Manager, Enterprise Media Solutions

A+E Global Media offers a work environment where employees collaborate in office 3 times per week. New hires must be commutable to one of our current office locations in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Stamford, CT. Please refer to the job description for any specific division requirements. Division StoryA+E's Technology team is deep-rooted in the heart of our business. We have great people and great technologies, and together we take on the toughest challenges. As innovators, we choose to iterate, pivot, and adapt quickly. We've reinvented the way A+E leverages technology to produce and sell world-class content. We've modernized our core solutions and embraced a cloud first approach. Perched on the virtues of our "Technology Code", we make technology better, create solutions together, and most of all, we have fun with it. Our team members are motivated individuals who help each other do remarkable things every day. Together we deliver best-in-class solutions that transform the way A+E works. If this sounds like something you want to be a part of, we want to hear from you!Job Description THE ROLE: Manager, Enterprise Media Solutions This role is responsible for managing platforms, workflows, and technical delivery supporting media asset management, post-production collaboration, content preparation, packaging, and distribution to non-linear consumer platforms. This role combines product and platform ownership, business analysis, project delivery, vendor management, and operational accountability. This role will establish priorities, coordinate cross-functional work, translate business needs into actionable technical plans, and advance API integrations, automation, workflow scripting, reporting, and operational data analysis. The role will collaborate closely with Operations, Engineering, IT, business units, and vendors to deliver reliable and scalable media solutions. The role will also guide product roadmaps, supervise testing and production readiness, hold vendors accountable for delivery and service performance, and evaluate emerging technologies that improve how content is created, managed, discovered, and distributed. MORE OF WHAT YOU'LL DO: Manager, Enterprise Media Solutions * Delivery Leadership, Prioritization & Service Management - Lead initiatives across the Enterprise Media Solutions portfolio. Establish priorities, coordinate workstreams, remove blockers, manage risks and dependencies, and maintain clear ownership and escalation paths. Drive responsive platform support, disciplined project execution, operational accountability, and continuous service improvement. * Platform Ownership, Product Roadmaps & Vendor Accountability - Own the strategy, roadmap, lifecycle, and service health of enterprise media platforms supporting MAM, post-production, content preparation, packaging, and delivery. Prioritize enhancements, manage vendor relationships, hold vendors accountable for commitments, service levels, quality, issue resolution, and roadmap delivery, support contracts, CAPEX and OPEX budgets, forecasting, and financial planning, and ensure platform investments align with business priorities. * Business Analysis & Workflow Transformation - Partner with business and technology stakeholders to assess new services and product launches, gather requirements, analyze current- and future-state workflows, and translate operational needs into clear technical plans. Identify opportunities for automation, integration, process improvement, data quality, and measurable productivity gains. Use APIs, Python-based automation, workflow scripting, reporting, and operational data analysis to improve workflows and inform decisions. * Project Delivery, Testing & Operational Readiness - Provide delivery oversight from discovery through implementation. Ensure requirements, use cases, acceptance criteria, test plans, documentation, training, and support models are complete. Supervise UAT, de