Full-Time
Director – Program Planning
Programming Strategy
Posted on 9/17/2025
TelevisaUnivision
5,001-10,000 employees
Global Spanish-language media company and distributor
No salary listed
Miami, FL, USA
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- Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 5+ years of media industry experience required.
- Strong experience in programming strategy, scheduling, and operations.
- Technical background and/or familiarity with FAST channel streaming platform specifications.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
- Project management experience in a technical oriented environment.
- Must be detailed and process-oriented with the ability to multitask and maintain a good level of understanding of multiple operational functions.
- Familiarity with workflow concepts: lead times, input/output relations.
- PowerPoint, Outlook, Word, and Excel skills.
- Bi-lingual (Spanish, English) is required.
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects under pressure.
- Oversee total functionality for Noticias Univision 24/7, local news, and entertainment channels.
- Lead the end-to-end operations of streaming channels, including content scheduling, playout, format management, and content delivery workflows.
- Develop and implement operational strategies that maximize efficiency.
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Format Editors and Scheduling Coordinators to ensure all technical requirements are properly met, creating the necessary version(s) for internal clients or for distribution.
- Oversee content ingestion into content management platform for our channels and syndication to TVU (streaming platform), metadata management (Title Registry), and quality control processes to maintain consistent, high-quality streaming standards.
- Partner with engineering and product team (TVU) to troubleshoot, document, resolve, and improve system issues affecting streaming operations.
- Provide operational feedback to product (TVU) and engineering team, influencing platform (U/I) enhancements, feature development, and track all customizations.
- Conduct system testing of new update features and graphics in the sandbox and VM updates to discover any operational bugs in software.
- Monitor network and local channels programming changes to update grids and playlist accordingly, including news updates, breaking news, and scheduling of all long-form programming for the channels.
- Monitor media rights of content based on communication with Producers and Content team to avoid rights infringement, including 'best of shows' for the weekend.
- Ensuring all social media profiles for 24/7 reflect the channel identity.
- Availability to be on call after hours and weekends as necessary to revise playlist, trigger breaking news or support News team needs.
TelevisaUnivision operates Spanish-language media brands, delivering TV networks, streaming services, and content production across the United States and Latin America. It creates and acquires Spanish-language programming, distributing it through traditional TV, cable and satellite, and direct-to-consumer platforms to reach viewers with a shared catalog. The company differentiates itself by being the world’s largest Spanish-language media group, combining Televisa’s content library with Univision’s distribution footprint across multiple markets. Its goal is to be the leading global platform for Spanish-language entertainment and information, serving diverse audiences wherever they watch.
Company Size
5,001-10,000
Company Stage
Debt Financing
Total Funding
$4.3B
Headquarters
Miami, Florida
Founded
1962
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- ViX premium bundling with Charter Spectrum and cable partners expands subscribers without acquisition costs.
- Retail media partnerships with ShopSense AI unlock new monetization beyond traditional advertising.
- Liga MX soccer rights enable premium advertising rates and cross-platform subscription growth.
What critics are saying
- US advertising revenue declined 12% Q1 2026; World Cup competition from Telemundo and Fox intensifies.
- Netflix and Amazon Prime Video's Spanish-language originals and free tiers cannibalize ViX premium subscribers.
- Gen Z Hispanic audience migration to TikTok short-form video renders telenovela library increasingly obsolete.
What makes TelevisaUnivision unique
- Largest Spanish-language content library with 300,000 hours of owned original programming.
- Integrated platform spanning linear, streaming ViX, radio Uforia, and retail media experiences.
- Market-leading position with 150M+ monthly reach across US Hispanic and Mexican audiences.
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