Coordinator, Production Operations

SharkNinja; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

SharkNinja in Irvine seeks a Production Operations Coordinator to act as the connective tissue between production and Finance, Legal, HR, IT and Procurement. You own the money, the paperwork, the vendors, and the building, handling payroll, budget reconciliation, and onboarding new hires with speed and accuracy.

On a typical week you schedule payroll in Wrapbook, onboard vendors, route contracts, manage insurance certificates, and ensure vendors are paid on time to keep the studio humming.

Job description

About Us

SharkNinjais a global product design and technology company, with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions that positivelyimpactpeople’s lives in homes around the world. Powered by two trusted, global brands, Shark and Ninja , the company has a proventrack recordof bringing disruptive innovation to market and developing one consumer product after another has allowedSharkNinjato enter multiple product categories, driving significant growth and market share gains. Headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts with more than4,100associates, the company’s products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors around the world.

AI at SharkNinja

At SharkNinja, we’re building an AI-native culture. We’re not waiting for the future; we’re creating it. Our people are expected to experiment boldly, adopt new tools, and continuously raise what’s possible to create meaningful impact for our consumers. If you believe the best way to do your job hasn’t been invented yet, you’ll fit right in.

Production Operations Coordinator

WHO WE ARE

SharkNinja makes Shark and Ninja. SN Studios in Irvine is where we shoot the demo content that proves our products outperform everything else on the shelf. The Proof Demo Lab is the room we built to break things on purpose. High speed rigs, water, fire, dust, mess, and the gear to catch all of it at 1000 frames a second.

That kind of work only runs fast if the operation underneath it is airtight. Payroll clears. Vendors are onboarded. Contracts are signed. Budgets are current. The crew walks in and the day works.

That is this role. We are standing up one of the fastest in-house creative production operations in the world, and this is the seat that keeps it upright.

THE ROLE

You are the connective tissue between production and every function that supports it. Finance, Legal, HR, IT, and Procurement all come through you, and so does the crew that needs an answer in the next ten minutes.

You own the money, the paperwork, the vendors, and the building. You process payroll, you reconcile budgets, you chase the signature, you order the thing nobody realized we were out of, and you get a new hire set up before their first day.

Then tomorrow it is a different list. This job rewards range over routine.

A DIFFERENT JOB ON DIFFERENT DAYS

A real week here looks something like this.

• Monday. Payroll runs in Wrapbook, start to finish, and you verify every payment before you close it out.

• Tuesday. Three vendors need onboarding, two SOWs need routing to Legal, and one insurance certificate has to land before Thursday.

• Wednesday. You reconcile AMEX and invoice activity against project budgets, and you find the variance before Finance does.

• Thursday. A new hire starts. IT access, fob, workstation, orientation. Handled before they park.

• Friday. A shoot moves up two weeks. You rebuild the vendor timeline, flag the budget impact, and nobody loses a day.

• Somewhere in there the studio runs out of supplies, a PO stalls, and a producer asks you a question nobody has ever asked before. You solve all three.

WHAT THE WORK LOOKS LIKE

Money and budgets

• Own project budget tracking and reconcile AMEX, check, and invoice activity against it with full accuracy.

• Flag variances early and bring the number to leadership before it becomes a surprise.

• Process expense reports for studio leadership, and manage petty cash and check authorization.

• Build budget visibility producers can actually read. If they cannot see the spend, they cannot control it.

Payroll and invoices

• Process payroll end to end in Wrapbook, from job creation through payment verification.

• Manage the full invoice lifecycle in Coupa. PO creation, approvals routing, and vendor follow up.

• Keep crew and vendors paid on time, every time. This is the fastest way to build a reputation with the people we want back.

Vendors and contracts

• Own vendor onboarding and offboarding, from documentation through communication.

• Track contract approvals and signatures across every active SOW. No gaps, no delays.

• Maintain contract records in Agiloft and the HR master spreadsheet with current accuracy.

• Route contracts to Legal, Procurement, and Finance without bottlenecks.

• Request and track production insurance certificates for active productions.

The building

• Own physical studio operations. Supplies, inventory, key fob access, and building coordination.

• Run new employee and vendor onboarding. IT access, system provisioning, and orientation support.

• Handle offboarding logistics so access removal and system deactivation are clean.

• Be the go to for day to day operational needs. Resolve fast, elevate when it is right to esc>altate.

Systems and playbooks

• Build and maintain operational playbooks, reference guides, and training materials for production staff.

• Train new UPMs and PAs on contract procedures, vendor onboarding, and compliance workflows.

• Use AI to take the repetitive work off the team. If you have built workflows or automations that saved real hours, we want to hear about it.

• Find the friction and fix it before it becomes a problem. Then write it down so it stays fixed.

Cross functional coordination

• Serve as the studio primary liaison with Finance, Legal, HR, IT, and Procurement.