Wisconsin
Executive General Manager
University of Wisconsin Madison · Full-time
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About the role
- PBS Wisconsin and Wisconsin Public Radio seek an exceptional, visionary leader for a new Executive General Manager (EGM) position.
- WPR and PBS Wisconsin are services of Wisconsin Public Media (WPM), a division of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the Educational Communications Board (ECB), an independent State of Wisconsin agency.
- Our award-winning services reach communities throughout Wisconsin with trusted journalism, educational resources, history and cultural programming, community events, and public service.
Responsibilities
- Develops the unit's budget for licensee review and approval, driving strategic investment in facilities, personnel, projects, and new initiatives
- Collaborates with leadership on content delivery, public safety, and emergency alert systems for the state's communication infrastructure
- Communicates and sustains editorial guidelines and protects the unit's reputation, sustains editorial integrity and editorial independence, advances plans to enhance the unit's public profile and community support
- Supports revenue goals and drives revenue generation across platforms, including priority development activities, solicits support, and stewards relationships with high impact funders, supports advocacy efforts, collaborates with donation and gifts board on budgeting, compliance, strategic investments, advocacy and community engagement
- A FWA requires successful candidates to possess their own high-speed internet and phone to perform the work on a university provided computer.
Requirements
- Operational Excellence: Experience aligning systems, workflows and talent across a complex media organization.
- Philanthropic Disposition: Proven success representing the philanthropic needs of an organization and stewarding donors.
- The required qualifications marked with an asterisk will be assessed through your narrative submitted with your application.
Nice to have
- Bachelor's Degree Preferred Minimum
Compensation
- The minimum salary for this position is $205,000. Actual pay will depend on experience and qualifications.
Benefits
- Experience building high level strategic vision and aligning decision making across the organization to best serve audiences.
- A central responsibility of the Executive General Manager is leading WPM's ongoing evolution integrating distinct radio and television structures under a shared vision and leadership framework.
- Drives strategic planning, aligns operational priorities with strategic vision, evaluates programs against the unit mission, vision, and values, and builds a sustainable and relevant unit and service
- Serves as a liaison to internal and external stakeholder groups representing interests of the unit and fostering community and educational partnerships
- PBS Wisconsin and Wisconsin Public Radio are services of Wisconsin Public Media and the Educational Communications Board.
- For a summary of benefits, please see https://www.wisconsin.edu/ohrwd/benefits/download/fasl.pdf.
Company info
- Please note that instead of a cover letter, we are requiring a narrative.
Equal opportunity
- Equal Opportunity Employer.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Please note that successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the U
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