Senior Production Manager; Experiential

ON BOARD EXPERIENTIAL

On Board Experiential (OBE) is an award‑winning, full‑service, experience‑led agency that creates meaningful brand experiences worldwide. We work out of our homes and physical offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and NYC, or wherever our adventures take us! Our clients include Nike, Meta, JPMorgan Chase, The Infatuation, Stripe, and OpenAI, to name a few. We know, “Cool, cool, but what’s it like to work at OBE?”

We thought you’d never ask. Event Marketer has recognized OBE as one of the best places to work in events and we couldn’t agree more.

The most important part of our business is our people. They are hardworking, brave and make magic happen on the regular. But under each majestic exterior is a human deserving of a healthy work‑life balance. That’s why we believe in recovery days, happy hours, friendly but competitive fitness challenges and company off‑sites.

We conduct open meetings to facilitate discussions that heal, inspire, and bring us closer. We encourage each other to bring our whole selves to work. We want to hear about your lived experiences and unique perspectives. We don’t just want you to be unapologetically you: it’s part of the job description.

The Senior Production Manager (SPM) loves collaboration and has experience working on a wide variety of project types in which they held various roles and responsibilities. They “get it” no matter what the project is, the problem that needs fixing or the level of ambiguity they’re dealing with. Relevant examples would be live events, hybrid, virtual events, B2B, B2C, mobile, CPG, lifestyle, and more.

A very strong character, next‑level organizational and communications skills, prioritization, production workflow, managerial and client‑facing skills are must.

The SPM is responsible for a wide variety of elements on a given project. Responsibilities may include management of production‑related personnel (internal FT staff as well as external contractors) including but not limited to other producers, third‑party vendors/service providers, production assistants, coordinators, and managers. Depending on the size and complexity of the project, this may (and most likely will) involve running multiple projects/events simultaneously at various stages of project planning.

This person is also responsible for the development and implementation of the overall project plan; which will include development of the overall staffing plan, managing, monitoring and maintaining the workback/timeline, managing multiple vendors, negotiating contracts, obtaining and managing staff and resources, budget development, management and tracking P/L, being onsite and in the office, and the overall project QC. By working closely with internal and external account, technology, creative and operations teams in a collaborative manner, this person is responsible for executing the approved production‑specific Scope of Work in support of the client’s goals and objectives.

• Assist pitch teams in determining feasibility of projects and establishing production budgets for new business proposals (RFPs). Attend brainstorms and pitch meetings as needed.
• When leading projects, serve as the primary Production team contact throughout the project process with internal and external project teams. This includes being in the office and onsite as defined by the project and by OBE policy.
• Participate in, and lead, project planning and development meetings and internal/external status meetings.
• Collaborate with Production Department Leadership in establishing the overall project plan and budget within the key client deliverable dates and the agreed upon Scope of Work.
• Work closely with internal operations, account, technology, and creative teams to ensure the highest quality and smoothest operation of the overall production. And do so in a way that ensures that all key deliverables are not just met but exceed the clients’ satisfaction.
• Establish, maintain and evolve best practices that meet and exceed OBE standards and that continually elevate the level at which we are operating as an agency.
• Implement plans for staffing…