Job Summary:
WHO ARE WE?
Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment company, comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Media & Sponsorship. Ticketmaster is the global leader in event ticketing with over 620 million tickets sold annually and approximately 10,000 clients worldwide. Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 50,000 events annually for nearly 7,000 artists in 40+ countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect more than 1,200 sponsors with the 145 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com .
WHO ARE YOU?
Passionate and motivated. Driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit. Resourceful, innovative, forward thinking and committed. At Live Nation Entertainment, our people embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you then please read on!
THE ROLE:
Live Nation’s Latin America Concerts business is seeking a dynamic and strategic experienced Senior Vice President of Operations to lead operational excellence across the LATAM region. This executive leader will set the operational vision for Latin America, drive large scale strategy and execution, and ensure seamless delivery of concerts and live events across multiple countries and cultures. The SVP of Operations will play a critical role in supporting regional growth, market expansion and long-term planning while delivering world class experiences for fans, artists, partners, and clients.
WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO:
Core Responsibilities
- Partner with our local offices and promoters to oversee end-to-end operational logistics and execution for concerts and live events
- Support and translate the President’s strategic objectives into clear, actionable operational roadmaps, ensuring all local offices are executing towards these goals
- Provide structure and operational discipline into high-growth, decentralized entrepreneurial environments across the region to empower local partners to execute effectively within their markets
- Work closely with local offices to identify improvement opportunities, align best practices, and resolve any operational concerns
- Establish regional governance and process improvements that drive consistency and efficiency while also ensuring full compliance with global Live Nation safety standards and local country requirements
- Serve as key point of contact between our local promoters and international production teams to ensure information flows transparently and effectively between partners to maximize show quality, safety, and fan experience
- Manage and facilitate communication between our internal departments— including Marketing, Ticketing, Sponsorship, HR, and Talent — to streamline processes
- Oversee all other day-to-day operational matters for the region and proactively and concisely communicate issues, risks and recommendations to senior management
Qualifications :
- 15+ years of operations, production, venue, live events, or touring experience across Latin American markets, with a deep understanding of local business customs
- Must be fully bilingual in English and Spanish
- Must be prepared for extensive travel to the region
- Superior interpersonal communication skills and proven experience navigating through change and difficult environments
- Strong understanding of concert operations and live event production workflows for international events
- Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with extreme attention to detail and advanced organizational skills
- Ability to make clear concise recommendations to executive leadership, sometimes with limited information
- Strong, proactive work ethic with a positive and team-player attitude
- Able to work seamlessly with others in a fast-paced environment
BENEFITS & PERKS
Our motto is ‘Taking Care of Our Own’ through 6 pillars of benefits:
HEALTH : Medical, vision, dental and mental health benefits for you and your family, with access to a health care concierge, and Flexible or Health Savings Accounts (FSA or HSA)
YOURSELF : Free concert tickets, generous paid time off including paid holidays, sick time, and personal days
WEALTH : 401(k) program with company match, stock reimbursement program
FAMILY : New parent programs including caregiver leave and baby bonuses, plus fertility, adoption, foster, or surrogacy support
CAREER : Career and skill development programs with School of Live, tuition reimbursement, and student loan repayment
OTHERS : Volunteer time off, crowdfunding match
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
We aspire to build teams that reflect and support the fans and artists we serve. Every day we aim to promote environments where everyone can be themselves, contribute fully, and thrive within our company and at our events. As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with.
Live Nation strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), family and medical care leave or the denial of family and medical care leave, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, political affiliation, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship, race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, sexual orientation, intersectionality, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, rule, ordinance or regulation.
We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act and consistent with other similar and / or applicable laws in other areas.
We also afford equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. For this reason, Live Nation will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy in accordance with applicable local, state and / or federal law. As part of its commitment to make reasonable accommodations, Live Nation also wishes to participate in a timely, good faith, interactive process with a disabled applicant to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact a Human Resources Representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process. Live Nation will also provide reasonable religious accommodations on a case-by-case basis.
HIRING PRACTICES
The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
Live Nation recruitment policies are designed to place the most highly qualified persons available in a timely and efficient manner. Live Nation may pursue all avenues available, including promotion from within, employee referrals, outside advertising, employment agencies, internet recruiting, job fairs, college recruiting and search firms.
**Please note that the compensation information provided is a good faith estimate for this position only and is provided pursuant to the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act and Equal Pay Transparency Rules. It is estimated based on what a successful Colorado applicant might be paid. It assumes that the successful candidate will be in Colorado or perform the position from Colorado. Similar positions located outside of Colorado will not necessarily receive the same compensation. Live Nation takes into consideration a candidate’s education, training, and experience, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value, including seniority and merit systems, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees. In compliance with the CO EPEWA, a potential new employee’s salary history will not be used in compensation decisions.
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The expected compensation for this position is:
$320,000.00 USD - $400,000.00 USD
** Pay is based on a number of factors including market location, qualifications, skills, and experience.
Live Nation Entertainment will never request payment or equipment purchases as part of the hiring process. Recruiters will only contact candidates from official Live Nation or affiliated brand email domains.
