Production Manager

Senior Production Manager

Location: Las Vegas, NV

Department: Production & Operations

Employment Type: Full-Time, Salaried

Compensation: $80,000 Employee Profit Share

Travel: Required

Position Summary

Lumen & Forge is seeking an experienced Senior Production Manager to lead the company’s production and operations function. This position is responsible for overseeing the full production lifecycle of projects, from contract handoff and pre-production planning through installation, show execution, strike, and project closeout.

The Senior Production Manager leads the production team and is responsible for ensuring that projects are properly planned, staffed, scheduled, and executed in accordance with approved scope, budget, schedule, quality, and safety requirements.

This position supervises project managers, production coordinators, warehouse personnel, AV technicians, and assigned freelance and contract crews. The Senior Production Manager also works closely with the company’s executive, sales, creative, engineering, and administrative teams, as well as external vendors and subcontractors.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee multiple concurrent projects from contract handoff through final completion and closeout.
• Lead internal production kickoffs and establish project scope, budgets, schedules, technical requirements, deliverables, and responsibilities.
• Manage the company-wide production calendar, including project schedules, installation windows, show dates, staffing, equipment allocation, and other resource commitments.
• Assign and supervise project managers, production coordinators, technicians, warehouse personnel, freelance crews, and subcontractors.
• Monitor project schedules and identify resource constraints, long-lead items, dependencies, and other risks that may affect successful delivery.
• Oversee crew planning, travel, freight, equipment, and site logistics for local and out-of-market projects.
• Direct warehouse and inventory operations, including equipment preparation, quality control, maintenance, receiving, staging, and returns.
• Establish and maintain production and equipment quality-control standards.
• Develop and maintain relationships with rental houses, fabricators, riggers, freight providers, integrators, and specialty subcontractors.
• Negotiate vendor pricing, rate structures, payment terms, and other commercial arrangements within established authority.
• Monitor vendor and subcontractor performance and ensure required insurance, licensing, safety documentation, and agreements are in place.
• Manage project costs against approved budgets and identify potential overruns early enough to take corrective action.
• Review and approve production-related purchases, vendor invoices, and crew costs within established authority limits.
• Identify changes in project scope and coordinate change orders with sales, estimating, and company leadership.
• Lead regular production meetings and provide leadership with clear reporting regarding project status, capacity, budgets, risks, and resource requirements.
• Develop, mentor, and manage production personnel while establishing clear expectations and accountability.
• Establish and continuously improve production procedures, SOPs, checklists, and documentation.
• Ensure compliance with applicable safety requirements, venue regulations, permits, engineering approvals, labor requirements, and union rules.
• Maintain company standards for technical execution, installation quality, and overall project delivery.

These responsibilities reflect the broader areas of accountability established in the full position description, including production workflow, scheduling and resource management, warehouse operations, vendor management, team leadership, job costing, safety, and quality control.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of five years of production or project management experience in live events, themed entertainment, AV integration, immersive media, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple concurrent projects with responsibility for schedules and budgets.
• Proven ability to lead and delegate work across project managers, coordinators, technical crews, vendors, and subcontractors.
• Working technical knowledge of large-format projection, media servers, video distribution, networking, rigging, and power distribution.
• Experience developing production schedules, crew plans, equipment requirements, and project logistics.
• Experience managing vendors and subcontractors, including negotiation and performance management.
• Strong proficiency with project management and scheduling systems.
• Strong organizational, planning, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with clients, vendors, production crews, and senior leadership.
• Ability and willingness to travel as required.
• Availability to work nights, weekends, and extended hours when required by installation and show schedules.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to pass background checks when required by clients or venues.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with projection mapping, fulldome systems, or immersive environments.
• Experience delivering projects in Las Vegas casinos, convention facilities, entertainment venues, or similar environments.
• Familiarity with Las Vegas labor, venue, and production requirements.
• Hands-on experience with media server platforms and projection alignment and calibration.
• ETCP rigging certification or comparable safety credentials.
• Experience with job costing, rental inventory, or ERP systems.
• Experience developing production departments, operating procedures, and scalable production systems.

Work Environment

This position requires regular work in office, warehouse, shop, and active project-site environments. Domestic travel is required, with occasional international travel possible.

Candidates must be able to work extended hours during active installations and show periods and be comfortable working in construction, venue, warehouse, and outdoor environments. The position may require lifting and moving equipment weighing up to 50 pounds and working at height with appropriate safety equipment.

Compensation

Base Salary: $80,000 annually

Additional Compensation: Employee Profit Share Options

Employment Type: Full-Time, Salaried

Travel, lodging, and per diem associated with company business are covered in accordance with company policy.

About Lumen & Forge

Lumen & Forge is a Las Vegas-based immersive technology and production company specializing in projection mapping, fulldome experiences, architectural projection, immersive environments, and large-scale AV integration.

We are seeking an experienced production leader who can provide structure, accountability, and direction across a growing portfolio of technically complex projects while developing the people, vendors, systems, and processes required to support continued growth.

To Apply: Please submit your resume and relevant professional experience for consideration.

Pay: From $80,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person

Salary : $80,000