Senior Director - Management and Administration

Senior Director
- Management and Administration    Position Profile About the Opportunity Center Theatre Group (CTG) is seeking candidates for a new senior leadership role, created to reflect the opportunities and challenges offered by being part of the dynamic leadership team at one of the largest professional theatres in the country. The Senior Director
- Management and Administration is a key member of the Executive Office and supervises three teams. The role combines traditional General Management work — contract negotiation, union relations, and season/production planning support — with broader oversight of Operations & Facilities and Human Resources. Reporting to the Managing Director/CEO, this position centralizes supervisory and administrative work currently spread across multiple departments into a single point of accountability for CTG's contracting, production, operations, and people functions.

About Center Theatre Group At Center Theatre Group, we believe theatre creates an extraordinary connection between artists and audiences. As one of the nation’s most influential non-profit theatre companies, we provide the broadest range of theatrical entertainment in the country at the Ahmanson Theatre, the Mark Taper Forum and the Kirk Douglas Theatre. Whether it’s producing new work through our robust artistic development programs or engaging people of all ages and backgrounds across Los Angeles through our community and education programs, we put theatre at the center of it all.

Center Theatre Group commits to creating a safe space where access, belonging and a positive workplace culture are rooted in all levels and aspects of our work. We aim to attract, nurture and retain staff in a supportive home where we can be our best selves. We celebrate our commonalities and embrace our differences in order to ensure that everyone has access to our work onstage, behind the scenes and in the community.

Job Description Primary Responsibilities Team Leadership & Strategic Partnerships    As a member of the Executive Office, supervise Management, Operations & Facilities, and HR Departments, coordinating work across all three functions.
Participate in executive-level meetings with other members of the senior leadership team.
Serve as a company representative for industry organizations, including but not limited to the League of Resident Theatres (LORT).
Represent Center Theatre Group as part of the civic and theater scene; attend CTG openings, and special events.
Support the Managing Director/CEO and Artistic Director on organizational strategy, budgeting, and special projects.
Coordination of interdepartmental administrative functions such as employee onboarding.
Foster department culture that is fair, collaborative, supportive, and safe, in keeping with CTG's Code of Conduct, Core Values, and commitment to access, belonging, and culture.
Other duties or projects as assigned.

Management Team, Budgeting & Contracting    Oversees the Management Department, which includes the General Managers and Company Management teams.
Supervise the General Managers (CTG Productions and New Work Development; CTG Presentations) in the negotiation and execution of contracts with directors, choreographers, designers, actors, and other creative personnel within union regulations and approved budgets.
Oversee commissioning, co-production, special producing partnerships, and enhancement agreements with support of the General Managers, ensuring compliance with LORT/AEA/USA/SDC collective bargaining agreements and representing CTG in co-production agreements among partner theatres.
Supervise the negotiation of royalties, production licenses, and rights agreements for CTG-produced, co-produced, and presented work.
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