Senior Production Manager

About the role

The Senior Production Manager (SPM) plays a crucial role in overseeing the production of various projects, from live events to virtual activations. They collaborate closely with internal and external teams to ensure the successful execution of projects while adhering to tight deadlines and budgets.

Responsibilities

• Assist pitch teams in determining project feasibility and establishing production budgets.
• Attend brainstorming sessions and pitch meetings as needed.
• Lead project planning and development meetings, as well as internal and external status meetings.
• Collaborate with Production Department Leadership to establish the overall project plan and budget.
• Work closely with internal operations, account, technology, and creative teams to ensure smooth operations and high-quality deliverables.
• Recruit, hire, and manage production crews and staff as required.
• Manage vendor relationships, request bids, select vendors, and negotiate contracts.
• Monitor vendor performance and submit status reports, photo/digital documentation, and other production evidence.
• Reconcile budgets and prepare post-event analysis.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Business Administration, or related field preferred.
• 7+ years of direct experience in producing/managing budgets for major marketing programs/events/activations within an experiential agency environment.
• Extremely strong and diverse experience base that directly applies to this multi-faceted, high-demand position.
• Very strong vendor relationships and experience with competitive bidding processes.
• Proven ability to manage internal and external partners and service providers.
• Excellent planning, organizational, prioritization, and time-management skills.
• Ability to multi-task, manage competing priorities, work in the "grey," embrace ambiguity, and thrive under pressure.
• Strong and proven management skills and interpersonal communication skills.
• Excellent judgment and awareness with the ability to proactively identify issues and obstacles and create solutions.
• Extremely strong working knowledge of and experience with contracting, permitting, and insurance processes.
• Understanding of Union Labor laws and ability to manage within a budget without penalties.
• Strong understanding in areas such as security/access control, branding, fabrication, location scouting, venue negotiations.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Extremely strong work ethic and the proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and challenging environment.
• Willingness to travel up to 50% of the time, if necessary.
• Experience with project management tools such as SharePoint, Google apps, Trello, and Microsoft Teams.
• Flexible and comfortable working non-traditional hours in non-traditional locations.
• Ability and desire to work in the office in keeping with OBE’s current in-office policy.

Pay and Benefits

The starting salary range for this position is $95,000 - $110,000 annually. Benefits include medical/dental/vision insurance, employer-paid basic life and personal accident insurance, annual profit-sharing/bonus plan, 401(k), healthcare flexible spending account, dependent care flexible spending account, PTO, STD/LTD insurance benefits, and an Equal Opportunity Employer commitment.