Project Engineer

NBCUniversal’s Data Operations team is looking for enthusiastic, goal-driven, proactive, and resourceful individuals to support innovation in our Ad Platforms and Operations One-Platform group. One-Platform is the collection of all NBCU’s data-driven, advanced advertising products, including data-driven linear, addressable, OTT and digital channel advertising products. Within our group we promote a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their unique abilities, experiences, and views. We believe that our varied backgrounds help us work better together, make smarter choices, and deliver better business results.

You will support the Director on the Advanced Data Operations team and incorporate digital and convergent data tactics and strategies to ensure operational efficiency of audience-targeted ad products.

In addition, you will work with the other members of the Data Operations team to streamline communication and optimize the workflow between the core internal teams, as well as data vendors, to ensure success and growth.

Areas Of Responsibility Include, But Are Not Limited To

• Leverage coding and programming skills to analyze various datasets in order to build target audiences, provide insights and analysis on audience data and platform usage, and support data products requiring custom outputs from our pool of datasets.
• Work with venders to ensure audience targets are delivered and available for the execution of targeted campaigns across all platforms including digital, addressable, and data-driven linear.
• Partner with the digital leads within the larger Ad Sales group to provide data operations guidance, help develop new operational workflows to streamline convergent projects, and assist with troubleshooting.
• Utilize a broad spectrum of analytic tools and databases to identify key metrics, trends and insights that effectively position NBCUniversal ad products and services to clients
• Help manage vendor relationships, including identifying and testing ways to leverage their platforms and data for offline and online data convergence.
• Provide project management and tracking support to the overall data team to make audience-targeted campaign operations, new data-targeted product implementation, and troubleshooting processes more efficient.
• Pull reports and build dashboards to support internal teams with data insights.
• Assist in evaluating data vendors’ contribution to campaign fulfilment as well as our data products to ensure efficient sourcing of audience data.
• Collaborate with Engineering and IT teams to ensure that the implementation of new data products is optimized for data operations use and document new use cases, enhancements, and bugs.
• Keep abreast of the rapidly-evolving technologies and trends in the TV and digital realms and build a thorough understanding of the media and advertising ecosystem and its key

Requirements

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields, or equivalent work experience.
• 3+ years of recent experience supporting live production, post-production, or master control environments.
• Must be willing to work evenings, overnights, weekends, holidays with little or/no notice depending on production schedules.
• Must be willing to travel on an as-needed basis.
• Fluency in English (with fluency in Spanish desired).

Desired Characteristics:

• Expertise with a broad range of technologies, especially systems and technologies used for live production.
• Dedication to building and maintaining a stable, high-performance technical environment.
• Strong understanding of IP & SDI based infrastructures and software-based systems.
• Expertise in enterprise systems, including broadcast and production hardware-based systems, virtualized systems, post-production, playout, and graphics production (live and non-live).
• Ability to assist project initiatives to include, capital planning, reporting on engineering progress and execution of primary project initiatives.
• Proven ability to manage multiple, urgent priorities simultaneously.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong customer service skills and professionalism.
• Close collaboration with both clients at the local facilities and peers across the Operations and Technology groups.
• Ability to provide clear, decisive feedback while being prepared to pivot or change course when appropriate.
• A high tolerance for stress, work well with others, and provide a supportive attitude for all colleagues.
• Ability to interface effectively with multiple levels of management, ranging from senior executives to business unit managers and third parties.

Additional Requirements:

• Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week.