Senior Director of Production & Broadcast

Senior Director of Production & Broadcast
(GLS Executive Producer)

Purpose: The Senior Director of Production & Broadcast serves as the Global Leadership Summit Executive Producer (in the United States) and year-round production leader for the Global Leadership Network. This role owns the full technical production, broadcast, and delivery infrastructure for the Global Leadership Summit and all GLN U.S. events — ensuring that creative vision is executed with excellence across in-room, online, and Summit partner site environments, in close partnership with key production and broadcast partners.

Global Leadership Network (GLN) is a nonprofit organization located in South Barrington, Illinois.  We exist to help churches build a leadership development culture – so more and more people come to know Jesus Christ.  We do this by developing resources to help churches grow healthy leaders – because healthy leaders build healthy, thriving churches.

Our flagship event is The Global Leadership Summit is attended by 60,000+ leaders in 400 sites (primarily churches) throughout the United States.  The Summit is translated into 40+ languages and held in 110+ countries reaching over 300,000 international leaders from September to April.

Job Status:

• Employment Status: Regular
• Time Commitment: Full-Time
• Wage & Hour Classification: Exempt (salaried; not eligible for overtime)

Position Team: Content & Experiences

Reports to: SVP Content & Experiences

Benefits (Full-Time): Our comprehensive benefits package includes health, dental and vision insurance, life insurance, retirement savings with company match, generous paid time off, mental health counseling reimbursement, and more.

Salary: The annual salary range for this position is between $58,000 - $112,000 depending on experience and skill set.

Remote Work Schedule: This position is primarily remote, with required in-person attendance at the main office several times a year for staff development, training, GLS and other occasions. Given the event-driven nature of this role, schedule demands are concentrated around key production periods.

Primary Responsibilities:

1. Global Leadership Summit (US) - Production & Execution Leadership

• Oversees broadcast, control room, and technical production systems
• Executes the Run of Show in alignment with Creative and Content
• Partners closely with key vendors, including creative director, production vendors, venue personnel, and others
• Collaborates with partners to recruit and lead production and broadcast teams
• Aligns all teams around a unified execution plan
• Leads real-time production and broadcast decision-making during the event
• Ensures alignment across in-room, online, and Summit partner site experiences

2. Multi-Environment Delivery (Online & Summit Partner Sites)

• Oversees the production and broadcast of the online Summit experience
• Leads the end-to-end delivery model for Summit partner sites, including content distribution, streaming and access systems, and technical standards
• Provides leadership for support, troubleshooting, and execution during the Summit
• Ensures a consistent, high-quality experience across all environments

3. Summit Partner Site Ecosystem (Year-Round)

• Leads onboarding of new Summit partner sites
• Develops and delivers training for Technical Directors and Producers
• Builds and maintains strong relationships and community with Summit partner site leaders
• Owns and drives systems supporting the production and broadcast function
• Ensures Summit partner sites are equipped and prepared to execute the Summit

4. Production Leadership Across All GLN Events

• Leads production planning and execution for other GLN events, such as pastors events and donor events
• Determines the appropriate level of production for each experience
• Contracts with additional production partners as needed
• Ensures consistency in quality and execution across events

5. GLN Leadership & Performance Management

• Leads Production and Broadcast teams (on-staff and contracted) to drive productivity and professional growth, set clear expectations, provide feedback and coaching, address performance issues, manage hiring and termination decisions, and ensure effective utilization of 12-Week Year and StandOut tools (Check-Ins, Milestone Connects, Engagement Pulse, and Performance Pulse).
• Actively participate in one-on-one meetings with manager, team meetings, all-staff meetings, and cross-functional meetings, as needed.
• Complete other related duties as assigned.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Makes sound decisions with confidence and clarity under pressure
• Calm, steady, and solutions-oriented in high-stress live event environments
• Inspires, leads, and develops teams — staff, contractors, and volunteers
• Highly collaborative — works effectively across departments, partners, and vendors
• High emotional and relational intelligence
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Discerning — exercises sound judgment in creative, relational, and technical decisions
• Passion for the local church and the mission of the Global Leadership Network

Education, Experience, and Other Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 10+ years of progressive experience in broadcast production, live events, or technical production leadership
• Demonstrated senior-level technical expertise in broadcast production, streaming infrastructure, and multi-environment delivery systems
• Proven experience recruiting, contracting, and leading diverse contractor teams and managing multiple vendor relationships simultaneously
• Experience with multi-site or distributed broadcast delivery — Summit partner site networks, distributed streaming, or similar
• Strategic budget management experience — ownership of production budgets, vendor contracts, and cost stewardship
• Strong project management skills with demonstrated ability to manage multiple event production cycles simultaneously
• Experience working in or alongside ministry, church, or faith-based organizations preferred
• A vital relationship with Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and an active participant of a local church that holds to a historic, orthodox understanding of biblical Christianity

Organizational Values:

• Excellence – We bring our best into everything we do, knowing that this honors God.
• Authenticity – We seek to be real and honest, and encourage others to do the same.
• Collaboration – We set aside personal preferences to reach those who do not yet know Jesus.
• Humility – We are flexible, responsible, and respectful of others.

Leadership Behaviors – How we behave:

Pray about everything                                            Build relationships with God and others

Live a spiritually yielded life                                    Never stop learning

Work with a spirit of intensity                                 Recognize that life change is a process

Allocate resources strategically                               Possess a winning attitude

Intercept entropy at its earliest stages                    Communicate truth with grace