About the Role: 

VERSANT is building a centralized Video platform to power live, linear, and on-demand video experiences across our portfolio of brands. As Vice President, Video Platforms, you will define and lead the strategy, architecture, and execution of a modern video platform ecosystem supporting web, mobile, connected TV, and emerging digital experiences. 

This is a highly visible leadership role focused on transforming a fragmented, partially outsourced environment into a scalable, unified platform capability that supports millions of users, premium content experiences, and evolving monetization strategies. You will partner across Product, Engineering, Ad Sales, Distribution, and Brand Technology teams to establish a long-term vision for video delivery at Versant. 

What You’ll Do: 

• Define and lead the long-term strategy for Versant’s centralized video platform ecosystem 

• Build and scale platforms supporting live streaming, live events, VOD playback, and video delivery across web, mobile, and connected TV 

• Lead architecture and operational strategy across encoding, transcoding, packaging, playback, CDN delivery, observability, and monetization 

• Establish a resilient multi-CDN strategy focused on performance, scalability, reliability, and cost optimization 

• Drive platform modernization efforts, including the migration and consolidation of legacy and third-party video platform solutions into a unified, scalable ecosystem 

• Partner with key vendors and technology providers across the video ecosystem 

• Define build-versus-buy decisions and platform standards across brands and business units 

• Collaborate closely with Product, Ad Sales, Data, and Brand Engineering teams to align platform capabilities with business priorities 

• Build and lead high-performing engineering and platform teams while fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and operational excellence 

• Establish KPIs and operational metrics around playback quality, latency, reliability, scalability, and customer experience