Senior Production Manager, Audiobook Production (Remote)

HarperCollins; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

HarperAudio seeks a strategic Senior Production Manager to lead audiobook production. This full-time, remote role involves overseeing all aspects from production workflow to quality assurance, requiring robust experience in audio production and team leadership. Join a team dedicated to innovation and storytelling excellence in audiobook publishing.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Flexible compensation structure

Qualifications

• 7+ years in audiobook production with increasing responsibility.
• Experience managing staff and multiple production workflows.
• Comfortable with audio production tools and data management.

Responsibilities

• Supervise audiobook production from pre-production to delivery.
• Ensure audio quality and coordinate schedules across teams.
• Oversee vendor performance and provide mentorship to team members.

Skills

Team Leadership

Project Management

Technical Audio Fluency

Data & Operations

Vendor Management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience

Tools

Airtable

Jira

Reaper

Izotope RX

Pozotron

Descript

Job description

Overview

HarperAudio is seeking a strategic and experienced Senior Production Manager to join our fast-paced and collaborative audiobook production team. This role is ideal for a professional who thrives in an environment that blends creative execution with structured, data-informed operations. Reporting to the Director of Production, the Senior Production Manager will lead the coordination of title workflows, manage vendor and internal partnerships, and contribute to the long-term evolution of our production infrastructure.

Why HarperAudio?

HarperAudio is a leader in audiobook publishing, known for its dedication to innovation, quality, and storytelling excellence. As a division of HarperCollins Publishers, we’re committed to building a team that reflects a diverse range of voices and experiences. We value adaptability, transparency, and craftsmanship—and are building the future of audio with people who share those values.

This is a full-time, remote position based in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and support audiobook production across frontlist and backlist titles, from pre-production through final asset delivery.
• Ensure consistency in audio quality, narrator performance, technical specifications, and metadata across a high volume of projects.
• Oversee vendor performance and delivery expectations.
• Coordinate schedules, troubleshoot issues, and communicate updates across teams and vendors.
• Supervise and support direct reports. Prior experience managing staff—including other managers or team leads—is strongly recommended.
• Provide coaching, performance feedback, and mentorship to help team members grow in responsibility and impact.
• Support departmental planning, capacity management, and team resourcing in coordination with the Director of Production.
• Oversee project pipelines using Airtable for production management and tracking across titles.
• Help implement and refine systems that scale with production growth.
• Serve as the point-person for digital asset management and archiving systems, helping to define, document, and enforce best practices for internal teams and external vendors.
• Serve as a lead production liaison to production studios, editorial, and enterprise tech vendors.

Qualifications

• Experience: 7+ years in audiobook production working with increasing levels of responsibility.
• Team Leadership: Proven experience managing staff, including other managers or team leads.
• Project Management: Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent workflows and initiatives using production- and product-management tools like Airtable and Jira. Familiarity with Agile methodologies is a plus.
• Technical Audio Fluency: Working knowledge of audio production tools and quality control practices (e.g., Reaper, Izotope RX, Pozotron, Descript).
• Data & Operations: Comfortable managing structured production data and coordinating across systems for scheduling, QC, and metadata integrity.
• Vendor & B2B Experience: Skilled in managing vendor relationships and working with enterprise platforms; experience with RFPs and partner evaluation processes.
• Preferred: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.

HarperCollins Publishers is a company full of people who are passionate about books. When you apply for a position, we want to know why you want to work here, and why you are interested in the job.That’s why cover letters are strongly preferred.

The salary range for this position is $80,000-$90,000. We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.

In addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce.

HarperCollins Publishers is an equal opportunity employer.