The Ringer seeks a Senior Production Manager to join its team. The ideal candidate will be driven, innovative, and enthusiastic about sports and pop culture. In this role, the production manager will work with studio teams and remote teams to coordinate all recordings and seasonal staffing. This role requires significant experience with production staffing and fluctuating production needs. Familiarity with The Ringer and Spotify’s podcast business is also important.

What You'll Do

Production Logistics & Scheduling: Work with the studio scheduling leads to coordinate studio bookings
Facility & Equipment Management: Work with our engineering team, who oversee maintenance of studio equipment, technology management, and ensure readiness for production. Managing the scheduling of planned upgrades and downtime to address technical issues.
Manage studio backend support, including coordination with vendors, technology and production. Ensure smooth communication to all appropriate parties, and lead the implementation of upgrades as needed.
Operational strategy: Streamline workflows, develop budgets, and manage vendor relations to optimize efficiency and increase production value.
Collaborate with production managers and creative executives on production operations strategies. Assist leadership to establish in-studio practices that maximize team cohesion and efficiency.
Act as a bridge between Studio Production and Finance, building rate cards and managing onboarding of vendors and contractors.
Lead efforts to source additional contractor support, building a high-level strategy for show and studio preferred assignments.
Drive configuration of studio spaces and facilities to enable purposeful onsite work, including partnering closely with the engineers to ensure all space and related equipment are working effectively in user friendly ways that take into account best practices.
Supporting the live events team’s effort to source production crew and equipment for remote productions.
Work closely with Head of Production and other leadership on production budgets including services, negotiating bids for outside vendors, tracking costs and expenditure reconciliation. Partner with Head of Production to project upcoming budgets.

Who You Are

Experience: 7+ years running studio operations at a video production facility
Leadership: Strong team management and communication abilities.
Technical Proficiency: Knowledge of production equipment, scheduling software, and tools like Excel/PowerPoint.
Problem-Solving: Ability to resolve issues quickly in high-pressure, fast-paced environments.
Established relationships with vendors, film commissions, and facilities.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and excellent project management skills
Excellent organization skills; ability to handle multiple projects at once
Significant experience managing physical production, in studio and remote, including facility operations, vendor management and negotiations
Experience working in a dynamic environment. Demonstrable ability to effect change and drive new practices and procedures.
Previous experience managing a team
Motivated self-starter with excellent organizational and analytical skills
Strategically minded and adept at managing in a diverse environment
Adept at building strong relationships and interfacing with people at all levels across the organization
Proactive approach and solution focused

Where You'll Be

This role is located in Los Angeles, California

The United States base range for this position is $116,810–$166,871 USD, plus equity. The benefits available for this position include health insurance, six-month paid parental leave, 401(k) retirement plan, monthly meal allowance, 23 paid days off, paid flexible holidays, and paid sick leave. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.

At Spotify, we are passionate about inclusivity and making sure our entire recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We have ways to request reasonable accommodations during the interview process and help assist in what you need. If you need accommodations at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know - we’re here to support you in any way we can.

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