Principal Consultant, Sports Venues - Virtual

Principal Consultant, Sports Venues - Virtual

Dallas, TX, USA

Kenilworth, NJ, USA

Posted Monday, May 11, 2026 at 4:00 AM

Diversified is a global leader in audio visual and media innovation, recognized for designing and building the world’s most experiential environments. Our award-winning team specializes in delivering solutions for the most complex, large-scale and immersive installations. Serving a global clientele that includes major media organizations and retailers, sports and live performance venues, corporate enterprises, and government agencies, Diversified partners with clients to create spaces that bring people together and keep them coming back.

At Diversified, we're on a mission to create a world without boundaries, where technology enables all people to connect and experience the moments that matter, wherever they choose to be. With clients spanning the globe and an exciting pipeline of projects across industries, Diversified offers more than just a job. We offer a career path with the flexibility to grow personally and professionally, wherever your ambitions take you.

As a Diversified associate, you'll dive headfirst into big, complex, and rewarding projects that push the boundaries of what's possible. Plus, you'll enjoy a flexible work environment, competitive compensation and benefits, and a culture that celebrates diversity and inclusion.

The Principal Consultant, Sports Venues provides executive leadership spanning the full spectrum of sports venue audio, video, and broadcast technologies, providing strategic advisory, technical leadership, and client-facing thought leadership. This role guides clients through the end-to-end content lifecycle, from content capture, live and remote production, and postproduction workflows to master control, playout, and global distribution. Leveraging a unique blend of technical expertise and business strategy, the Principal Consultant partners with clients to modernize operations, accelerate digital transformation, and unlock new opportunities in an evolving media landscape.

As Principal Consultant, you will shape the future of media by integrating production and distribution disciplines into a unified strategy. Your expertise will help global media organizations produce content more efficiently, distribute it more broadly, and monetize it more effectively, driving business growth and keeping audiences engaged in a rapidly evolving market. This position is a client-facing, billable consulting role with defined utilization targets and accountability for delivering high-quality advisory services.

• Serve as the thought leader and strategist for key clients, leading the ideation, design, integration, and operations across production environments and distribution ecosystems, advising clients on technology strategy, workflow optimization, and operational models.
• Architect live audio systems, production workflows, control rooms, studios, remote production, field acquisition, as well as master control, playout automation, channel origination, and transmission ecosystems.
• Partner with senior stakeholders (CTOs, Heads of Engineering, Operations, and Distribution) to identify business challenges, design solutions, and deliver actionable roadmaps.
• Define holistic workflows and architectures that integrate production and distribution platforms, including IP, decentralized, and hybrid models, ensuring scalability, efficiency, and resilience.
• Act as the primary stakeholder on projects end-to-end, and own output artifacts associated with client deliverables and program insertions, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and alignment within inherently scoped engagement objectives.
• Partner with Sales and Business Development associates to qualify opportunities, shape solutions, price, and author proposal narratives.
• Represent Diversified as a recognized expert, contributing to white papers, industry panels, and client briefings.
• Provide senior governance over engagements from inception to completion, monitoring progress and ensuring deliverables…