VP Content Production

DAZN is reshaping how the world consumes live sport, delivering thousands of hours of top-tier events to millions of fans every year across 200+ countries. As we continue to scale globally, we’re investing in innovation across every area of the business — including how we produce and deliver content. As VP Content Production, you’ll be at the forefront of our broadcast output, ensuring the seamless execution of live and on-demand productions, from planning and logistics to delivery. Join a collaborative, high-performance culture that thrives on energy, efficiency, and excellence.  
 
As VP Content Production, you will define the production strategy and be accountable of the Production P&L, lead the planning, coordination, and execution of all production logistics across high profile sports rights in North America. You will also support the global social media and news function on its activities. You will be responsible for dealing with federations/leagues, teams, technical suppliers, scheduling, resource management, technical workflows & transmission teams.  This role is critical in ensuring live productions run smoothly, cost-effectively, and to world-class standards across the DAZN broadcast chain. 
 

You’ll work closely with internal stakeholders across production, editorial, technology, and operations to create scalable processes that align with DAZN’s ambitious growth. This role requires a blend of strategic vision, operational detail, P&L accountability, Suppliers and partnership management, and the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels to ensure DAZN’s content ecosystem performs at its very best.  

Salary Range: $170,000 - $200,000

This role will be based in New York. The internal job title may vary to align with our internal structure. 

As part of our recruitment process, we may use automated or AI-supported tools to assist with application review and screening. These tools are used to support, not replace, human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are always made by our hiring team.

Department

RS-403 – Content - P&E – Live Programming

Employment Type

Permanent - Full Time

Location

US - New York

Workplace type

Hybrid

What You'll Be Doing:

• Define DAZN's productions footprint for new rights in North America, while remaining consistent with DAZN's global approach.  
• Be innovative, always looking for new ways to broadcast, with a view to increasing engagement, both freemium and paid, and the value of DAZN's offering.  
• As a key player at DAZN in North America, participate in the strategic development of DAZN in North America.  
• Oversee all aspects of content production activity including studio and remote production planning, budgeting, resourcing, and delivery  
• Collaborate closely with editorial, operations, engineering, facilities, and external vendors to ensure smooth operational workflows  
• Develop and maintain production schedules across multiple time zones and territories  
• Manage production budgets and ensure financial controls, cost tracking, and reporting  
• Own relationships with key third-party suppliers and ensure service levels and performance meet DAZN’s standards  
• Ensure compliance with health and safety, legal, and broadcasting regulations  
• Support live event readiness, ensuring all production assets, personnel, and systems are in place  
• Act as a bridge between local content teams in North America and DAZN’s global operations.  

What You'll Bring:

• 10+ years’ experience in international content production, production operations within live sports broadcasting or high-volume production environments  
• Proven leadership and people management skills across multi-disciplinary teams 
• Editorial judgement in Sports content at Executive Producer level 
• Strong understanding of production workflows, technical systems, studio operations, and remote production models  
• Proven experience with budget management and cost-control systems  
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, live environment with strong decision-making under pressure  
• Exceptional organisational skills and attention to detail  
• Experience working with scheduling, resource, and media asset management tools  

Benefits

Benefits include access to DAZN, up to 15 days of paid time off, health benefits (including dental & eye care), a sick time package, parental leave offering, voluntary benefits (such as basic life term, personal accident and short and long-term disability covering) and a 401(k) retirement plan. You’ll also find a family friendly community and learning and development resources.

About DAZN

At DAZN, we bring ambition to life. We are innovators, game-changers and pioneers. So, if you want to push boundaries and make an impact, DAZN is the place to be. 

As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen. We're doing things no-one has done before, giving fans and customers access to sport anytime, anywhere. We're using world-class technology to transform sports and revolutionise the industry and we're not going to stop. 

DAZN VALUES – THE ‘HOW’ IN WHAT WE DO:  

Agility and creativity fuel growth and innovation, to Make It Happen. 

Prioritising what matters drives progress and positive outcomes, Focusing On Impact. 

Collective ambition builds optimism and success, in order to Win As One. 

At DAZN, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that values equality and diversity, where everyone can contribute and have their voices heard. This means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities. 

If you’d like to include a cover letter with your application, please feel free to. Please do not feel you need to apply with a photo or disclose any other information that is not related to your professional experience.

Our aim is to make our hiring processes as accessible for everyone as possible, including providing adjustments for interviews where we can.

We look forward to hearing from you.