Director, AV Support

At Audible we believe stories have the power to transform lives. Its why we work with some of the worlds leading creators to produce and share audio storytelling with our millions of global listeners. We are dreamers and inventors who come from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences to empower and inspire each other. Imagine your future with us.

ABOUT THIS ROLE
As a Director of Audio Video (AV) you will oversee AV infrastructure deployment and support guide the execution of live events manage AV projects and hire and develop this role you will manage a team that designs delivers optimizes and supports various AV solutions including conference rooms event space and digital signage. The team is based out of Newark NJ but provides global support. You will work closely with tech teams at Audible and Amazon facilities stakeholders finance partners and leadership across the company to deliver the best possible customer experience.

ABOUT YOU
You are strategic and influenced by Technology and Culture but balance that with execution of daily tasks to maintain a high bar for customer service. You have experience both in building out AV infrastructure and supporting live events. Being a leader and developing yourself and your team are important to you. Not every problem will have a clear starting point so you should be comfortable dealing with ambiguity to assess and manage risks and have situational awareness to anticipate and resolve potential issues. You always attempt to look for the root cause of an issue and solve problems with a bigger picture in mind. We look for people who take responsibility set their standards high and see every failure as an opportunity to learn.

As a Director of Audio Video you will...
- Lead a team of onsite AV Support Engineers responsible for day-to-day end-user AV support as well as the maintenance and break/fix of conference and meeting rooms hardware
- Manage inventories budgets and life cycle management
- Develop and execute strategic new initiatives to enhance AV services
- Ensure project plans are on target and executed comprehensively
- Monitor the live event program and find opportunities to execute more efficiently and delight our customers
- Be an escalation point for the team and provide technical leadership to appropriate personnel
- Maintain relationships with key stakeholders across the business
- Manage and optimize relationships with vendors that augment your teams capacity and capabilities
- Create regular reports to share insights with leadership
- Be a passionate builder of talent and teams. You will hire coach and mentor
- Own your teams operational excellence including creation of and monitoring of metrics and alerts gathering of and analyzing customer feedback regular scrutinization of processes and maintaining documentation

ABOUT AUDIBLE
Audible is the leading producer and provider of audio storytelling. We spark listeners imaginations offering immersive cinematic experiences full of inspiration and insight to enrich our customers daily lives. We are a global company with an entrepreneurial spirit. We are dreamers and inventors who are passionate about the positive impact Audible can make for our customers and our neighbors. This spirit courses throughout Audible supporting a culture of creativity and inclusion built on our People Principles and our mission to build more equitable communities in the cities we call home.

- 5 years of technical team management experience
- Knowledge of networking and desktop technology and proven methods for providing innovative solutions to customers
- Experience in technical team management
- Experience in IT Infrastructure Operations IT Service Management or IT Business Operations
- Bachelors degree or equivalent

- Master of Business Administration or Masters degree in a technical field
- Knowledge of core internet technologies including DHCP DNS mail transport TCP/IP and network file systems
- Experience in procurement inventory and asset management of IT equipment as well as IT lifecycle
- Experience with service delivery and service level management

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