We are looking for an experienced Senior Playout Operator to join the Inetsat Playout team. The role involves managing broadcast playout operations, validating and loading TV playlists and media materials into transmission platforms, and ensuring timely and accurate delivery for live broadcasts.

The candidate will act as the primary point of contact for playout delivery, identify and resolve scheduling or material-related issues, monitor operational performance, and drive continuous process improvements.

Key Responsibilities:

- Validate TV playlists and media materials, identifying and resolving discrepancies.

- Ensure accurate and timely loading of playlists and content into broadcast transmission platforms.

- Monitor playout operations and maintain accurate operational logs.

- Report and escalate missing or incorrect materials and scheduling issues.

- Manage insertion of secondary elements and configuration of new channels and services.

- Monitor SLA performance and share operational reports with senior management and broadcast partners.

- Supervise daily activities and review the performance of the Playout Operations team.

- Provide directional feedback and implement process improvements.

- Lead process improvement projects and measure their business value.

- Provide management support in the absence of the Playout Manager.

Required Qualifications & Skills:

- Minimum 7 years of practical experience in Broadcast Playout Operations or related broadcast operations.

- Associate degree or equivalent practical experience.

- Strong understanding of broadcast media formats, audio formats and media transportation methods.

- Knowledge of TV playlist validation, broadcast scheduling and transmission platforms.

- Strong analytical, logical problem-solving and technical troubleshooting skills.

- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

- Experience preparing operational guides, reports and formal announcements.





- Knowledge of monitoring and performance tools such as HP OpenView, Nagios, Catchpoint, Datadog, Recent Relic or AppDynamics.

- Ability to supervise teams and drive continuous process improvements.

- Good understanding of modern technical concepts and engineering practices.

Significant Eligibility Criteria:

- Ex-TCS employees are not eligible to apply.

- PAN and Date of Birth (DOB) are required for candidate profile creation and must be collected through the approved secure recruitment process.

. Skills

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4. Industry, Function & Role – My Recommendation

- Industry: Advertising / PR / MR / Events

- Function: Advertising / Arts / Media

- Role: Media Production / Broadcasting

If GLIT provides a specific Broadcasting or TV Production category, prefer that over a generic Advertising category.

5. Salary Range

Salary budget is not mentioned in the requisition, so I would not enter an estimated CTC without confirmation.

6. Key Recruitment Screening

- Ex-TCS employees – Not eligible.

- Broadcast Playout experience – Mandatory.

- Playlist validation and transmission experience – Important.

- Monitoring tools knowledge – Preferred.

- PAN and DOB – Required for profile creation; collect securely.

My recommendation: Target candidates from television broadcasting companies, media transmission operations, satellite broadcasting, and broadcast playout service providers. These backgrounds are more relevant than general BPO candidates.

One important clarification: Is the actual experience requirement 1–5 years or 7+ years? This will determine the correct GLIT experience filter and candidate pool.

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