Operations Manager

Devil May Care Media; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Devil May Care Media in New York seeks a Production Operations Manager to oversee multiple productions, coordinating among producers, directors, editors, and tech teams.

You will own production planning, budgeting, scheduling, and resource allocation, ensuring smooth day-to-day operations, clear communication with leadership, and scalable workflows across cloud-based and vendor studios.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing production operations in digital media, broadcast, or remote cloud production environments.
• Strong ownership mindset and central operator across production and technical functions.
• Experience with cloud-based production systems (AWS or similar) and managing environments built by external partners.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop teams with cross-training and collaboration.
• Strong operational instincts to identify gaps, improve processes, and scale solutions.
• Ability to balance people, process, and technology as a general manager of technical production.
• Excellent communication translating between technical, production staff, and leadership.
• History of building teams that operate independently with high execution standards.
• Proactive, curious operator who learns and improves processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support a team of producers, technical directors, and editors across multiple productions.
• Lead production planning and oversight, including budgeting, tracking, scheduling, and resource allocation.
• Own day-to-day production logistics, staffing coordination, and timelines.
• Serve as primary point of contact between production teams and leadership.
• Oversee and optimize technical workflows across vendor studios, production software, and virtual environments.
• Identify issues and surface opportunities for improvements based on observation and feedback.
• Implement and refine standardized processes to improve efficiency and reduce risk.
• Coordinate cross-training initiatives to strengthen team redundancy and ownership.
• Support new show launches, special projects, and expansion of in-house production capabilities.

Skills

Production ops experience

Ownership mindset

Cloud-based production

Team leadership

Operational instincts

Technical production leadership

Communication

Building independent teams

Proactive curiosity

Job description

Company Description

Devil May Care Media is an independent media company founded by journalist Megyn Kelly, producing podcasts and other new media content with a focus on news, current events, cultural issues and law and crime.

Role Description

• Manage and support a team of producers, technical directors, and editors across multiple productions
• Lead production planning and oversight, including budgeting, financial tracking, scheduling, and resource allocation
• Own day-to-day production logistics, staffing coordination, and timelines
• Serve as the primary point of contact between production teams and leadership, ensuring clear and consistent communication
• Oversee and optimize technical workflows across vendor studios, production software, and virtual production environments.
• While you won’t be responsible for building these systems, you should have a strong operational understanding. This enables you to identify issues, surface opportunities for improvement, and elevate concerns, adjustments, or enhancements to the appropriate internal or external teams based on observation and user feedback.
• Implement and refine standardized processes to improve efficiency and reduce risk
• Coordinate cross-training initiatives to strengthen team redundancy and shared ownership
• Support new show launches, special projects, and the expansion of in-house production capabilities

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing production operations in digital media, broadcast, or remote based cloud production environments
• Strong ownership mindset — comfortable acting as the central operator across both production and technical functions
• Experience working with cloud-based production systems (including AWS or similar environments), with the ability to oversee and manage environments built by external partners
• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop teams, with direct management experience and a focus on building cross-trained, highly collaborative groups
• Strong operational instincts — able to identify gaps, improve processes, and implement scalable solutions that support long-term growth
• Comfortable acting as the “general manager” of technical production — balancing people, process, and technology to ensure consistent execution
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate between technical teams, production staff, and leadership
• Experience building or supporting teams that can operate independently with confidence, maintaining a high and consistent standard of execution
• A proactive, curious operator who is always learning, stays close to the details, and takes initiative to improve processes and team performance