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Job Title: VP, MSO Systems - Canoe Ventures
Job Location: NY: New York
Pay Rate: Open
Job Length: full time
Start Date: 2008-09-04

Company Name: Time Warner
Contact: Recruiter
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Description: About Us Time Warner Cable owns and manages cable systems passing approximately 26 million homes in 33 states. The Company has 14.7 million customers for its video, high-speed data and residential telephone services. This includes 13.3 million basic video subscribers and more than 7 million customers who purchase at least two of the Companys primary services. Time Warner Cable operates some of the most technologically advanced and best-clustered cable systems in the country, with nearly 85 percent of the Companys customers located in five geographic regions: New York, Texas, Ohio, the Carolinas and southern California. It is the largest cable provider in the nations two largest cities, Los Angeles and New York, and the second largest cable operator in the country. The Companys history has been one of innovation, including pioneering fiber-coaxial technology that set the industry standard and launching the nations first high-speed Internet service, Road Runner, in 1996. Time Warner Cable leverages its leadership in innovation and quality customer care to deliver other advanced products and services such as video-on-demand, high-definition television, and digital video recorders, and also delivers innovative communications solutions to business customers. Time Warner Cable is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V. Posting Job Title VP, MSO Systems - Canoe Ventures TimeWarner Division Time Warner Cable Industry Cable and Telecommunications Services Location United States - New York - New York Requisition # 105482BR Position Type Full Time Posting Job Description Canoe Ventures, LLC, is a company founded by the nations leading cable operators, including Bright House Networks, Cablevision Systems Corporation, Charter Communications, Inc., Comcast Corporation, Cox Communications Inc., and Time Warner Cable. Based in New York City, it is a service bureau focused on making cables advanced advertising solutions easier to buy, use and measure. Canoe Ventures provides technology solutions that leverage cables two-way infrastructure for unprecedented message precision, engagement, interactivity, reach and measurability, and it helps networks tap into the power of cable so they can provide most effective and efficient marketing solutions for advertising clients, ultimately, changing the way viewers use TV. SCOPE: Reporting to the CTO, the VP of MSO Systems Technology is responsible for ensuring that all required Canoe capabilities are deployed in participating MSOs within the agreed upon timeframe and in compliance with the specified interfaces and service level agreements. To achieve this, the VP of MSO Systems Technology must provide leadership in the following areas: . Serve as the primary technical liaison between Canoe and all participating MSO technical teams . Own the operational guidelines, interfaces specifications and Service Level Agreements between Canoe and the MSOs ("the line") . Own and maintain the system capabilities assessments from participating MSOs . Serve as a technical interface to cable industry associations and standards bodies . Build and manage the required team of Canoe resources to support these activities The VP of MSO Systems Technology will need to quickly establish the cross-MSO communication structures and processes critical to defining and maintaining harmonized deployment plans, common interfaces and standards , and accurate system capabilities assessments. The successful candidate must possess an in-depth understanding of cable delivery platforms, organizational structures and deployment processes and their variability across MSOs. The position requires a broad, system-wide technical foundation coupled with outstanding interpersonal skills required to gain cross-MSO consensus on myriad technical and operational issues. RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Lead the technical liaison between Canoe and all participating MSO technical teams . Establish one on one relationships with MSO technical leadership in the CTO, CIO, Policy and System Test organizations as well as within the system divisions. . Facilitate both formal and informal communications and relationships between Canoe and each of the participating MSOs . Prepare presentations for regular project updates, Canoe internal and MSO project reviews and Canoe Board of Directors and Advisory board meetings. . Clearly communicate the Canoe roadmap and expectations for MSO compliance and product-specific execution and support . Understand the status of each MSOs roll-out plans, hurdles and mitigation strategies . Provide input on the product roadmap, especially driven by MSO delivery system readiness . Provide bi-directional communications (Canoe/MSOs) on key technical issues and their impact on the CAAS and MSO Systems . Socialize technical solutions, gain support from the MSO organizations and communicate asks and/or requirements from MSOs to Canoe. 2. Own the communication of & compliance with operational guidelines, interface specifications and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) between Canoe and MSOs (the line") . Support the initial development and ongoing support of all critical technical interfaces at system and application levels . Communicate and enforce all operating guidelines and SLAs between NewCo and participating MSOs, including the on-boarding of MSOs 3. Own and maintain capability assessments from participating MSOs . Develop and maintain the templates and frameworks for gathering capability assessment data supporting Canoe products . Manage the process for gathering system capabilities surveys from each MSO . Define a process for securely maintaining the confidentiality of survey responses from each MSO. . Work with the enterprise architecture team to evolve these processes into an automated end-to-end system for the capture, storage and processing of capability data from MSOs . Develop, maintain and enforce an on-boarding process for adding new Canoe capable MSOs and systems. 4. Serve as a technical interface to cable industry and standards associations . Provide the primary technical interface between Canoe and CableLabs. Ensure that roles and expectations are clearly communicated and help to jointly defined the necessary processes and procedures. . Help move the vendor community toward adoption of Canoe de-facto standards 5. Build and manage necessary Canoe resources . Work with the CTO to define the required organizational structure and assist in recruiting employees and/or hiring of contractors . Manage the MSO Systems Technology team QUALIFICATIONS: . Deep understanding of MSO engineering and IT organizations and established relationships with leadership personnel within the participating MSOs. . A thorough understanding of video and high speed data delivery platforms within cable systems. . Proven leadership and management of system deployment projects at or for MSOs. . Ability to anticipate, communicate and mitigate potential project risks. . Experience with CableLabs standards and specification work. . Excellent written and verbal communication skills. . Strong negotiation and facilitation skills with cross-MSO technical teams. . Possession of a broad, system-wide view.

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