Senior Live Events Production Manager

Live Nation; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Live Nation Entertainment is seeking a Production Manager for New York City production operations overseeing 75+ shows annually across venues from clubs to arenas. Role involves coordinating with operations, talent management, finance, venues, vendors, and labor unions to ensure successful events.

The position requires extensive production planning, on-site leadership from load-in to load-out, and travel within the region.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of production management experience across varied venue types and event scales.
• Proven project management and planning expertise, with the ability to manage multiple events simultaneously.
• Strong leadership and decision‑making skills, especially under pressure and with limited information.
• Proficiency in Windows and Mac OS applications (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, OneNote, SharePoint).
• Exceptional organizational and communication skills‑written, verbal, and interpersonal.
• Experience procuring vendors (e.g., staging, audio, lighting, video) and managing staff, services, and budgets.
• Flexible schedule with availability for nights, weekends, holidays, and regional travel as needed.
• Skilled in diplomatic communication with clients, vendors, and artist representatives.
• Adaptability to new technologies, workflows, and evolving event environments.
• Preferred qualifications: experience supporting live events, familiarity with QuickBooks/PEX/DocuSign/Dropbox, accounts payable, vendor onboarding, payroll coordination, and post-event closeout processes.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all on-stage, backstage, technical, and site planning aspects of events.
• Advance and obtain key technical information, including venue specs, production needs, rider requirements, staging, and capacity changes.
• Develop and maintain production documents such as site drawings, on-sale layouts, timelines, schedules, and artist riders.
• Settlement of shows would be high priorty
• Produce events across a range of venue sizes-from clubs and theaters to amphitheaters arenas and stadiums.
• Manage technical production elements (e.g., stage, sound, video, lighting, backline, broadcast, labor crews).
• Support site operations (e.g., power, heavy equipment, traffic flow, crowd control, sanitation, permitting, and engineering).
• Track and assist with budget management for assigned responsibilities.
• Lead multiple projects from planning through execution, including on-site presence from load-in to load-out.
• Maintain consistent communication with stakeholders and senior leadership through meetings, calls, and emails.
• Facilitate interdepartmental coordination and follow up on action items from internal and external meetings.
• Foster a positive, collaborative environment for planning teams.
• Contribute to event debriefs, including financial settlement notes and recommendations for future improvements.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Skills

Production management

Project management

Leadership under pressure

Vendor management

Strong communication

Windows

Mac OS

Outlook

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

SharePoint

Tools

Windows

Mac OS

Outlook

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

SharePoint

Job description

Live Nation Entertainment is seeking a Production Manager for New York City production operations overseeing 75+ shows annually across venues from clubs to arenas. Role involves coordinating with operations, talent management, finance, venues, vendors, and labor unions to ensure successful events.

The position requires extensive production planning, on-site leadership from load-in to load-out, and travel within the region.