VP, Business Operations

VP, Business Operations

Business Operations ("Biz Ops") is a newly established function at SPE that plays a critical role in driving the company's growth and achieving its strategic ambitions. The team is responsible for identifying and evaluating transformative opportunities, ensuring they align with SPE's unique capabilities, and partnering across the organization and with external stakeholders to bring these ideas to life. With a mandate to expand SPE's impact, Biz Ops combines strategic thinking with practical execution, serving as a key advisor to executive leadership.

As an engine for growth, Biz Ops influences the company's strategic direction, helps put the right resources and systems in place, and shapes opportunities that leverage SPE's differentiated assets to create innovative partnerships for artists, brands, and platforms. The work requires a dynamic, entrepreneurial mindset comfortable operating with incomplete information and the ability to manage cross-functional initiatives by maintaining clear, consistent communication. Team members must be able to balance big picture vision with hands-on execution to maintain focus and ensure well-informed decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Vision and Planning : Work closely with Strategy, Business, and Corporate colleagues to develop and execute comprehensive growth plans for SPE's core businesses (Motion Picture, SPT, SPNI, Crunchyroll, and Alamo Drafthouse / Experiences), ensuring alignment with the company's overall vision and objectives.
• Business Formation : Identify and develop new profit streams, by advancing / evolving existing businesses or supporting the company's expansion into new ones.
• Market Analysis and Opportunity Identification : Conduct in-depth market assessments to identify growth opportunities, competitive dynamics, and emerging trends in the media and entertainment industry.
• Partnership and Alliance Building : Identify and cultivate high-impact strategic and commercial partnerships with key industry players, including talent, IP owners, networks, streaming platforms, consumer brands, and technology providers.
• Operational Excellence : Foster a culture of collaboration and coordination across the company by demonstrating intentionality, innovation, and information sharing.
• Stakeholder Communication : Outline, draft, revise, and deliver material communications to the team, executive leadership, corporate and operating colleagues, and external stakeholders.

Core Competencies and Behaviors

Biz Ops has a "C.H.E.C.K. Yourself" philosophy, necessary to building trust with colleagues and peers, subject matter expertise, and critical thinking skills :

Experience & Skills :

The anticipated base salary for this position is $224,000-$280,000. This role may also qualify for annual incentive and / or comprehensive benefits. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and if applicable, the location of the position.

Sony Pictures Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other protected characteristics. SPE will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with applicable law. To request an accommodation for purposes of participating in the hiring process, you may contact us at SPE_Accommodation_Assistance@spe.sony.com.