Executive General Manager

Executive General Manager

PBS Wisconsin and Wisconsin Public Radio seek an exceptional, visionary leader for a new Executive General Manager (EGM) position. The EGM will help lead Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) and PBS Wisconsin, two of our nation's most respected public media brands, through a period of significant transformation into an even more successful future. WPR and PBS Wisconsin are services of Wisconsin Public Media (WPM), a division of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and the Educational Communications Board (ECB), an independent State of Wisconsin agency.

Our award-winning services reach communities throughout Wisconsin with trusted journalism, educational resources, history and cultural programming, community events, and public service.

A central responsibility of the Executive General Manager is leading WPM's ongoing evolution integrating distinct radio and television structures under a shared vision and leadership framework. The EGM leads the alignment and collaboration across content, audience development, technology, operations, and service delivery, ensuring WPM remains innovative, responsive, and financially sustainable in a rapidly evolving media environment. The EGM ensures WPM sets clear priorities centering the needs and interests of Wisconsin audiences.

The EGM champions a culture of accountability, transparency, innovation, and continuous improvement. They guide their leadership team through change while maintaining WPM's commitment to editorial integrity, public trust, regulatory compliance, and exceptional service to audiences.

The EGM operates within a complex public-service environment reporting jointly to the Executive Director of WPM and the Executive Director of ECB to leverage the strengths of both institutions and advance public media service throughout the state.

Successful candidates for the position will be proven transformational leaders with experience driving decisive organizational change and building a unified culture to evolve a public service mission. They will be mission-driven, committed to stewardship, innovation, editorial integrity, and meeting community needs. They will be adaptive, transparent, and skilled at fostering accountability, continuous improvement, and agility amid changing media and audience landscapes.

This position is full-time, 100%

Donor and outreach events will require statewide travel on a semi-regular basis, including weekends/evenings.

The expectation for this position will be onsite on the University of Wisconsin Madison campus in Madison, WI, though there will be an opportunity for occasional remote work.

Remote work requires an approved flexible work arrangement (FWA). A FWA requires successful candidates to possess their own high-speed internet and phone to perform the work on a university provided computer. Per University policy, transportation between home and assigned work location is not payable/reimbursable and will be at the expense of the employee.

It is expected that employees will make individual arrangements for transportation adequate to meet position responsibilities and essential job functions. Learn more at UW-Madison Driver Authorization.

For more information see our licensees' and services' websites.

• Licensees:
  Wisconsin Public Media and Educational Communications Board
• Services:
  Wisconsin Public Radio and PBS Wisconsin

• Develops the unit's budget for licensee review and approval, driving strategic investment in facilities, personnel, projects, and new initiatives
• Drives strategic planning, aligns operational priorities with strategic vision, evaluates programs against the unit mission, vision, and values, and builds a sustainable and relevant unit and service
• Serves as a liaison to internal and external stakeholder groups representing interests of the unit and fostering community and educational partnerships
• Exercises supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees
• Collaborates with leadership on…