Director of Physical Production

Director of Physical Production

Los Angeles California United States

Role: Director of Physical Production

Location: Los Angeles CA (Daily studio presence required)

Compensation: $120150K

Reports to: Head of Production

The Role

Were looking for a Director of Physical Production to lead TubeSciences on-the-ground production operation. This is a senior leadership role for someone who can walk a studio floor run a tight schedule transform a production team and build the operational infrastructure that lets a high-volume creative machine scale.

Youll own everything that happens between a production brief and wrapped footage: studios equipment crews freelancers vendors schedules and the team that makes it all run. Youll work cross-functionally with Strategy Post-Production and Casting to make sure physical production never becomes a bottleneck.

This is perfect for someone whos run physical production at scale before: managed studios led production teams built processes that actually stick and done it all in an environment where speed and volume are the norm. Youre equal parts production leader systems builder and people developer and you know the difference between being busy and being effective.

You also believe the best production orgs are built around doers people who own the work end-to-end and stay close to the craft. Youre excited about a world where automation remote teams and AI absorb the meta-work so the team can spend more of its time on the work itself.

What Youll Do

Own physical production end-to-end studio shoots location work multi-environment productions ensuring every shoot is planned staffed and executed on time

Help shape what the production org looks like as we scale investing in talent close to the craft and leaning into automation remote teams and AI to absorb the work better suited to them

Drive production throughput and cycle time improvement across all teams set expectations build reporting diagnose bottlenecks and hold teams accountable to delivery standards

Manage studio operations including facility readiness equipment inventory and lifecycle and scheduling across simultaneous shoots gear and space should never be the reason a production stalls

Lead and develop the production team coaching for autonomy raising the bar on craft and building a team that reflects how we want to operate at scale

Own the freelance crew pipeline and vendor relationships sourcing vetting rate management and maintaining a reliable bench of on-call production talent and specialized services

Build the operational systems processes documentation and reporting that make the operation consistent scalable and not dependent on any one persons institutional knowledge

Manage production spend with discipline balance quality and speed with cost awareness across crew equipment vendors and facilities

Youll Need to Have

7 years in production operations with 3 years managing teams in a high-volume environment broadcast digital media daily programming or high-cadence ad production. Not feature films or one-off commercials.

Hands-on experience managing studios equipment operations and freelance crew pipelines not just schedules but the physical infrastructure.

Zero tolerance for loose schedules unclear ownership and well figure it out day-of.

A track record of building operational processes that outlive individual team members not just running what exists but making it meaningfully better.

A systems-first mindset preventing problems rather than fighting fires with a clear instinct for what automation AI and remote teams can take on and the judgment to decide what they cant.

A bias toward craft and doers. Youve built or worked in orgs where the best operators stay close to the work itself not just coordinating it and you build teams that reflect that.

A proven ability to make people better through clear expectations direct feedback and genuine investment in their growth.

Strong planning discipline real business judgment and fluency with production management tools

An energy for volume and velocity our pace should be exciting not overwhelming.

Why TubeScience

Join a company in rapid growth mode bootstrapped profitable and scaling

Work with category-leading brands and see your leadership directly impact production output

Build from the ground up this is a new role with a mandate to shape how physical production operates

Massive growth opportunity for the right operator