JOB DESCRIPTION: GROUP HEAD, PRODUCTIONS

Department: Productions
Reports To: Managing Director (MD)
Employment Type: Full-Time
Location: Victoria Island (VI), Lagos
Salary: Competitive, industry-aligned

1. Job Summary

The Group Head, Productions will oversee all production activities, ensuring effective planning, quality control, resource allocation, budget management, and timely project delivery. The role requires strong leadership, production expertise, and cross-departmental coordination to achieve the organisation’s operational and commercial objectives.

2. Key Responsibilities

– Develop production plans, schedules, and strategies to ensure timely project delivery.
– Lead, supervise, and coordinate production teams, set performance targets, and promote accountability and professional development.
– Maintain quality standards, ensure compliance with operational and safety procedures, and prevent production errors.
– Prepare and manage budgets, control costs, optimise resources, and coordinate procurement and vendor performance.
– Collaborate with Commercial Business Operations, Marketing, Finance, Administration, and other relevant departments.
– Improve production processes, introduce innovative tools, and develop standard operating procedures (SOPs).
– Monitor production performance, prepare reports, identify risks, and provide recommendations to the MD.

3. Qualifications and Requirements

– Bachelor’s degree or HND in Production Management, Creative Arts, Media Production, Operations Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
– Over 7 years of production and creative industry experience, including at least 5 years in a senior production management role.
– Proven experience managing large-scale projects, teams, budgets, and multiple deliverables.
– Strong leadership, communication, analytical, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
– Proficiency in Microsoft Office and relevant production or project management tools.
– Excellent organisational skills, commercial awareness, and the ability to meet tight deadlines.
– Experience in entertainment, media, events, film, advertising, or related creative industries is highly desirable.

4. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

– Timely project delivery and quality of outputs.
– Budget adherence and cost control.
– Team productivity and effective resource utilisation.
– Reduction in errors, delays, and operational waste.
– Effective departmental collaboration.
– Achievement of production and business targets.
– Continuous improvement in operational efficiency.

5. Core Competencies

Strategic planning, leadership, production management, budgeting, quality assurance, process optimisation, project coordination, problem-solving, stakeholder management, creativity, accountability, and results orientation.

6. Working Relationships

Reports to: Managing Director (MD).
Supervises: Production Managers, Supervisors, Creative Teams, and other production personnel.
Collaborates with: Commercial Business Operations, Marketing, Finance, Administration, and other relevant departments.

7. Expected Outcome

To establish an efficient, accountable, and quality-driven production function that delivers projects on time, controls costs, optimises resources, improves team performance, drives innovation, and contributes to the organisation’s overall commercial success.

Apply using the link: https://bit.ly/4GroupHeadProduction