Position: Manager, Event Production

Overtime Exemption: Exempt

Business Unit: Finance & Operations

Role Overview

Reporting to the Director, Event Production, the Manager is a member of the Production Management team responsible for the active technical and production management of events at Lincoln Center's iconic venues, including: Alice Tully Hall, David Geffen Hall, the Kaplan Penthouse, David Rubenstein Atrium, Clark Studio Theater, the public areas including Damrosch Park, as well as off-campus venues.

Performance and Campus Operations department members work together across disciplines to successfully execute events and performances that encompass nearly every artistic form and genre. This includes everything from free educational and community-based programming, to large-scale, multi-day, corporate activations of Lincoln Center's venues. The team also serves the Lincoln Center constituent organizations and helps bring their work to life on stage and around the campus.

What You'll Get To Do Here

• Proactively engage clients and constituents in the production advance process, providing excellent client service throughout
• Lead discussions with clients and constituents regarding requirements, budget, staffing, house, and work rules
• Review and approve stage plans, plots, production schedules, and equipment lists
• Build cost estimates for clients, reconcile costs post event
• Communicate required staffing and scope of work to relevant teams and labor forces
• Manage venue and resources during event
• Supervise on-site technical, trade, union, and non-union staff; managing and motivating through all phases of advance and execution
• Manage labor in alignment with Lincoln Center’s strategy
• Ensure compliance with Lincoln Center’s policies and safety standards
• Maintain and implement departmental objectives and actively participate in developing future departmental goals
  
  
  

You'll Be A Fit If You Bring:

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent years of experience
  
  
  

Experience Qualifications

• 4-6 years of verifiable, professional technical and production management experience
• Clear and consistent verbal and written communication skills
• Working knowledge of theatrical systems
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
• Desire to contribute to a positive culture in a fast-paced environment
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office; AutoCAD or Vectorworks capable
• Experience managing or directing union stagehand labor
• Experience in multiple performing arts disciplines
• Extensive experience leading cross-departmental teams
• OSHA 30 Certification
  
  
  

What is Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts? 

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. (LCPA) is a cultural and civic cornerstone of New York City. We believe the arts play an important role in our lives: they nourish our hearts and minds, teach us valuable lessons and critical skills, and help us create community.  

We are:  

• The manager of the 16-acre Lincoln Center campus 
• We are one of eleven amazing resident arts organizations   
• A leading Arts Presenter.   
• We curate numerous programs and performances, showcasing music, dance, and more
• An Education Hub.   
• We have reached 20 million students, educators, principals, and community members   
  
  
  

Who are our people?  

LCPA is a team of dreamers, collaborators, and entrepreneurs who use unique platforms in the heart of New York City and beyond to advocate for the transformative impact of artistic experiences.   

Lincoln Center People imagine and create in concert with this mission by founding President John D. Rockefeller III - "The arts are not for the privileged few, but for the many. Their place is not on the periphery of daily life, but at its center."   

We welcome applicants from all sectors who agilely solve problems, show up as they are, and can't stop innovating.  

What’s the news? 

Recent and Upcoming Programming

• Sensory-Friendly 'Big Umbrella Festival' Returns To Lincoln Center
• Tony Winner Shaina Taub to Perform at Lincoln Center in American Songbook
• De La Soul playing "choose-what-you-pay" show at Lincoln Center
• Lincoln Center to Present Groundbreaking Acts at globalFEST 2025
  
  
  

Campus Happenings

• Lincoln Center Taps Education Leader as Next President
• Clint Ramos Named as Lincoln Center’s Artist-in-Residence
• The ‘Converse Conductor’ Fighting Elitism in Classical Music
• For Lincoln Center’s West Side, A New Story   
  
  
  

Legacies of San Juan Hill

• Before Lincoln Center, San Juan Hill Was a Vibrant Black Community
• Lincoln Center Launches San Juan Hill Project Digital Hub To Remember the Lost Urban Neighborhood
• Lincoln Center lanza plataforma para rescatar la cultura de un barrio negro
• ‘San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost Neighborhood’ Premiering at Lincoln Center
  
  
  

Who is our President and CEO?  

Dr. Mariko Silver

Join us! 

It is the policy of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc., to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, marital or civil partnership/union status, familial or caregiver status, alienage or citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, military or veteran status, genetic information, predisposition, or carrier status, unemployment status, domestic violence, sexual violence, or stalking victim status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. LCPA is committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values equal opportunity, respect and integrity, customer focus, and innovation.