Director, Product Sports & Programming

NBC is seeking a Director, Product - Sports and Programming Data to lead the product strategy, design, integration, and evolution of the data architecture that powers sports viewing experiences. This role will serve as a strategic product leader and primary subject matter expert for sports data and programing architecture, responsible for translating complex data feeds into scalable, reliable, and fan-friendly digital experiences across web, mobile, connected TV, and emerging platforms. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise in live sports data systems with a strong understanding of how sports information is consumed by fans, broadcasters, journalists, and internal stakeholders. What You'll Do: The role will work closely with engineering teams, product management, design, editorial, and operations groups to ensure accurate and compelling presentation of sports and programming information across digital platforms Define and own sports data architecture solutions across multiple digital products. Serve as the subject matter expert for international sports data ecosystems. Partner with Product, Engineering and UX teams to translate complex sports datasets into intuitive user-facing experiences. Own the strategy and roadmap for programming metadata platforms, from data ingestion and processing through distribution across digital products. Ensure programming data is accurately mapped to and integrated with NBCU's existing metadata models and platform architecture. Serve as the subject matter expert for programming data, including data providers, linear schedules, content taxonomy, and metadata architecture. Drive alignment between external data providers, internal stakeholders, and engineering teams to continuously improve metadata coverage, accuracy, and usability.