Production Manager - Operations

Job description

We are growing our team and adding a Production Manager to our Madison, WI based Operations team. The Production Manager is responsible for leading and developing a team of subject matter experts producing insights from imagery and LiDAR. Working in close partnership with Pipeline, Delivery, Quality teams, this role ensures that skilled resources are available, well-prepared, and effectively deployed across active projects. The Production Manager serves as the primary people leader for production resources, while Delivery Managers retain project-level authority; creating a shared ownership model focused on both team performance and client outcomes. In addition, the production manager is the primary point of contact for 3rd party production resources when necessary to supplement internal teams. Job Responsibilities: Directly manages a technical production team including hiring, onboarding, performance management, and professional development. Partners with Delivery Managers to assign production resources to projects based on current capacity, project complexity, and individual skill sets. Monitors team workload and utilization, proactively surfacing capacity constraints or imbalance...