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:
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Employment Status: Regular
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Time Commitment: Full-Time
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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:
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Global Leadership Summit (US) - Production & Execution Leadership
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Oversees broadcast, control room, and technical production systems
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Executes the Run of Show in alignment with Creative and Content
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Partners closely with key vendors, including creative director, production vendors, venue personnel, and others
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Collaborates with partners to recruit and lead production and broadcast teams
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Aligns all teams around a unified execution plan
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Leads real-time production and broadcast decision-making during the event
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Ensures alignment across in-room, online, and Summit partner site experiences
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Multi-Environment Delivery (Online & Summit Partner Sites)
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Oversees the production and broadcast of the online Summit experience
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Leads the end-to-end delivery model for Summit partner sites, including content distribution, streaming and access systems, and technical standards
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Provides leadership for support, troubleshooting, and execution during the Summit
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Ensures a consistent, high-quality experience across all environments
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Summit Partner Site Ecosystem (Year-Round)
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Leads onboarding of new Summit partner sites
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Develops and delivers training for Technical Directors and Producers
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Builds and maintains strong relationships and community with Summit partner site leaders
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Owns and drives systems supporting the production and broadcast function
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Ensures Summit partner sites are equipped and prepared to execute the Summit
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Production Leadership Across All GLN Events
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Leads production planning and execution for other GLN events, such as pastors events and donor events
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Determines the appropriate level of production for each experience
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Contracts with additional production partners as needed
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Ensures consistency in quality and execution across events
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GLN Leadership & Performance Management
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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).
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Actively participate in one-on-one meetings with manager, team meetings, all-staff meetings, and cross-functional meetings, as needed.
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Complete other related duties as assigned.
Skills and Qualifications:
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Makes sound decisions with confidence and clarity under pressure
- Calm, steady, and solutions-oriented in high-stress live event environments
- Inspires, leads, and develops teams — staff, contractors, and volunteers
- Highly collaborative — works effectively across departments, partners, and vendors
- High emotional and relational intelligence
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Discerning — exercises sound judgment in creative, relational, and technical decisions
- Passion for the local church and the mission of the Global Leadership Network
Education, Experience, and Other Requirements:
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Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
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10+ years of progressive experience in broadcast production, live events, or technical production leadership
- Demonstrated senior-level technical expertise in broadcast production, streaming infrastructure, and multi-environment delivery systems
- Proven experience recruiting, contracting, and leading diverse contractor teams and managing multiple vendor relationships simultaneously
- Experience with multi-site or distributed broadcast delivery — Summit partner site networks, distributed streaming, or similar
- Strategic budget management experience — ownership of production budgets, vendor contracts, and cost stewardship
- Strong project management skills with demonstrated ability to manage multiple event production cycles simultaneously
- Experience working in or alongside ministry, church, or faith-based organizations preferred
- A vital relationship with Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and an active participant of a local church that holds to a historic, orthodox understanding of biblical Christianity
Organizational Values:
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Excellence – We bring our best into everything we do, knowing that this honors God.
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Authenticity – We seek to be real and honest, and encourage others to do the same.
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Collaboration – We set aside personal preferences to reach those who do not yet know Jesus.
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Humility – We are flexible, responsible, and respectful of others.
Leadership Behaviors – How we behave:
Pray about everything Build relationships with God and others
Live a spiritually yielded life Never stop learning
Work with a spirit of intensity Recognize that life change is a process
Allocate resources strategically Possess a winning attitude
Intercept entropy at its earliest stages Communicate truth with grace
