President and General Manager, WPVI-TV
Descrição do cargo:
Disney Entertainment’s eight owned ABC stations are multiplatform leaders in local news and information. As the No. 1 station in Philadelphia for almost 45 years, 6abc Action News delivers local news, information, traffic, and weather to more than 3 million homes. WPVI serves close to 7 million people, 2+ who reside in the Delaware Valley, an area covering Southeastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey, and Delaware. In the past year, Action News has won 2,633 out of 2,662 newscasts in households for a winning percentage of 99.8%. In an average day Action News captures nearly 45% of all adult 25-54 news viewers. WPVI has provided coverage to the Thanksgiving Day Parade for 100 years in 2019!
The President and General Manager of WPVI-TV is responsible for leading and advancing the local owned ABC television station in the Philadelphia market, managing the strategies and teams that drive audience and growth across platforms.
This executive will be at the center of WPVI-TV’s future success, upholding our commitment to quality journalism and the communities we serve while driving modernization across the organization, prioritizing an adaptable and inclusive culture that embraces change and innovation.
The General Manager will have a clear vision for the future of WPVI-TV with the capability of communicating and executing that vision via hands-on leadership, optimism, strategic risk-taking, and focused metrics of success. He or she will be a creative thinker who generates new ideas and understands how to maximize brands and resources to achieve market leadership. This includes developing strategies that evolve the WPVI-TV brand from not only being the place to go for breaking news, but also where consumers can expect to find localized, high-quality, high-impact journalism and content.
This executive will also work directly with the ABC Owned Stations leadership and other businesses within Disney Entertainment Television, as well as The Walt Disney Company, to drive collective growth and success. The leader will focus on Robust Content Strategy, Operational Efficiencies & Innovation, and Cross-Company Partnerships.
What You Will Do
- Direct and manage the overall operations to drive "ethical results" (meet or exceed KPIs), including established goals/objectives in ratings, audience, video, sales/revenue, market share, profit, and operating income.
- Oversee and evolve the brand to maximize its impact, relevancy, and connection with local audiences.
- In collaboration with appropriate executives, develop and implement a content strategy that attracts and engages audiences across platforms.
- Lead a premium multi-platform news organization, including a vast and diverse team of talent across many roles and disciplines.
- Oversight of the station's 24/7 broadcast and quality/technical requirements.
- Synergy with all Disney lines of business through linear, streaming, social, and digital content.
- Grow and develop unified CTV strategies to create/aggregate content for streaming platforms.
- Drive business and partnership development efforts to drive modernization and further group goals.
- Continue to identify more effective and efficient approaches to operations and processes throughout the organization.
- Represent the station in the community; develop and maintain strong relationships with community leaders.
- Seek out opportunities to contribute to the local market area for the betterment of the community.
- Recruit, develop, and retain a strong leadership team; provide guidance and coaching to maximize their performance and accelerate their professional growth.
- Champion data and analytics to drive multi-platform content, product, and platform optimization as well as accountability across the organization.
- Execute all corporate policies/objectives while maintaining the highest level of ethics and industry standards.
- Establish and maintain an innovative and highly collaborative culture atmosphere that promotes novel idea generation, open communication, respect for others, and excellence.
- Create a diverse, collaborative, fun, and stimulating work environment.
- Collaborate with other parts of OTV, Walt Disney Television, and TWDC to advance the group’s interests and leverage assets.
Required Qualifications & Skills
- A minimum of 10 years of proven experience as a leader at a top market broadcast station.
- A participative leadership approach that fosters collaboration and innovation.
- Ability to recognize, create, and communicate priorities, strategies, market opportunities, and challenges to drive growth and performance improvement.
- Attention to detail, project management skills, and the ability to effectively lead and manage in a dynamic and challenging environment.
- Experience managing budgeting processes and strategic planning.
- Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.
- Legal understanding of FCC rules and regulations.
- Experience working with unions and contract negotiations.
Preferred Qualifications :
- Experience as a station general manager in a top 25 market.
- Experience leading large executive teams.
Required Education :
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline.
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The hiring range for this position in Philadelphia, PA is $411,900 to $552,500 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
Sobre o ABC Owned TV Stations:
O grupo Disney Entertainment Television cria conteúdo original de entretenimento e notícias para as plataformas de streaming da empresa e suas redes a cabo e de radiodifusão.
Sobre The Walt Disney Company:
A The Walt Disney Company, juntamente com suas subsidiárias e afiliadas, é uma líder diversificada em entretenimento familiar e mídia internacional que inclui três segmentos principais de negócios: Disney Entertainment, ESPN e Disney Experiences. Desde seus primeiros passos como um estúdio de desenho animado na década de 1920 até se tornar o atual nome de destaque na indústria do entretenimento, a Disney orgulhosamente dá continuidade a seu legado de criação de histórias e experiências de padrão internacional para toda a família. As histórias, personagens e experiências da Disney tocam consumidores e visitantes de todas as partes do mundo. Com operações em mais de 40 países, nossos funcionários e colaboradores trabalham juntos para criar experiências de entretenimento adoradas por todos.
Esta vaga é oferecida junto à WPVI Television (Philadelphia), LLC, que é parte de um segmento de negócios que chamamos de ABC Owned TV Stations.
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