Vice President, Production
FOX Alternative Entertainment
Los Angeles, CAThis is a Full Time Job
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FOX Alternative Entertainment is hiring a Vice President, Production to oversee the financial and operational aspects of production for development, specials, pilots, and series. Responsibilities include budget review, cost management, and liaising between various departments.
Salary: $185,500 - $250,000 annually (California-based)
Workplace Requirements: Not mentioned
Years of Experience Required: 10+ years as a production executive
Education Requirements: Not mentioned
Hard Skills Required: Budgeting, P&L analysis, production coordination, tax credit management, cost reporting
Soft Skills Required: Strong communication, negotiation, relationship building
Preferred Skills/Experience: Network experience
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Vice President, Production | FOX Alternative Entertainment
FOX Alternative Entertainment is looking for a Vice President, Production to join their team! This role will involve managing the financial and production elements of development, specials, pilots, and series, ensuring efficiency and alignment across departments.
Responsibilities:
• Review all budgets for development, specials, pilots, and series
• Monitor potential overages and breakage budgets
• Analyze cost reports for auditable budgets to determine payment advances
• Identify production efficiencies across multi-show operations, including casting
• Review and analyze P&Ls
• Act as a liaison between Business Affairs, programming, and producers
• Liaise with Line Producers and EICs
• Negotiate with producers and implement network notes, suggestions, and budget revisions
• Create budgets and estimates for new shows, including in-house development
• Build relationships with EICs for current and future projects
• Track development budget spends, deadlines, and options
• Manage post-production requests, overages, and extra hours
• Oversee risk budgets
• Coordinate production on in-house development materials (e.g., hiring crews, editors, creative producers)
• Provide relevant production documents to auditors and make recommendations regarding disallowances
• Coordinate production schedules, calendars, and contact sheets for internal and risk team distribution
• Attend show tapings on behalf of the network
• Oversee production binders, including budgets, breakage approvals, and production/post calendars
• Work with production teams to secure tax-friendly locations and manage tax credit processes
• Liaise with unions and guilds to avoid concerns related to production compliance
• Maintain the Alternative Production Calendar
Requirements:
• 10+ years of experience as a production executive
Nice to Have:
• Network experience
Compensation:
Salary range: $185,500 - $250,000 annually (California-based). This role is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, along with a comprehensive benefits package including medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), paid time off, and more.
Salary/Benefits
$185,500.00 - 250,000.00 per year
Additional Information
FOX Alternative Entertainment (FAE) is the in-house unscripted studio of FOX Entertainment. Formed in 2019 to oversee the production of The Masked Singer, U.S. television’s #1 unscripted series, FAE develops and produces alternative programming for the FOX Network, its streaming service, Tubi, and third-party platforms. In addition to The Masked Singer, FAE currently produces Gordon Ramsay’s cooking competition and last season’s #1 new entertainment series, Next Level Chef, and the upcoming series Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars (both with Studio Ramsay Global); I Can See Your Voice, hosted by Ken Jeong; Alter Ego, the 2021-22 season’s #1 new unscripted program; Joe Millionaire: For Richer or Poorer; Crime Scene Kitchen (with Fly on the Wall Entertainment), Summer 2021’s #1 new series hosted by Joel McHale; Name That Tune, featuring Jane Krakowski and Randy Jackson; as well as Domino Masters, hosted by Eric Stonestreet. Third-party series produced by FAE include the dating show Love Trip: Paris for Freeform in the U.S., the variety competition program The Big Deal for Ireland’s Virgin Media Television in partnership with Dublin-based BiggerStage and the celebrity performance competition The Masterpiece (international format: Celebrity Masterpiece) for Workpoint in Thailand.