General Manager

Title: General Manager

Position Type: Full-time, permanent

Salary: $68K annual salary, with paid vacation, health care, dental and retirement benefits

Start Date: June 15 - July 1, 2023

Location: On-site at our 47 Great Jones St. NYC office 3-4 days/week minimum in-person and 1-2 days remote. Productions/ Event work may require weekend/evening hours.

Reports to: Jane Jung, Managing Director

Mission of PCC

Ping Chong and Company (PCC) creates theater and art that reveal beauty, invention, precision, and a commitment to social justice.

About the Organization

This season marks a major organizational transition, as founder Ping Chong and longtime Executive Director Bruce Allardice retired at the end of 2022. PCC has approved a three-year leadership transition plan (July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025) to support the next generation of interdisciplinary artists and expand the Company’s long standing Undesirable Elements community specific program. In the next three years, PCC will formalize its decade-long evolution from a company identified with a single artist into one that supports, through an adaptive organizational infrastructure, a new generation of interdisciplinary artists of color.

Position Description

PCC seeks a full time General Manager to join the Company during a period of organizational transition and transformation. We are looking for an individual who is aligned with PCC’s artist-centered, community oriented, experimental, critical approach to the creation of new works. This individual will be working with a new Artistic Leadership Team to develop organizational practices and systems, and provide management and oversight in production, contracting and nonprofit operations. They will be working closely with interdisciplinary generative artists on the creation of new work across PCC’s programs, and should have a background and interest in the performing arts, and preferably knowledge of the interdisciplinary and experimental performance world. In addition, this role will also support producing, contracting and operations in the Undesirable Elements program area and Training and Education program.

We are seeking an individual who can prioritize and listen effectively, and is proactive, thorough and reliable with follow through. This is a unique role for a small nonprofit that blends producing, general management, and nonprofit organizational operations. We welcome applications from those who identify as Creative Producers, who have an organizational mindset and want to be part of building a new chapter for PCC, a welcoming home for experimentation and interdisciplinary artists of color.

Responsibilities

The General Manager is responsible for Production, Operations, and Hiring areas of the Company as outlined below.

Production

Oversee and execute contracting with collaborators, artists, and partnering venues

Develop and track budgets for Interdisciplinary and Undesirable Elements projects in collaboration with the Managing Director and Associate Director.

Develop job descriptions and oversee hiring processes for production and project staff. Onboard, and review employee handbook with new production and project hires.

Operations

Develop job descriptions and oversee hiring processes for operational staff as needed, in collaboration with the Managing Director and Associate Director. Onboard, and review employee handbook with new administrative hires.

Streamline and oversee office operations and systems, including calendar, filing, CRM database, and online project management platforms.

Manage all online subscriptions and membership accounts.

Manage physical office and equipment related needs.

Hire and Supervise Part-Time Operations Assistant and Interns.

Core Competencies

Start-up mindset, change agility

Supervisory experience

Strong collaborative skills and sense of ownership within a distributed leadership environment

Ability to review, generate and manage partnership, artist, and collaborator agreements

Ability to work with and center artists in an operational capacity

Knowledge of budgeting and accounting principles specific to the non-profit performing arts space, including production budgeting and grant reporting

Systems-oriented, thrives and finds joy in organizing, categorizing, and creating a flow of information

Values anti-racist principles, and possesses ability to work within an anti-racist organization

Requirements

Desired Experience

Minimum of 5 years of management experience in a comparable role within small to mid-sized non-profit performing arts organizations

Knowledge of equity-centered financial and HR practices

Experience working within organizations undergoing dynamic change and evolution

Previous experience in a supervisory role

Application Instructions

Please email resume, cover letter, and 3 references to jobs@pingchong.org by May 15, 2023.

Ping Chong and Company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. PCC is committed to building a diverse and inclusive organization. We would strongly encourage you to apply, even if you don’t believe you meet every one of the qualifications described above.