirable
  • Experience of agile application development processes including definition of stories and acceptance criteria
  • Deep knowledge of VOD workflows and OTT delivery, including video encoding/transcoding, streaming protocols and DRM/content security schemes
  • Understanding of the principles of origin hosting, the use of content distribution networks and other distribution/caching techniques, with hands on experience with an open-source stack (LAMP or similar) and knowledge and experience of cloud based systems essential
  • Experience with multi-device/multi-platform services and vendors (e.g. web/ mobile/set-top box/ television)
  • Extensive knowledge of the streaming sector, its evolving technologies, partners, pitfalls and benefits

About Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures is an award-winning public service broadcaster and the UK's third latest commercial TV station, reaching 3 in 4 of the UK viewing public each month. The channel has a diverse schedule of original programmes across genres including issue-led documentaries, popular factual, accessible history, stunning natural history, inclusive entertainment and reality, top level sport, high quality scripted programming, headline-grabbing current affairs and critically acclaimed children's and news programming.

Equal Opportunities Employer

Paramount Pictures is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, and Veteran status.

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