<p> About The Team<br /> Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, operates globally across film and television production, acquisition, and distribution in more than 140 countries, spanning wholly owned labels, joint ventures, and third-party productions.<br /> SPE's Production & Studio Technology Services (PSTS) Team services SPE's global Motion Pictures and Television Production Business. We operate an extensive catalog of technologies and services that span's the full creative pipeline – Creative Development, Physical Production, Post Production, VFX, Production Finance, Studio Operations, and other ancillary technologies that integrate downstream into Marketing and Distribution workflows.<br /> The VP, Production Technology & Operations reports to the SVP, PSTS and is responsible for all PSTS-managed physical production, post-production, and VFX technologies. This role ensures productions are supported day-to-day while also driving long-term technology strategy focused on modernization, performance, and scalability.<br /> This is a hands-on, front-line leadership role, not a back-office function. The VP partners closely with production executives and internal stakeholders to modernize SPE's production technology stack, influence change, and deliver results at an accelerated pace. A strong blend of production, technical, operational, and strategic leadership experience is required.<br /> <br /> Key Responsibilities:<br /> Production Technology Leadership<br /> • Serve as the senior technology partner for MPG and TV Production leadership across physical production, post, VFX, and downstream partnering groups - marketing and distribution.<br /> • Define and execute production technology strategy across pre-production, production, post, VFX, and delivery.<br /> • Oversee on-set and near-set systems, dailies workflows, media asset management, editorial pipelines, and post infrastructure.<br /> • Partner with internal teams, post facilities, and VFX vendors to manage secure handling and delivery of pre-release IP.<br /> • Champion technology modernization to unlock competitive advantage and differentiation in the market.<br /> • Influence executive stakeholders to foster a culture of innovation and new technology adoption.<br /> Production Operational Support<br /> • Lead the PSTS Production Operations team providing 24/7/365 global support for productions.<br /> • Standardize service models, scale support appropriately, and ensure responsive, expert-level coverage across regions and production tiers.<br /> • Act as executive escalation point for major production-impacting incidents.<br /> • Implement IT service management best practices, KPIs, and reporting to demonstrate value and guide resourcing decisions.<br /> • Coordinate closely with regional leads to service our International Production businesses, including individual Production Companies that reside in territory.<br /> • Serve as a leadership liaison and technical SME for our International Production Companies looking to utilize, or mature their production, post, or VFX capabilities.<br /> • Support production-related M&A technology integration and diversification efforts<br /> Innovation & Emerging Technologies<br /> • Evaluate and implement new technologies to improve production efficiency and cost control - including secure cloud workflows, remote collaboration tools, and new SaaS solutions<br /> • Partner with LOB teams to identify ways to overhaul and modernize production workflows including budgeting, script management, scheduling, calendaring, previsualization, post visualization, MAM, file prep and delivery.<br /> • In partnership with other SPE groups, operationalize the responsible and ethical adoption of generative AI (GAI) tools to support creative workflows, while adhering to SPE's internal governance, compliance and regulatory requirements.<br /> • Foster strategic partnerships with technology vendors, startups, and production tool providers to maintain the studio's competitive edge.<br /> • Help set long-term technology direction for the studio, anticipate industry trends, and drive innovation that positions the company as a market leader.<br /> • Serve as a thought leader, influencing not only internal stakeholders but also the broader industry through standards bodies and strategic partnerships.<br /> Cost Management<br /> • Partner with the SVP of PSTS to prioritize new technology investments with clear ROI and margin impact.<br /> • Drive cost optimization across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem infrastructure, including storage, render, network, and endpoints.<br /> • Own vendor strategy and negotiations, delivering improvements in cost, performance, and support.<br /> • Lead business cases for major investments and present recommendations to executive leadership.<br /> • Apply a flexible resourcing model across full-time, contract, and global resources<br /> • Be bold but calculated in new technology investments – putting an emphasis on enabling margin improvement for our business<br /> • Own the business case for major technology investments, presenting recommendations and outcomes to executive leadership<br /> Content Security<br /> • Implement and manage best of breed technologies to secure sensitive pre-release and post release content<br /> • Provide thought leadership in the ways in which technology can better enforce security standards, without compromising user performance for crew and artists<br /> • Partner with Information Security, Legal, Privacy, and Productions to ensure adherence to regulatory, MPAA, TPN, and internal SPE policies and standards<br /> • Support incident response planning, internal and third party audits, and continuous improvement efforts related to production security<br /> • Manage the technology component of third party risk, ensuring suppliers and key vendors adhere to SPE's standards & policies<br /> Team<br /> • Lead a multi-disciplinary team of production operations specialists, engineers, pipeline developers, and operational resources to support our global production business<br /> • Supervise, manage and mentor personnel to ensure peak performance levels are met, if not exceeded.<br /> • Right size, re-tool, and action organizational changes to meet current and future needs of the business.<br /> • Utilize effective communication to work through disagreeing points of view, while not losing focus on outcomes<br /> Other<br /> • As a VP, this role will serve as part of the extended IT Leadership Team and be called upon to contribute and influence broader IT initiatives and programs for the betterment of SPE.<br /> <br /> Experience, Skills and Knowledge<br /> Experience and Education<br /> • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience/certifications.<br /> • 10+ years in senior technical leadership roles leading large, cross-functional teams and transformation initiatives.<br /> • 10+ years of hands-on experience in film and/or television production technology across on-set, post, and vendor environments.<br /> • 8+ years in corporate M&E roles focused on production and creative technologies.<br /> <br /> Hard Skills<br /> • Deep understanding of camera-to-post workflows, editorial and VFX pipelines, and delivery.<br /> • Proven experience supporting active productions under high-pressure schedules.<br /> • Strong expertise in content security, digital asset management, and high-value IP protection.<br /> • Hands-on experience with hybrid cloud/on-prem media infrastructure (storage, compute, render, collaboration).<br /> • Strong working knowledge of NLEs, VFX tools, dailies platforms, production productivity tools, and modern collaboration stacks.<br /> • Experience implementing automation, ML, or AI-enabled tools in production environments.<br /> • Budget ownership, vendor management, <br /> <br /> [more...]<br /> <p id='jobcode'>Jobcode: Reference SBJ-z3k532-122-183-40-176-42 in your application.</p> </p>