Manager, Collaboration Engineering - job 5 of 6

We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company ('SpinCo') comprised of most of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.

As a company uniquely positioned to educate, entertain and empower through our platforms, Comcast NBCUniversal stands for including everyone. Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, coupled with our Corporate Social Responsibility work, is informed by our employees, audiences, park guests and the communities in which we live. We strive to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where our employees feel supported, embraced and heard. Together, we'll continue to create and deliver content that reflects the current and ever-changing face of the world.

We are seeking an experienced and strategic Manager for Collaboration Engineering to oversee a team of engineers supporting NBCUniversal’s Collaboration Systems. This role encompasses a technical leadership with oversight on operational activities and expertise to drive strategic projects and initiatives, ensuring the reliability and scalability of our Collaboration infrastructure. The Manager will also drive strategy and manage relationships with external vendors and internal application/business technology teams.

NBCUniversal’s Operations & Technology Leadership has prioritized focus on Collaboration strategy, and this is an exciting opportunity to be part of leading NBCU’s Collaboration solutions to the next generation. Specific solutions include:

• Email and calendaring (Exchange, Outlook, Proofpoint)
• File storage and sharing (OneDrive, SharePoint)
• Document creation (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Video, audio, and text chat (Teams)
• Meeting room conferencing and booking (Cisco, Condeco, Microsoft)
• Collaboration Tools (Slack, Zoom, Docusign & Dropbox)
• SharePoint Operations
• PowerApps Operations
• Live Events & VOD (MS Teams, Vimeo)

Responsibilities:

• Manage and mentor a team of highly skilled professionals with expertise across collaboration tool sets.
• Oversee the overall functioning and management of NBCUniversal’s Collaboration services through Microsoft 365 Suite of Services – covering Messaging, Sharepoint, OneDrive and MS Teams.
• Develop and implement strategic plans for the Collaboration environment in alignment with organizational goals.
• Develop, maintain and approve exhaustive standard operating procedures, system architecture diagrams, system design specification documents and user guidance documentation.
• Review and maintain privileged accesses & permissions to sub-ordinates, restrict permissions to on-a-need basis and dependent on skill set of the resources.
• Ensure the collaboration tools are aligned & comply with security and legal policies.
• Conduct operations and engineering review with the site reliability engineers and product manager’s, review backlog and initiates to evaluate trade studies, approve solution designs, and maintain the overall workplace system architecture.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for Collaboration technologies (Email, Teams, Sharepoint and best practices.
• Review operational metrics, analyze trends on issues reported, take proactive steps to eliminate and reduce repetitive incidents
• Lead efforts to restore services at times of service disruption due to unforeseen outages / incidents across the Microsoft Suite of services.
• Manage operational support 24*7 during special events covered by NBCUniversal – Ex. Olympics, Winter Olympics, Presidential Elections, Movie releases etc.
• Stay current with emerging trends and technologies in the Collaboration space.
• Manage relationships with key stakeholders, other internal infrastructure engineering & service areas including IT, HR, Business Engagement partners and external partners.
• Manage relationships with external vendors, service providers with periodic reviews to ensure services being provided by the vendors stay in line with agreed terms and conditions at acceptable service levels.
• Ensure compliance with licensing agreements and regulatory requirements.
• Implement and manage support processes to ensure timely resolution of user issues.

Basic Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in IT infrastructure management, with a focus on Collaboration tools.
• Experience at a large firm managing and supporting various collaboration systems and platforms.
• 1+ years of management experience, managing a team of site reliability engineers. Able to work independently and lead a team of engineers.
• In-depth knowledge of the Windows operating systems in an enterprise environment
• Knowledge of networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, DNS, firewalls, routing protocols
• Comfortable with IT security and compliance best practices
• Strong virtual and software troubleshooting skills
• Proficient in automated workstation build methodologies
• Experience working with AWS Workspace, Microsoft W365, and/or Microsoft AzureAD
• Possesses interpersonal skills necessary to effectively communicate with Operations, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Application, and Leadership teams along with outside parties as necessary
• Ability to build effective cross-functional relationships in support of delivering enterprise-wide solutions

Desired Characteristics:

• 10 + years’ in managing & leading workplace engineering teams. 
• 5+ years’ experience with cloud-based infrastructure and platform services including identity and access management (Azure)
• Bachelor’s degree in computer-related field

Additional Requirements:

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

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website.

Salary range: $140,000 - $175,000 (bonus eligible)

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to [email protected].