Director, Business Operations & Production

What You’ll Do

The Director, Business Operations & Production is responsible for overseeing and supporting the rapid growth of our Global Events and Experiences business. You’ll drive impact through analyzing, developing, and influencing strategies, and building industry-leading partnerships, through a meaningful network of industry contacts. You will work cross functionally with internal and external stakeholders to drive productions from its original conception to its full execution. The Director, Business Operations & Production ensures productions run smoothly, meet deadlines, and stay within budget.

What you’ll be working on 

• Work closely with cross-functional teams throughout the lifecycle of key partnerships, events and experiences to push objectives across the organization
• Ability to cultivate and build strong relationships with new and existing partners and industry counterparts
• Analyze market opportunities and identify partners who can exploit those opportunities
• Strong strategic presentation, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage budgets, create P&L’s, evaluate sponsorship inventory and pricing
• You will lead and manage various global brand and enterprise-wide programs successfully moving projects from paper to launch with timely development, launch and wide-spread adoption
• You will lead facilitation of cross-functional workstreams to align key stakeholders in support of the initiatives and lead the process in ensuring that initiatives stay on track during and after implementation
• When needed at events and experiences, act as lead point ensuring all vendors & contractors are on time, all contractual deliverables are being fulfilled and ensure wrapping is completed prior to over-time
• Oversee budget compliance, and adherence to production timeline, ensuring all parties are fully prepared for production logistics and run of show
• Demonstrate success in managing multiple projects of varying complexity simultaneously, leading from concept through implementation in a fast-paced environment
• Need to consult with teammates and help lead on creation and monitoring of all legal documents

Must Haves: 

• 5-8 years of high-volume experience in live events production
• Bachelor’s Degree in related field
• Forward-thinking, strategic, and tactical executive; proven ability to work across an organization at all levels with technical, creative, and executive team members under tight deadlines
• Ability to work well independently and on a fast-paced team environment
• Prior experience managing timelines and overseeing budget compliance
• Strong communications skills; must be organized and comfortable working with internal stakeholders, external Brand Partners, Celebrities and their representation
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously
• Must have strong computer proficiency with strength in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

Primary Location Salary Range: $125,000 - $140,000