Sr. Production Operations Manager, Live Sports Production

Come be a part of Amazon's dynamic Live Sports Production team. We are looking for an experienced Sr. Production Operations Manager who brings both strategic business acumen and hands-on production expertise to own the end-to-end lifecycle of multiple live sports properties, from initial financial modeling and vendor strategy through boots-on-the-ground execution. In this role, you will serve as the centralized operational lead for your assigned properties, driving strategic planning across the full project lifecycle. You will lead financial modeling, shape vendor strategy, and manage engagement with third-party Production Service Partners (PSPs), coordinating backend functions including crewing, payroll, travel, and production accounting while maintaining Amazon's operational standards and ensuring productions launch on time and on budget. Equally critical is your ability to deliver on the ground. You will work in lockstep with internal crewing, editorial, and technical workstreams to ensure each event or studio show is properly resourced, and will partner directly with PSPs to establish best practices, define operational standards, and ensure alignment across the vendor landscape. You will drive production readiness across all operational workstreams, ensuring each event is prepared for a clean launch and seamless restart. This role requires deep knowledge of remote, event, and studio production operations, including broadcast positions, industry standard rates, vendor engagement models, and production service agreements. You will be responsible for issue spotting, driving decision making, and escalating matters that carry risk to the Global Head of Production Operations. Our production operation is purpose-built around the needs of an expanding, multi-sport live portfolio rather than modeled after a traditional broadcast network structure. We are defining and building as we evolve, and this person must be excited to roll up their sleeves and help establish the systems, relationships, and workflows that will scale with us. The successful candidate is a self-starter who thrives in an entrepreneurial environment. You can juggle competing priorities across multiple productions with autonomy, react with urgency when situations demand immediate attention, and bring a proven track record of end-to-end ownership in a fast-paced, evolving business. Key job responsibilities • End-to-End Property Lifecycle Management: Own and manage the full project lifecycle for assigned properties, from projected business scope and production roadmap development, through execution and ongoing supervision of day-to-day live event and studio production, to post-mortem and financial reconciliation. Develop milestones, launch schedules, and workback timelines to ensure successful delivery of property launches and season restarts. Lead property transition planning for returning seasons, ensuring operational continuity, vendor re-engagement, and incorporation of prior-season learnings into the restart roadmap. • Business Strategy and Vendor Management: Develop a deep understanding of organizational business objectives and production priorities to drive vendor evaluation, selection, and strategic recommendations that optimize cost, quality, and scalability across assigned properties. Shepherd the vendor selection process through RFPs and serve as the primary point of contact for vendors defining scope of work, deliverables, and engagement standards. Partner with Legal and Production Finance on contract terms, rate frameworks, and commercial agreements, and monitor vendor performance to ensure accountability against operational standards. • Budget and Financial Management: Create and manage production budgets from initial scoping through execution. Work closely with Production Finance to track and reconcile all production costs, ensuring external vendors and the production team are aware of overall spend. Coordinate fee reconciliation and payment