Head of Operations Immersive Experience Studio
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Job Location:
Wellington - New Zealand
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Are you a seasoned operational leader with a passion for enabling world-class creative experiences Wētā Workshops Immersive Experience division is expanding and seeking a dynamic Head of Operations to evolve the operational financial and cultural heartbeat of our growing global studio network.
About the Role
As Head of Operations youll be the crucial link between strategy and executiondriving financial performance operational excellence and sound people leadership practices across our New Zealand studio and planned future studios in emerging markets. You will ensure the studios operate with efficiency clarity and cohesion enabling creative teams to focus on delivering extraordinary immersive experiences around the world.
What Youll Lead:
Operational Excellence
- Maintain and evolve systems processes and compliance frameworks across studio locations.
- Oversee legal commercial and administrative functions such as quoting contracting invoicing and reporting.
- Strengthen inter-team collaboration between Immersive Experience Creative Media Design Studio and Manufacture.
- Support the establishment of new studio locations and ensure ongoing operational readiness.
Financial Management
- Lead annual budgeting and ongoing financial forecasting with a firm grip on profit and sustainability.
- Partner with our finance team to deliver monthly reporting cash flow forecasting and variance analysis.
- Oversee financial approvals and prepare business cases to support strategic decisions.
Resource & Workflow Leadership
- Drive studio-wide resource planning and utilisation forecasting.
- Identify capacity gaps bottlenecks and opportunities for optimisation across project pipelines.
- Champion processes and team structures that balance creativity efficiency and commercial outcomes.
People & Culture
- Oversee recruitment onboarding development and performance across global teams.
- Foster a positive inclusive culture grounded in Wētā Workshops valuescreativity courage kindness kotahitanga and excellence.
About You
Youre an exceptional operational leader with a strong commercial mindset and proven ability to run complex multi-location creative or production environments. Youll bring:
- Sound financial acumen and analytical capability.
- Exceptional communication relationship-building and influencing skills.
- A collaborative people-first leadership style.
- A proactive solutions-driven approach to systems processes and workflow design.
- Loads of positive energy and passion for supporting creative excellence through strong operational foundations.
Why Join Us
This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of immersive experiences at one of the worlds most renowned creative companies. Youll play a pivotal role in enabling teams to bring extraordinary worlds to lifeand help develop the operational framework that powers global storytelling at scale as we continue to grow.
Additional Information :
You can find out more information in our job description here.
If we can do anything to accommodate you during the recruitment or interview process please let us know.
Successful applicants will undergo a Ministry of Justice and other background checks as part of our recruitment process.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Key Skills
- Succession Planning
- Growing Experience
- Expense Management
- Management Experience
- Rackspace
- Laboratory Management
- Senior Leadership
- Operations Management
- Relationship Management
- Leadership Experience
- negotiation
- Taxonomy
About Company
We design. We build. We innovate.We are a company of artisans and innovators. For over 30 years, we’ve applied our creativity and craftsmanship to the world’s arts, entertainment and experience industries. We’ve been recognised with five Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, three Thea A ... View more
