VP – Business Application and Data Platforms

OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY

Fox CorporationUnder the FOX banner, we produce and distribute content through some of the world’s leading and most valued brands, including: FOX News Media, FOX Sports, FOX Entertainment, FOX Television Stations and Tubi Media Group. We empower a diverse range of creators to imagine and develop culturally significant content, while building an organization that thrives on creative ideas, operational expertise and strategic thinking.

JOB DESCRIPTION

In this role, you will lead multiple teams across the Business Application and Data Platforms group. You will ensure that your business stakeholders are supported with world-class, modern technology platforms that drive business value. You will work with stakeholders and teams across FOX to formulate entrepreneurial product roadmaps based on FOX's modern and industry-leading technology platforms. As part of the senior leadership team, you will collaborate with peers to build highly functioning and organizationally healthy teams. Your main stakeholders will include Programming & Scheduling, News Gathering teams, Publicity, Digital Products, as well as FOX's Title Master Data Management platform. 

A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Strategic Roadmap and Stakeholder Engagement: Develop and document strategic roadmaps for your areas of responsibility, regularly engaging with stakeholders to align on priorities, address evolving business needs, and report on progress.
• Mission Clarity and Team Alignment: Consistently communicate team missions, behavior expectations, and current priorities, ensuring that each team member understands their role and the team’s purpose within the organization.
• Leadership and Execution Excellence: Set high standards for systematic and structured execution of projects and operational support, guiding team leaders in consistent project management practices.
• Strategic Budget and Project Oversight: Thoughtfully manage and track budgets and forecasts for areas under your responsibility, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Stakeholder Communication and Clarity: Ensure all stakeholders have a clear understanding of key project milestones, responsibilities, and project goals, establishing a well-documented communication framework.
• Project ROI and Evaluation: Evaluate and monitor the return on investment of projects, striving for value within reasonable timeframes and ensuring each project aligns with organizational priorities.
• Role Clarity and Team Coordination: Promote clarity around roles and responsibilities within project teams, facilitating clear communication and alignment across all levels.
• Documentation and Issue Tracking: Implement and oversee universally adopted, structured processes for issue tracking, enhancement requests, and project documentation, maintaining regular reviews with stakeholders.
• Data-Driven Problem Solving: Utilize data to analyze problem frequencies and prioritize solutions, setting and tracking quantitative targets to assess progress and impact on operations.
• Presentation and Executive Communication: Craft and deliver compelling presentations tailored to engage executives, effectively communicating technology vision and strategy through storytelling.
• Team Development and Talent Management: Recruit, develop, and retain top talent, fostering a team culture of humility, drive, and collaboration, and ensuring all roles are filled with engaged, high-performing team players.
• Organizational Alignment and Vision Communication: Maintain an understanding of the company's direction and strategic initiatives, aligning team strategies with the broader company vision and values.
• Team Culture and Morale Management: Actively work to improve the organizational health of your teams, managing morale and key personnel decisions to sustain productivity and a positive culture.
• Guidance and Coaching: Provide mentorship to subordinate managers, fostering an environment of continuous improvement and collaborative growth.
• Professional Development and Thought Leadership: Engage in ongoing professional development, co-present internal training sessions, and represent Fox at external events, sharing insights and building a network across the industry.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

• Optimism and a Positive Mindset: Bring an energetic, "can-do" attitude that inspires teams to believe in their potential to make impactful changes, reach ambitious goals, and set high standards in everything they do.
• Proactive Leadership: Demonstrate a gung-ho approach, encouraging a culture where challenges are embraced, and continuous improvement is prioritized.
• Strategic and Goal-Oriented Vision: Possess a strong commitment to achieving excellent results and fostering an environment of success, collaboration, and innovation.
• Relevant Experience: Proven expertise in managing applications development, data platforms, and MDM solutions, ideally within media or tech environments.
• Exceptional Communication and Presentation Skills: Ability to prepare and deliver executive-level presentations with strong storytelling skills to align teams with the company’s technology vision.
• Talent Development Skills: Experience building, managing, and retaining high-performance teams with a focus on developing future leaders.
• Data and Analytics Orientation: Utilize data to drive decisions, set operational targets, and enhance performance measurement.

NICE TO HAVE, BUT NOT A DEALBREAKER

• Familiarity with media programming, scheduling, and news operations.
• Experience in enterprise data governance and compliance practices. 
• Background in supporting applications within high-growth or digital media environments.
• Experience with Salesforce, Tableau, and Mulesoft
• Experience with Enterprise OpenAI GPT technology 

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We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.

Pursuant to state and local pay disclosure requirements, the pay rate/range for this role, with final offer amount dependent on education, skills, experience, and location is $222,500.00-314,000.00 annually for high cost labour markets such as but not limited to New York City and Los Angeles, $185,400.00-261,600.00 annually for all other US locations. This role is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, various benefits, including medical/dental/vision, insurance, a 401(k) plan, paid time off, and other benefits in accordance with applicable plan documents. Benefits for Union represented employees will be in accordance with the applicable collective bargaining agreement.

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