SVP, Operations

About the job

The SVP, Operations will play a pivotal leadership role in shaping how Nova Sky Stories scales globally. This is a rare opportunity to lead the operational engine behind some of the world’s most ambitious drone light experiences — combining aviation precision, live event execution, cutting‑edge technology, and creative storytelling at massive scale.

Reporting directly to the CFO, this leader will oversee Production, Flight Operations, and Logistics globally, ensuring teams across the company operate in sync to deliver extraordinary experiences safely, efficiently, and flawlessly around the world.

This role is built for someone who thrives in fast-moving, high-growth environments and loves solving complex operational challenges alongside world-class creative, engineering, and production teams. One moment you may be helping scale systems for international expansion, and the next you may be backstage at a marquee production helping bring a once-in-a-lifetime experience to life.

At Nova, operations is not just about execution — it’s about building the future of a new entertainment medium.

• Define and execute an integrated global operations strategy spanning Production, Logistics, and Flight Operations, aligned with Nova’s rapid growth trajectory and long‑term vision.
• Own the operational P&L across these functions, including budget development, forecasting, resource planning, and margin accountability.
• Establish and continuously elevate the operational standards, systems, and safety frameworks that allow Nova to scale rapidly across new markets, show formats, and global productions.
• Serve as a key executive leader contributing to company‑wide strategy, international expansion, operational scalability, and capability development.
• Build a culture of accountability, innovation, speed, and continuous improvement across globally distributed operational teams.
• Help shape what world‑class operational excellence looks like within an emerging entertainment category.

• Lead the global Production organization, ensuring high-quality, on‑time, and on‑budget delivery across all show types — from touring productions and residencies to large‑scale marquee events.
• Build scalable production frameworks, operational playbooks, and resourcing models that support Nova’s continued global expansion.
• Partner closely with Creative, Engineering, Flight Operations, and Commercial teams to ensure operational capabilities align with ambitious creative vision and client expectations.
• Own financial governance, production forecasting, and operational accountability across the company’s growing production portfolio.
• Maintain executive oversight of high‑profile productions, key stakeholder relationships, and escalated operational matters.
• Continuously improve production systems, workflows, and execution standards to increase efficiency, scalability, and show quality globally.

• Scale and support Nova’s global Flight Operations organization through leadership of the Director, Global Flight Operations, ensuring safe, compliant, and consistent execution across all operating regions.
• Champion a proactive, deeply embedded safety culture that remains non‑negotiable as the company scales.
• Ensure operational readiness across equipment, certifications, deployment systems, field execution standards, and operational infrastructure globally.
• Partner with Engineering and technical teams to help integrate new technologies, automation, and deployment innovations that keep Nova at the forefront of the industry.
• Support the evolution of operational systems capable of scaling alongside increasingly complex global deployments and productions.

• Serve as the connective tissue across Production, Logistics, and Flight Operations, ensuring seamless collaboration and alignment throughout the full show lifecycle.
• Partner closely with Engineering, Product, Creative, Legal, and Commercial teams to translate company strategy into scalable operational execution.
• Represent Nova in regulatory discussions, strategic partner conversations, industry forums,…