UTA Advisory seeks a Vice President, Business Operations who will build and lead the operating capability that connects commercial demand to workforce capacity, resource deployment, engagement execution and profitability. Serving as the central operating partner to Advisory leadership, this executive will establish the processes, systems and accountability needed to operate as an integrated business and deliver consistently as the portfolio grows.

The role translates booked work and qualified pipeline into actionable staffing and delivery plans, coordinates capabilities across teams, and identifies operational and economic risks before they affect execution. Success requires a commercially minded leader who can connect strategy to daily decisions, influence across functions and turn complex information into clear recommendations.

Performance will be evaluated against an agreed baseline and targets for forecast accuracy, utilization and chargeability, staffing responsiveness, engagement economics, scope and staffing variance, contractor spend, timely risk resolution, workforce approval revalidation and adoption of common operating practices.

This role owns operating integration, capacity visibility, deployment coordination and the evidence supporting staffing recommendations. Business leadership retains client relationships, commercial strategy and delivery quality; Finance retains budgets, financial forecasting, accounting and financial controls; People retains organization design, workforce strategy and talent decisions. Creative leadership retains creative strategy and quality. Final workforce investment approval follows existing company governance.

The salary range for this role is $240,000 to $260,000 commensurate with experience and skills.

About UTA Advisory

UTA Advisory drives growth by turning culture, entertainment, sports and marketing into business advantage. The business brings together insight, strategy, creativity, activation and measurement to help consumer and enterprise clients build relevance, revenue and measurable impact through UTA’s talent, creator, partnership and platform ecosystem.

What You Will Do

Integrated Business Operations

· Build and continuously improve the engagement lifecycle from qualified opportunity and scope development through staffing, kickoff, delivery, economic review and closeout; establish clear handoffs, stage gates and escalation paths.

· Connect Advisory capabilities and relevant agency resources around client demand, enabling coordinated delivery and expansion across services in partnership with commercial and account leaders.

· Lead weekly pipeline and resource reviews, delivery reviews, monthly operating reviews and quarterly capacity reviews; ensure decisions have accountable owners and follow through.

Workforce Capacity and Deployment

· Maintain a rolling 90–180-day view of demand, headcount, utilization, chargeability, skills, availability and contractor requirements across Advisory.

· Translate qualified opportunities into resource requirements by capability, level, skill, timing, duration, geography and shared-resource dependency; compare probability-weighted demand with available capacity.

· Coordinate enterprise staffing and resolve resource conflicts using business priorities, delivery risk and economics. Assess redeployment, staffing mix, shared resources, work sequencing and flexible capacity before recommending permanent headcount.

· Lead the operational evidence review for workforce investment requests; partner with Finance and People on affordability and organization design, track time-bound approvals and coordinate 90-day or earlier revalidation when assumptions change.

Commercial Planning and Engagement Economics

· Partner with Enterprise Sales, business leaders and subject-matter experts to validate delivery feasibility, staffing assumptions, timing, shared-resource needs and resource costs before significant proposals or statements of work are finalized.

· Partner with Finance to monitor engagement margin, revenue and margin per head, staffing mix, utilization, resource cost and scope variance; coordinate corrective action with the leaders accountable for the work.