Managing Director

Managing Director

Requirements

• At least ten years of increasingly responsible experience in the arts or entertainment industries.
• Demonstrated fluency in all facets of performing arts center operation, including programming, development, education & engagement, ticketing, marketing & communications, guest experience, and production.
• Demonstrated success achieving impactful results in a complex organization.
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems within standardized policies and procedures.
• Demonstrated ability to foster a positive, supportive workplace culture.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively to a range of audiences regarding a variety of projects and programs.
• Demonstrated experience maintaining productive relationships across an organization’s internal departments to ensure that an organization’s goals are achieved.
• Demonstrated experience in recruiting, developing, managing, and retaining high-performing team members.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including exceptional written and spoken communication and presentation skills.
• Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and support to area Directors of Business Operations, Guest Experience, Production, and Fabrication & Academic Production so they and their teams meet and exceed TPA’s business and impact objectives.
• Supervise TPA’s Human Resources and Facility Managers.
• Develop and implement strategies that align TPA’s impact goals with people, processes, and systems.
• Ensure TPA’s long-term financial sustainability.
• Apply entrepreneurial, insightful, and solution-oriented thinking to carrying out TPA’s programs within a complex university environment.
• Build and sustain strong relationships with counterparts in the College of Fine Arts, throughout UT, and with external partners.
• Act as a trusted and respected leader within the organization and industry.
• Participate in organizational reporting to and planning with TPA’s Leadership Board.
• Lead organization-wide financial planning and management that sustains and increases TPA’s fiscal health on both an annual and long-term basis.
• Oversee budget development, forecasting, and reporting.
• Ensure that TPA’s financial systems meet the needs of all users.
• Develop a strong knowledge of and maintain compliance with university finance policies and procedures.
• Create operational excellence across the organization.
• Ensure that TPA’s values are upheld in its day-to-day operations.
• Create and maintain business processes that enable and enhance fulfillment of TPA’s mission.
• Supervise general management functions including contracting, purchasing, and information technology.
• Lead organization-wide, cross-functional teams on key initiatives.
• Develop a strong knowledge of and maintain compliance with university operating policies and procedures.
• Lead strategic human resources planning that creates conditions for TPA team members to do their best work.
• Provide high level support to recruiting, retention and employee relations in collaboration with college and university counterparts.
• Develop knowledge of and maintain compliance with university HR policies and procedures.
• Lead strategic facility resource planning that creates conditions for TPA to serve its communities and clients at the highest possible level.
• Support facility management and long-term facility planning in collaboration with college and university counterparts.
• Lead capital projects.
• Develop knowledge of and maintain compliance with university facilities policies and procedures.
• Other duties as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications

• General manager, managing director, or COO/CFO experience in a performing arts center, performing arts organization, theatrical production, or live event business.
• Experience in a public or highly complex organization such as an institution of higher education or municipally owned venue.
• Working knowledge of databases and experience with accrual and cash accounting systems.
• Experience leading a budget development process and the use of dashboards and other analytical tools.
• Familiarity with and passion for TPA’s purpose, values, vision and programs.
• Past accomplishments utilizing administrative and operational skills to advance a mission-based organization.
• Demonstrated fluency in the use of current technology and commitment to adopting new technology.
• Relevant professional education or credentials.