Description
Technical Production Manager - Speech Technology
Contract: 3-month fixed-term contract Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday Location: London, hybrid
The role
SIDE UK is looking for a Technical Production Manager to join our growing Speech Technology team.
SIDE has built a world-class reputation for dialogue and audio production over the past 25 years, working on titles including Cyberpunk 2077 , Assassin’s Creed Valhalla , Hitman III , Returnal and It Takes Two .
This role sits within our fast-growing speech technology and datasets division, delivering complex voice-production projects for major global technology and digital media clients.
You will manage multiple projects from initial brief through to final delivery, coordinating clients, studios, voice talent, directors, engineers, vendors and internal teams. You will take ownership of schedules, budgets, production assets and quality, while helping improve the tools and workflows used by the wider team.
Responsibilities
- Manage multiple speech and voice-production projects from initial scoping through to final delivery.
- Translate client briefs into clear budgets, schedules, production plans and resource requirements.
- Prepare and maintain project cost estimates as briefs and production requirements develop.
- Act as a key point of contact for clients, providing clear updates on progress, costs, risks and deliverables.
- Coordinate recording studios, voice talent, directors, engineers, vendors and internal stakeholders.
- Prepare and manage scripts, session materials, audio and video references and other production assets.
- Track recording progress, script updates, production changes and final deliverables.
- Manage project budgets, investigate variances and resolve cost-related queries.
- Source international partner studios and support commercial negotiations where required.
- Review client, vendor and talent agreements to identify errors, risks or points requiring negotiation.
- Ensure editing, quality assurance and asset delivery meet client specifications and agreed deadlines.
- Identify opportunities to improve production workflows, reporting and operational efficiency.
- Develop or enhance production-tracking tools using advanced Excel, automation or other technical solutions.
Requirements
- At least three years’ experience in production management, project management or project coordination within a complex delivery environment.
- Proven experience managing multiple projects, deadlines, budgets and stakeholders simultaneously.
- Experience managing project budgets of approximately £50,000 or more.
- Strong client-facing communication and presentation skills.