Head of Product Operations and Support

Job Description

Who We Are

Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is the leading entertainment and sports agency, with global expertise in filmed and live entertainment, digital media, publishing, sponsorship sales and endorsements, media finance, consumer investing, fashion, trademark licensing, and philanthropy. Distinguished by its culture of collaboration and exceptional client service, CAA’s diverse workforce identifies, innovates, and amplifies opportunities for the people and organizations that shape culture and inspire the world. The trailblazer of the agency business, CAA was the first to build a sports business, create an investment bank, launch a venture fund, found technology start-up companies, establish a philanthropic arm, build a business in China, and form a brand marketing services division, among other innovations. Named Most Valuable Sports Agency by Forbes for eight consecutive years, CAA represents more than 2,000 of the world’s top athletes in football, baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer, in addition to coaches, on-air broadcasters, and sports personalities and works in the areas of broadcast rights, corporate marketing initiatives, social impact, and sports properties for sales and sponsorship opportunities. Founded in 1975, CAA is headquartered in Los Angeles, and has offices in New York, Nashville, Memphis, Chicago, Miami, London, Munich, Geneva, Stockholm, Shanghai, and Beijing, among other locations globally.

The Role

CAA is seeking Head of Product Operations & Support to build and lead a new global function responsible for the operational success and support of critical business products across the company. Initially focused on a highly strategic financial platform supporting a large global user base, this leader will establish the support operating model, governance, reporting infrastructure, and

cross-functional partnerships needed to ensure product reliability and a seamless user experience, while enabling Product and Engineering teams to focus on innovation and roadmap execution.

This is a highly visible builder role with the opportunity to define how product support operates at CAA, stand up a new global capability and create a scalable model that can expand to additional products and business functions over time. The ideal candidate is an experienced operator who can set strategy in ambiguous environments, lead a global team, partner with vendors to provide services, and build strong partnerships across Product, Engineering and Business teams to drive measurable business impact.

Responsibilities

Leadership & Strategy

• Build and lead CAA’s Global Product Operations & Support function, establishing the vision, operating model, governance, and long-term roadmap.

• Create a scalable support organization that can evolve from a single strategic platform to a broader portfolio of business-critical products. Establish the processes, standards, and decision-making frameworks needed to support a global user base and a growing product ecosystem.

• Establish the processes, standards, and decision-making frameworks needed to support a global user base and a growing product ecosystem.

• Partner with executive stakeholders to define success metrics, operating priorities, and the long-term strategy for the function.

• Lead a high-performing global team across internal staff, contractors, and third-party

• Foster a culture of accountability, operational excellence, customer focus, and continuous improvement.

Production Support & Service Operations

• Build and lead the front-line product support function, serving as the primary operational interface for users of

• CAA’s business-critical platforms.

• Establish scalable Level 1 and Level 2 support operations, including ticket intake, triage, issue routing, escalation management, incident response, and resolution workflows.

• Define severity frameworks, prioritization models, SLAs, and escalation paths to ensure business-critical issues are addressed quickly and effectively.

• Optimize end-to-end ticket management processes to improve support efficiency, streamline workflows, and create a seamless user experience.

• Lead third-party support providers, globally distributed across regions and time zones.

• Ensure users receive timely communication, visibility into issue status, and confidence that requests are being addressed effectively.

• Foster a collaborative, customer-focused culture centered on ownership, responsiveness, and continuous learning.

• Ensure support teams are equipped with the training, documentation, knowledge resources, monitoring tools, and escalation procedures needed to support new product capabilities.

Product Operations & Continuous Improvement

• Establish clear processes for routing and managing incidents, bugs, enhancement requests, training needs, and user experience issues.

• Partner with Product teams to reduce operational burden through clear ownership models and scalable support processes.

• Partner with Product leadership to develop dashboards and reporting frameworks that provide visibility into support effectiveness, product quality, and user experience and satisfaction.

• Partner with Product, Engineering, and Support teams to identify root causes of recurring issues and drive continuous improvement initiatives that improve platform stability and reduce operational friction.

• Partner with Product Management to translate user feedback, enhancement requests, and operational insights into prioritized product improvements and roadmap initiatives.

• Establish support readiness and post-launch monitoring processes to ensure new functionality is supported effectively from day one.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of leadership experience in Product Operations, Product Support, Customer Success, Service Delivery, Technical Operations, Program Management, Business Operations, Enterprise Applications, or related functions.

• Proven experience building and scaling operational functions from the ground up, including support organizations, service delivery teams, or product operations capabilities.

• Experience leading product, technical, or customer support functions for enterprise software or other business-critical platforms, with a strong understanding of software development lifecycles, release management, incident management, and operational readiness.

• Demonstrated success leading complex cross-functional initiatives across Product, Engineering, Technology, and Business teams, including managing global teams, distributed workforces, and third-party service providers.

• Experience implementing and optimizing ticketing systems, support workflows, dashboards, reporting frameworks, and KPI programs, with a proven ability to use data and operational insights to drive decisions and improve user experience.

• Exceptional communication, executive presence, stakeholder management, and influencing skills, with the ability to build scalable processes, teams, and operating models in ambiguous, fast-evolving environments.

• Experience supporting enterprise software, financial systems, ERP platforms, or other mission-critical internal business applications.

• Experience building Product Operations or support organizations within technology, media, entertainment, marketplace, or platform-based companies, including global or follow-the-sun support models.

• Experience with Jira, ServiceNow, Zendesk, Salesforce, Workday, or similar workflow and support management platforms, as well as AI-powered support tools, workflow automation, and analytics platforms.

• Experience translating customer or user feedback into product strategy, roadmap prioritization, and measurable product improvements.

Location

This role is hybrid, based in our Nashville office.

Compensation

The annual base salary for this position is in the range of $178,000-$210,000. This position also is eligible for benefits and discretionary bonus. Ultimately, wages may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, business sector, and geographic location, among other criteria. Please speak with a CAA Recruiter to learn more.

Creative Artists Agency, LLC (the “Company”) is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate on the basis of race (inclusive of traits historically associated with race, including hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, creed, gender or sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), national origin, ancestry, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, family and medical care leave status, military or veteran status, marital status, family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, political affiliation, an employee’s or their dependent’s reproductive health decision making (e.g., the decision to use or access a particular drug, device or medical service), or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.The absence of a permanent address is not a bar to employment. The Company does not discriminate against individuals based on housing status, including the absence of a fixed address.The Company also complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local laws with regard to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities.CAA does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless they were contractually engaged by CAA to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any such employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the acknowledgement and agreement that CAA will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.