Manager, News Technology Services

Overview

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The Manager, News Technology Services leads technical operations for CBS News, managing technology infrastructure, hardware lifecycle, vendor relationships, and newsroom systems for major national and international coverage. This role requires technical expertise, attention to detail, and strong project management skills.

• Strategic Leadership & Project Oversight
• Plan and deliver technology projects supporting news operations (broadcast, digital, live events).
• Oversee technology setup, logistics, and staffing for major news events.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams for system migrations, upgrades, and testing.
• Communicate goals, timelines, and outcomes to key partners and management
• Manage lifecycle of technology assets (procurement, deployment, maintenance, disposal) across multiple locations.
• Ensure robust system administration, patching, vulnerability remediation, and monitoring using enterprise tools.
• Participate in administration of enterprise applications and user provisioning (Active Directory, OKTA, O365, Citrix, JAMF).
• Maintain system reliability, security, and compliance. (encompassing high-risk environments)
• Develop and oversee budgets, capital purchase requests, scopes of work, purchase orders, and invoice processing.
• Participate in vendor selection, contract negotiation, and relationships with Corp Business Affairs and Corp Vendor Management.
• Provide financial updates to News and Corporate Finance; resolve invoice discrepancies and renew contracts.
• Operational Excellence & Compliance
• Establish and implement IT service management guidelines and information security (ITIL or similar frameworks).
• Oversee employee onboarding/offboarding, asset recovery, and compliance with HR and Legal requirements.
• Monitor Service Now incidents and requests; establish KPIs and operational metrics.
• Lead incident response, security assessments, and Info Sec initiatives.
• Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing technical team.
• Coordinate staffing schedules and resource allocation
• Champion, knowledge sharing, documentation, and training.
• Liaise between inter-company technical teams, news leadership, and external partners.

• Communicate technical concepts to technical and non-technical partners.
• Maintain organized documentation for systems, processes, and procedures.
• Engage proactively with business units, Info Sec, Network Engineering, and other departments.

• BA/BS of computer science, broadcasting, business Administration or equivalent work experience
• 3+ years managing a team of 10+ staff
• Must be available on weekends, holidays, overnights. Extended shift hours may be required.
• Some domestic travels may be required – up to 20%
• Must be able to lift and move equipment up to 45lbs.
• Must be fluent with Windows OS & mac OS.

Paramount Skydance Corporation (NASDAQ: PSKY) is a leading global media and entertainment company that creates premium content and experiences for audiences worldwide. Driven by iconic studios, networks and streaming services, Paramount's portfolio of consumer brands includes CBS, Showtime Networks, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, BET, Paramount+, and Pluto TV, among others. Paramount delivers the largest share of the U.S. television audience and boasts one of the industry s most important and extensive libraries of TV and film titles.

In addition to offering innovative streaming services and digital video products, the company provides powerful capabilities in production, distribution and advertising solutions.

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