Senior Activations Lead for Scaled Launches

Versant3; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

VERSANT is seeking an Activations Manager to lead the Fandango1 Activation team and own the full activation lifecycle from capacity planning through go-live and handoff to Support.

This role operates in a high-growth, high-complexity environment supporting multi-location partner launches and an expanding activation pipeline. As Fandango1 scales, this leader will build the processes, standards, workflows, and team capabilities needed for long-term growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent experience, plus 5+ years of people leadership experience.
• Proven ability to coach and develop employees, manage performance and workload, and build an inclusive, high-performing team.
• Proven experience leading through growth and complexity, including evolving workflows and implementation programs as business demand increases.
• Strong project and operational management skills, with the ability to forecast capacity, manage multiple concurrent implementations, balance competing priorities, identify dependencies and risks, and drive work through completion.
• Strong cross-functional leadership skills and demonstrated ability to partner with Sales, Product, Technology, Support, Customer Success, Creative, and other teams to solve complex problems and improve the end-to-end partner experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Activation Specialists, including workload management, performance feedback, career development, and day-to-day support, while building deeper Fandango1 and Indy expertise across the team.
• Own the activation pipeline and capacity strategy by reviewing the Sales pipeline, forecasting upcoming circuit and cinema demand, balancing assignments based on specialist capacity and expertise, and identifying staffing or scheduling constraints before they impact launches.
• Partner with Sales before the sale on complex opportunities, advising on implementation requirements, timing, dependencies, risks, and resource needs to ensure commitments can be operationally supported.
• Lead the Sales-to-Activation handoff and activation lifecycle from planning through post-launch stabilization, including confirming scope, products, locations, integrations, timelines, ownership, launch sequencing, readiness, and structured transition to Support.
• Provide direct oversight for complex, strategic, multi-location, or high-profile partner activations and serve as the senior escalation point for implementation blockers and client concerns, coordinating Product, Technology, Sales, Support, and other stakeholders through resolution.
• Build and scale Activation processes, including implementation standards, readiness criteria, playbooks, documentation, partner communications, training resources, performance reporting, automation, and AI-enabled efficiencies that improve consistency, visibility, team capacity, and onboarding timelines.

Skills

People leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Project management

Forecast capacity

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

VERSANT is seeking an Activations Manager to lead the Fandango1 Activation team and own the full activation lifecycle from capacity planning through go-live and handoff to Support.

This role operates in a high-growth, high-complexity environment supporting multi-location partner launches and an expanding activation pipeline. As Fandango1 scales, this leader will build the processes, standards, workflows, and team capabilities needed for long-term growth.