Vice President Of Production

Element6 has an unique opportunity for a VP of Productions with a growing company that specializes in consulting and producing concerts, entertainment events, corporate events, etc. The company has a family feel that encourages and fosters creativity. This role will be based in Phoenix, AZ.

The Vice President of Productions provides executive level leadership to boost Production efforts. This person has complete P&L responsibility for the Production division across all locations. They will work closely with the VP Sales and their sales team to make sure they can operationally deliver the opportunities that the sales team serves up. This person must take an intentional, proactive and measured approach to setting up and redefining processes that will deliver amazing entertainment experiences. This person will act in alignment with our core values; committed, tenacious, selfless and tactful. This position will report directly to the CEO and be a member of the Executive team. Successful candidates will be humble, approachable, authentic, collaborative, responsible, accountable, confident, with high emotional intelligence and motivated by the success of others.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Proven leadership experience managing and leading a team to meet key financial and operational targets.

• Responsible for participating in strategic planning as a member of the Executive Team.

• Ability to collaborate with other leaders to promote consistency across locations.

• Build and develop a team of next level leaders with various levels of leadership experience. Proven ability to mentor, coach, support, and grow our next level leaders.

• Put KPM’s and metrics in place for each area and individuals that are aligned with company targets. Measure progress against those metrics at least quarterly.

• Proactively drive positive employee relationships alongside other members of the Executive and next level leadership, most notably the Director of Human Resources.

• Strong business acumen with sound and decisive judgement.

• Ability to identify areas of inefficiency and enact process changes to drive the organization to become more proactive and efficient.

• Communicate regularly with the CEO on progress and obstacles.

• Represent the company at certain industry events, local events, job fairs, tradeshows, etc.

• Responsible for culture, career development, communication, etc.

• Key position responsible for promoting engagement.

• Performs other related duties or projects as required and assigned.

• Able to work collaboratively and consistently with other company locations.

Experience and Educational Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in business or equivalent.

• 10 plus years of business production experience with P&L responsibility.

• Experience in production industry or closely related to this industry. Work experience in managing, producing, or supervising in following sectors is preferred: Music, Theater/Plays, Live entertainment shows, trade shows, corporate events, conventions, or public events.

• Working knowledge of lean principles preferred.

• Formal leadership education preferred. Blend of education and applicable experience accepted.

Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Demonstrate ability to act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality.

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

• Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.

• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.

• Highly resilient and great change leadership skills

• Authentic and relatable. Will be the “glue” for the location.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills employed across all levels of the organization.

• • Proficiency in Office 365 and Microsoft Office suite.