Operations Technical Manager

The OpportunityVersant is seeking an experienced Operations Technical Manager to help shape the future of our production and technical operations ecosystem. This role serves as a critical connector between Production, Engineering, and Technical Operations, ensuring seamless execution of live, studio, streaming, and remote productions across multiple platforms.The Operations Technical Manager combines deep technical expertise with operational leadership to support high-profile productions, optimize workflows, implement emerging technologies, and drive operational excellence across the organization. This individual will partner closely with production leadership, engineering teams, technical operators, and external vendors to ensure reliability, scalability, and innovation throughout the production lifecycle.Why This Role MattersAs media workflows continue to evolve across linear, streaming, cloud-based, and remote production environments, this role plays a key part in advancing Versant's technical capabilities and operational effectiveness. The successful candidate will help deliver exceptional audience experiences while driving efficiencies, modernizing workflows, and enabling collaboration across multiple business functions.Work EnvironmentThis position is based in Los Angeles, California and requires regular onsite presence to support studio operations, control room activities, production planning, and live event execution. What You'll DoAct as the primary liaison between Production, Engineering, and Technical Operations teams, ensuring alignment, communication, and successful execution across all phases of production. Lead technical planning, operational readiness, transmission coordination, and production support for live, studio, remote (REMI), and streaming productions. Provide technical leadership and hands-on support across control room, studio, transmission, and digital production environments. Partner with engineering teams to support system enhancements, infrastructure initiatives, workflow modernization efforts, and implementation of emerging technologies. Drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance efficiency, increase reliability, reduce operational complexity, and optimize production costs. Provide advanced troubleshooting and operational expertise across routing, intercom, audio, video, replay, graphics, transmission, streaming, and production systems. Support cloud-based, hybrid, and remote production workflows while helping scale future-ready production capabilities. Manage technical vendors, budgets, production resources, documentation, and operational planning activities. Support production leadership and directing teams during live and recorded productions, helping ensure flawless technical execution.