Production Supervisor

Mbc Group; Riyadh; Presencial; SAR 250.000 - 450.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

MBC GROUP in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, seeks an experienced Production Manager to oversee scripted productions from development to final delivery. The role requires leadership across cross-functional teams, rigorous budgeting, scheduling, and risk management to keep multiple projects on track.

You will coordinate with studios, partners, and internal stakeholders, ensuring quality outputs and adherence to technical and legal standards, while guiding teams through a fast-paced production lifecycle.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree as listed in the requirements.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in television, film, or media production.
• Minimum 5 years in supervisory or management role within production environments.
• Proven experience managing multiple productions from development through delivery.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, cost control, scheduling, and production planning.

Responsabilidades

• Supervise scripted productions throughout the entire production lifecycle, from development and pre-production through filming, post-production, and final delivery.
• Monitor production schedules, budgets, forecasts, and resource allocation to ensure projects are delivered on time and within approved budgets.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders, production companies, creative teams, and operational departments to ensure production objectives are achieved.
• Review scripts and production plans to identify production requirements, operational considerations, and potential risks.
• Oversee production processes and workflows, ensuring adherence to company standards, policies, and technical requirements.
• Track production performance and provide regular status updates, reports, and escalation of issues where required.
• Support casting activities, talent engagement, contract coordination, and production logistics as necessary.
• Manage relationships with production partners and external stakeholders to ensure effective collaboration.
• Review production outputs, including dailies, rough cuts, and offline edits, to ensure quality standards are maintained.
• Identify potential production risks and implement mitigation plans to minimize impact on delivery schedules and budgets.
• Resolve production, operational, and logistical issues efficiently while maintaining project continuity.
• Ensure all deliverables meet creative, technical, legal, and business requirements before final handover.

Conocimientos

Production management

Budgeting

Scheduling

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Problem solving

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Film Production, Media, Communications, Business Administration, or related field

Herramientas

Production management software

Budgeting tools

Scheduling software

MS Office

Descripción del empleo

• Supervise scripted productions throughout the entire production lifecycle, from development and pre-production through filming, post-production, and final delivery.
• Monitor production schedules, budgets, forecasts, and resource allocation to ensure projects are delivered on time and within approved budgets.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders, production companies, creative teams, and operational departments to ensure production objectives are achieved.
• Review scripts and production plans to identify production requirements, operational considerations, and potential risks.
• Oversee production processes and workflows, ensuring adherence to company standards, policies, and technical requirements.
• Track production performance and provide regular status updates, reports, and escalation of issues where required.
• Support casting activities, talent engagement, contract coordination, and production logistics as necessary.
• Manage relationships with production partners and external stakeholders to ensure effective collaboration.
• Review production outputs, including dailies, rough cuts, and offline edits, to ensure quality standards are maintained.
• Identify potential production risks and implement mitigation plans to minimize impact on delivery schedules and budgets.
• Resolve production, operational, and logistical issues efficiently while maintaining project continuity.
• Ensure all deliverables meet creative, technical, legal, and business requirements before final handover.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Film Production, Media, Communications, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in television, film, scripted content, or media production.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a supervisory or management role within production environments.
• Proven experience managing multiple productions simultaneously from development through delivery.
• Strong understanding of the complete production lifecycle, including development, pre-production, production, post-production, and content delivery.
• Demonstrated experience in budgeting, forecasting, cost control, scheduling, and production planning.
• Strong knowledge of production operations, workflows, technical requirements, and industry best practices.
• Excellent leadership, organizational, and project management skills.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams and external partners.
• Experience managing talent, agents, cast contracts, and production companies is preferred.
• Strong negotiation, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Proven problem-solving abilities and sound decision-making skills in fast-paced production environments.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively under tight deadlines.
• High attention to detail and commitment to quality.
• Proficiency in production management systems, budgeting tools, scheduling software, and Microsoft Office applications.
• Fluency in Arabic and English is preferred.

About Us

MBC GROUP is the largest and leading media company in the Middle East and North Africa, dedicated towards enriching lives through information, interaction, and entertainment.

With a rich history of growth and expansion, MBC GROUP’s first presence came to London in 1991 in the form of the private satellite TV channel, MBC1. A decade later, MBC GROUP relocated its headquarters to Dubai Media City, United Arab Emirates, in 2002.

Building on its immense success in recent times, MBC GROUP proudly inaugurated its new headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in September 2022.
With a commitment to serving audiences worldwide and featuring in key markets, MBC GROUP is home to a plethora of iconic brands, departments, and entities that include TV and radio offerings, a streaming platform, production and talent houses, and more.
Today, MBC GROUP operates over 13 free-to-air TV channels and 3 radio stations, such as the flagship MBC1, as well as MBC2, MBC3, MBC4, MBC5, MBC MASR, MBC IRAQ, and MBC LOUD FM.

The Group also operates Shahid, the world’s leading Arabic streaming platform that’s home to highly rated original productions from the Arab world, a wide range of exclusive series, movies and other premieres, as well as live TV channels, sports, kids offering, international content, and more.
MBC GROUP is also home to MBC STUDIOS, a global production powerhouse, born to realize the unrivalled, untapped storytelling potential of the Middle East.

With a mission to mentor, educate, and nurture the talent of tomorrow, MBC GROUP runs MBC ACADEMY, an educational and training platform with the mission to discover, upskill, and nurture Saudi talent in the media and production space. Since its launch in 2020, MBC ACADEMY has successfully gone on to train over 18,000 individuals.