Sr. Production Ops Manager, Prime Video Live Sports

DESCRIPTION

We are looking for an experienced Production Operations lead to oversee multiple and overlapping sports properties through the full project lifecycle.

In this role you will use your production, field operations and project management experience to plan and execute high-profile events ensuring operational timelines and financial planning are met. You will own and manage the end-to-end project life cycle and day-to-day operational elements of assigned sports properties. You will be responsible for creating production timelines and budgets from the initial projected business scope, through the execution and ongoing supervision of the day-to-day live event production and ending with post-mortem and reconciliation stage. You will be responsible for shepherding the vendor selection process and serve as the primary point of contact for Production Service Partners (PSP), defining the scope of work and deliverables working with the Legal team on contract terms.

Key job responsibilities

1. Own and manage the end-to-end project lifecycle of a property re-start of new property launch, gathering business requirements, implementing workstreams, and developing milestones and launch schedule to ensure successful delivery of event.
2. Oversee on-site event production operations including Health & Safety, risk management, and vendor relationships.
3. Work closely with the Production Finance team to track and reconcile all production costs, ensuring external vendors and production team are aware of overall production spend.
4. Collaborate with Amazon teams (e.g., legal, business affairs, business development, production finance, accounting, and other global operations team) in operationalizing properties and driving synergy as needed.
5. Lead regular status updates on project timelines and budgets to senior leadership. Recognize and flag possible issues and blockers, providing timely solutions to resolve issues.
6. Seek continuous improvements in execution of existing productions (e.g., recommend necessary changes to operational strategy, seek alignment with necessary stakeholders and implement changes at regular intervals).
7. Support the senior Production team in implementing the operational strategy across all Prime Video Live Sports properties. Align regularly with production team across other regions to share best practices and integrate new learnings.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. Experience with live TV/digital.
2. Experience with budgeting, scheduling and cost reports.
3. Experience leading large projects and facilitate group meetings.
4. Experience as a producer, production manager, line producer or in production risk management.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. Experience with data/analytics and using data to make decisions.

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