Role : Lead – Meta Data Operations Function: Broadcast Operations & Network Engineering

Location:
Mumbai Sony Pictures Networks India is looking for a Lead – Meta Data Operations to oversee digital content metadata operations and ensure timely, accurate entry and maintenance of content metadata in the CMS for SonyLIV and YouTube. The role guides the team, maintains robust processes and quality checks, and supports efficient content delivery in coordination with business and technical stakeholders. Qualifications & Experience
• Diploma or graduate qualification, preferably in Broadcast, Media, or a related field.
• 5–6 years of relevant experience in digital content operations, metadata operations, or related media workflows.
• Experience coordinating with cross-functional teams and supporting time-sensitive content delivery.

Key Responsibilities
1. Metadata Operations
• Guide the team in entering complete and accurate metadata to enhance content discoverability and user experience.
• Maintain 100% accuracy across required metadata fields to support consistent data management and future mapping.
• Document, establish, and follow standard processes and workflows to ensure accuracy and operational consistency.
• Write engaging content synopses and titles that accurately represent the content and encourage user viewing.
• Provide metadata and tags for business-as-usual content, including live sports and GEC content.
• Plan and execute bulk metadata changes based on stakeholder requirements, considering potential impacts on the front end (FE) and user experience.
• Perform quality checks to confirm published content is available and correctly represented on SonyLIV and YouTube. 2. Stakeholder & Platform Coordination
• Work closely with Business, Product, Editorial, Graphics, and Marketing teams to ensure timely and high-quality content delivery.
• Coordinate with Product and Technology teams to understand new CMS features, document changes, and implement them accurately in daily operations.
• Support live-event operations and ensure timely metadata and content delivery for sports and GEC requirements. 3.



Team & Operational Management
• Guide team members, resolve operational queries, and maintain quality and consistency of output.
• Manage team rostering and resource planning in line with operational requirements.
• Create bookings and prepare monthly reports covering resource utilization and asset deliveries.
• Provide operational support and extend

working hours
when required to meet GEC, sports, and live-event demands. Key Metrics 1. Metadata Accuracy & Quality
• Maintain 100% accuracy across mandatory metadata fields, subject to agreed quality standards.
• Ensure metadata titles, synopses, tags, and other fields are complete, relevant, and consistent with content requirements.
• Minimize metadata errors, rework, and corrections after publishing. 2. Content Publishing & Availability
• Ensure metadata entry and updates are completed within agreed timelines.
• Verify availability and correct presentation of published content on SonyLIV and YouTube through defined QC checks.
• Ensure timely metadata support for live sports, GEC, and other priority content. 3. Process Compliance & Change Management
• Maintain updated process documentation and adherence to established workflows.
• Execute bulk metadata changes accurately and within agreed timelines, with due consideration of front-end impact.
• Implement relevant CMS feature updates in daily operations with appropriate documentation and quality checks. 4. Team Productivity & Stakeholder Support
• Monitor team output, asset deliveries, and resource utilization through monthly reporting.
• Ensure effective rostering and coverage for planned and live-event operational requirements.
• Resolve or escalate operational queries and stakeholder dependencies in a timely manner.



Critical Competencies Behavioural Competencies
• Teamwork, accountability, and ownership.
• Strong attention to detail and foresight to anticipate operational requirements.
• Passion, dedication, and commitment to delivery.
• Understanding of sports and GEC content and their operational requirements.
• Process orientation and focus on continuous improvement.
• Effective stakeholder coordination and communication. Technical Competencies
• Working knowledge of content metadata, metadata tagging, and hashtags, including their impact on content discovery and video performance.
• Advanced computer skills and proficiency in operational reporting.
• Working knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS and Google Cloud.
• Understanding of CMS workflows and digital content publishing on SonyLIV and YouTube.
• Fluent in English, with the ability to prepare transparent synopses and content titles. Technical Skills
• Content Management Systems (CMS)
• Digital Content Metadata Entry & Management
• Metadata Tagging, Hashtags & Content Discoverability
• SonyLIV & YouTube Publishing Quality Checks
• Content Synopsis and Title Writing
• Bulk Metadata Updates and Quality Control
• Cloud Platforms – AWS / Google Cloud (working knowledge)
• Operational Reporting, Rostering & Resource Utilization
• Live Sports and GEC Content Operations Why Join Us? Sony Pictures Networks India is home to leading entertainment channels across general entertainment, movies, factual entertainment, kids’ entertainment, and sports. Its digital presence includes SonyLIV and YouTube, supporting the ambition to build a progressive, digitally led content powerhouse. Studio NEXT develops original content and intellectual properties for television and digital media. SPNI is committed to an inclusive and equitable workplace through its Bring Your Own Self philosophy and continues to focus on being an employer of choice. Employees have the opportunity to contribute to digital content experiences and help tell stories beyond the ordinary.

📌 Lead - Meta Data Operations (Mumbai)
🏢 Sony Pictures Networks India
📍 Mumbai