Director, Media Systems Engineering & Support at FOX Corporation in Los Angeles, CA

Job description

OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY FOX Entertainment With a legacy spanning nearly 40 years, FOX Entertainment is one of the world’s most recognizable media brands and a leading global creator of multi-genre content across broadcast, streaming, digital and emerging platforms. Known for its independent, innovative spirit and bold storytelling, the company is committed to reaching audiences where they are through a platform- and format-agnostic approach to developing, testing and scaling intellectual property worldwide. FOX Entertainment consists of three core business units. The FOX Television Network, which encompasses its flagship linear platform and streaming partnerships with Hulu and FOX One, is home to hit series including The Simpsons, The Masked Singer, Doc, Memory of a Killer, Fear Factor: House of Fear, The Floor and Hell’s Kitchen. FOX Entertainment Studios, operates the in-house scripted and unscripted studios behind series such as Animal Control, Best Medicine, The Faithful, and The Way Home, as well as Bento Box Entertainment with animated hits such as Hazbin Hotel and Krapopolis; Studio Ramsay Global with Next Level Chef, Gordon Ramsay’s Secret Service and Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars; entertainment studio TMZ; and the independent film label Tideline. FOX Entertainment Global is the company’s worldwide content sales and distribution arm. As part of its evolution into a modern next-gen studio, FOX Entertainment is expanding its digital storytelling ecosystem with investments across vertical video with Holywater, Chain’s experiential storytelling, podcasting with Meet Cute, a two-way content pipeline with HarperCollins Publishing, and creator-led formats through the newly formed FOX Creator Studios. Through these strategic initiatives, the company is investing earlier in emerging ideas and new forms of audience engagement, while maintaining the ability to grow successful concepts into premium franchises across broadcast, streaming and global platforms. A prolific content creator and production partner, FOX Entertainment collaborates with leading studios, creators, and platforms worldwide to produce and distribute premium content at scale across broadcast, streaming, and digital ecosystems, while continuing to grow its portfolio of owned IP and next-generation storytelling formats. JOB DESCRIPTION FOX Entertainment is hiring a Director, Media Systems Engineering & Support to lead the engineering and technical support teams - an SRE-oriented group focused on reliability, automation, and workflow tooling - that keeps Entertainment’s systems running and modern. The team upholds Enterprise Technology's standards for shared infrastructure while owning the creative media pipelines that are unique to Entertainment. It's a dual role - the strategic partner for long-term technology plans and facility-operations growth, and the hands-on operational owner accountable for keeping it running every day. The ideal candidate is a high-judgment, highly hands-on operator who is equally comfortable setting strategy and building executive-level narratives as getting deep into execution and cross-functional alignment. You manage and prioritize a team of specialized engineers, drive outcomes through influence as much as authority, and use AI and agentic workflows to modernize the work and extend what a lean team can deliver. Regular, on-site attendance at the workplace for a minimum of four (4) days per week is an essential function of the position. The selected candidate must be able to reliably meet this requirement. A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES Lead the Team & Design the Organization Lead, develop, and prioritize the engineering support teams behind Entertainment’s owned post-production environments Set clear roles, ownership, and remit so the team operates independently and escalates at the right moments - defining where it executes to direction and where ownership can grow Direct a specialized, highly skilled labor force to the wo