Product Operations Director, Event Programming

Live Nation Entertainment; Monterroso; A distancia; EUR 80.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A global live entertainment company is seeking a Product Operations Director to manage the event programming product suite. This role involves ensuring successful product rollouts, collaborating globally, and capturing user feedback. The ideal candidate should have experience in ticketing, strong analytical and communication skills, and a passion for live events.

Servicios

Inclusive work environment

Opportunities for professional development

Formación

• Demonstrated success in providing product consultancy and support services.
• High-level of business acumen related to ticketing and live entertainment.
• Fluidity in English; other languages are a bonus.

Responsabilidades

• Ensure successful rollout of event programming product suite.
• Facilitate collaboration among regional and platform experts.
• Capture enhancement opportunities and user requests.

Conocimientos

Product consultancy

Ticketing platform knowledge

Problem-solving

Analytical skills

Strong communication skills

Descripción del empleo

Job Summary

Product Operations Director, Event Programming

Location: Remote, Spain or Netherlands

Division: Global Support & Operations

Line Manager: VP, Product Operations

Contract Terms: Permanent, Fixed Term, 40 hours per week

THE TEAM

Global Support & Operations Organization has the mission to build a global support & operations center of excellence where all processes, tools & best practices are applied to all regions across the globe in order to achieve the highest levels of employee, fan & client satisfaction.

Operations Initiative Management team, a vertical of this organization, is accountable for leading Ticketmaster’s Operations initiatives to deliver success across operational project management, product operations and go to market strategies that ensure optimal return across our organizational partnerships.

Our clients demand and value high service levels and we believe our people are the foundation to deliver great service. We are fortunate to have the most experienced and skilled operations experts on the field around the globe, regionally and locally, that have a deep understanding of our clients’ needs. We then apply our own ticketing technology to help our clients innovate in their offering and ticketing strategies.

THE JOB

In this role as Product Operations Director Event Programming, you will be responsible for ensuring the successful and scalable rollout of the event programming product suite—centered around TM1 Events—to both clients and internal users, minimizing friction throughout the adoption process.

You will become the global subject matter expert for a defined set of event programming products by deepening your understanding of event programming practices and processes, and by facilitating collaboration among a network of regional and platform experts.

As new features and products are introduced, you will play a key role in the user acceptance testing process, identifying friction points and gathering feedback. You will also be accountable for capturing enhancement opportunities and user requests, and for driving a structured feedback loop into Product and Engineering teams. This is a hands‑on role, that will require a mix of strategic thinking, product mastering, operational and business acumen and client facing expertise.

You will collaborate with a broad community of Product Operations professionals across platforms, regions, and markets to understand how event programming products integrate with the wider product ecosystem. Equally important, you will maintain ongoing engagement with Product Management, Engineering, Product Support, Core Operations, and Event Programming Support to influence product roadmaps and anticipate go‑to‑market efforts.

What You Will Be Doing

• Build and develop master knowledge on event programming products across multiple ticketing platforms, with special focus on TM1 Events and satellite event programming capabilities.
• Become the global single-point-of reference towards this product area/theme.
• Understand long-term business client and Ticketmaster goals in the event programming space and recommend appropriate system and product solutions.
• Develop deep understanding in event programming process and practice across different platforms and regions, appreciating local nuance and with an eye to identify opportunities for harmonization so that standard functionality delivers global gains.
• Lead the connection and collaboration of the event programming SME network in order to unlock opportunities for greater product adoption and develop product enhancement priorities that have the biggest return across regions.
• Define, enrich and own KPIs and metrics that assess product adoption, usage, client satisfaction, feedback and friction. Support the achievement of OKRs in this space, in order to drive efficiency gains by reducing EP queue volume and OPEX spend.
• Partner with Product Management to facilitate the correct prioritization and development of new products and features, proactively assisting in improving go‑to‑market and roll‑out.
• Play primary role in go‑to‑market process by owning the user acceptance and beta testing efforts to ensure products and features function as intended and align with quality, usability and client requirements expectations.
• Identify blockers and constraints towards scaling adoption of new features and products in this space.
• Build excellent working relationships with key stakeholders, including Product Management, Engineering, Core Operations, Business Development, Global Sales Operations and Global PMO.
• Own the communication of product updates, new features and any known issue that needs to be made aware to the wider user community, including presentations at various conferences or wide team meetings.
• Partner with Client Success, Event Programming, Education & Training and CRM in adapting and improving client onboarding processes and practices, ensuring optimal client experience.
• Collaborate with a wider Product Operations organization to understand touchpoints and influence of other products and features.
• Play active role during product disruptions that impact event programming product space, to advise on business impact, action contingency plans and communicate with wider user community impacted.
• Track product escalations and client issues to provide clear insights on friction trends and opportunities to further develop stability, performance and usability improvements.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW (or TECHNICAL SKILLS)

You will be required to demonstrate a high-level of business acumen together with a strong level of sector knowledge, relating to the international ticketing and live entertainment business.

• Demonstrated success in providing product consultancy and support services in a Market.
• Master knowledge of ticketing platforms and products with knowledge over Ticketmaster’s product suite being a bonus.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills - must be proficient in English. Fluidity in other languages being a bonus given the global exposure of this role.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with good eye to spot root cause and define sound strategy to fix.
• Lean Mentality – continuously looking to reduce waste in process and driving an uplifting service culture across your team.
• Innovative and flexible approach – thrive to find solutions outside the box and balance quick/workaround options with permanent solutions.
• Highly analytical, with the ability to summarize great amount of information to drive precise conclusions, and with experience defining operations performance and success metrics and KPIs.

Desired Experience

• Proven success and experience delivering excellent leadership across a wide multi-cultural international team.
• Experience in ticketing, live entertainment, promoting, e-business or SaaS industries preferred.
• Understanding of the life cycle of events and operations processes and services: Event build, event maintenance, client support, access control, etc. is a bonus.
• Experience in developing strategies to uplift the service to clients, maximizing client satisfaction, increasing loyalty and optimizing available resources.

You (behavioural Requirements)

The following attributes determine how the role will be carried out and are required to be a success:

• Carefully weighs the impact of a broad range or related issues or factors to prioritize action and allocate resources accordingly.
• Makes high quality decision in a timely manner, considering the immediate and long‑term consequences of decisions.
• Asks appropriate questions to ensure full understanding, to generate new ideas and innovative solutions.
• Responds with flexibility and resilience when faced with multiple demands, shifting priorities, ambiguity, or rapid change.
• Organises time effectively, ensuring there is appropriate time to plan for future needs, maximising the use of available resources.
• Clearly conveys goals and expectations to others; steps forward to confront difficult issues.
• Paves the way for change, diminishes fear and persuades others to let go of resistance.
• Demonstrates ethical behaviours.
• Not accept the status quo, working with a sense of urgency to deliver better results.
• Relationship Management & Collaboration: building and fostering strong trust‑based relationships with clients and internal partners across the organization. Ability to network effectively up, down and across the business.
• Intuitive and empathetic.

LIFE AT TICKETMASTER

We are proud to be a part of Live Nation Entertainment, the world’s largest live entertainment company.

Our vision at Ticketmaster is to connect people around the world to the live events they love. As the world’s largest ticket marketplace and the leading global provider of enterprise tools and services for the live entertainment business, we are uniquely positioned to successfully deliver on that vision.

We do it all with an intense passion for Live and an inspiring and diverse culture driven by accessible leaders, attentive managers, and enthusiastic teams. If you’re passionate about live entertainment like we are, and you want to work at a company dedicated to helping millions of fans experience it, we want to hear from you.

Our Work Is Guided By Our Values

• Reliability – We understand that fans and clients rely on us to power their live event experiences, and we rely on each other to make it happen.
• Teamwork – We believe individual achievement pales in comparison to the level of success that can be achieved by a team.
• Integrity – We are committed to the highest moral and ethical standards on behalf of the countless partners and stakeholders we represent.
• Belonging – We are committed to building a culture in which all people can be their authentic selves, have an equal voice and opportunities to thrive.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

We are passionate and committed to our people and go beyond the rhetoric of diversity and inclusion. You will be working in an inclusive environment and be encouraged to bring your whole self to work. We will do all that we can to help you successfully balance your work and home life. As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with. It's talent that matters to us and we encourage applications from people irrespective of their gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status or caring responsibilities.