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

1. 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

1. 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

1. 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

1. 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.