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The Director of Production is responsible for leading all aspects of UFC's production planning, budgeting, and financial oversight while ensuring productions are executed on time, on budget, and at the highest quality. This role partners closely with internal production teams, accounting, finance, and external vendors to align creative and operational needs with accurate forecasting, resource allocation, and cost control. The Director oversees production staff and ensures financial and operational workflows scale effectively with UFC's expanding live event and media footprint.
Job Responsibility:
Lead the creation, management, and monitoring of production budgets for live events, studio shows, and media productions
Develop rolling forecasts and financial models to reflect production costs, cash flow, and resource needs
Track actuals vs. budget, conduct variance analysis, and recommend corrective action to stay within financial parameters
Partner with producers and creative leads to build production plans in line with approved budgets
Ensure timely and accurate cost reports are generated, reviewed, and communicated to senior leadership
Oversee day-to-day production operations across multiple events and projects
Ensure production schedules, workflows, staffing, and equipment needs align with approved plans
Coordinate cross-functionally with Creative, Business Affairs, Legal, HR, Marketing, and Finance
Build and manage internal production timelines to guarantee timely delivery of live and recorded content
Maintain strong vendor relationships and oversee contract negotiations, invoice approvals, and reconciliations
Ensure compliance with UFC policies and financial controls, as well as GAAP accounting standards
Monitor union/guild requirements, tax incentives, and regulatory obligations relevant to productions
Identify financial and operational risks
implement mitigation strategies to protect budgets and production quality
Partner with Finance and Legal on audit, insurance, and risk management matters
Manage, mentor, and develop production finance and operations staff
Communicate clearly and consistently with senior executives, production personnel, and external stakeholders
Serve as a key liaison between creative, operations, and finance teams to ensure alignment across the organization
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Production Management, or related field
Minimum 10 years' experience in production management and finance roles, ideally within live events, sports, or media
Demonstrated experience in production budgeting, forecasting, cost reporting, and variance analysis
Strong understanding of live event/studio production processes, workflows, and cost drivers
Proficiency in financial modeling and Excel
experience with ERP and production budgeting tools (e.g., Movie Magic, EP, SAP, Oracle)
Proven leadership experience, with ability to manage multiple concurrent productions under tight deadlines
Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills across creative and financial stakeholders
CPA, CMA, or FP&A certification
Experience working with sports organizations, live event broadcasting, or large-scale touring productions
Familiarity with tax credits, co-productions, and union/guild agreements
Experience scaling financial and operational systems in a fast-growing production environment