Job Summary:

Department: Information Technology

Location: US-based (Los Angeles or Houston preferred), with 15-25% travel

WHO ARE WE?

Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment company, comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Media & Sponsorship. Ticketmaster is the global leader in event ticketing with over 620 million tickets sold annually and approximately 10,000 clients worldwide.  Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 50,000 events annually for nearly 7,000 artists in 40+ countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect more than 1,200 sponsors with the 145 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com.

WHO ARE YOU?

Passionate and motivated. Driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit. Resourceful, innovative, forward thinking and committed. At Live Nation Entertainment, our people embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you then please read on! 

THE ROLE

At Live Nation Entertainment, we are at the forefront of the live entertainment industry, leveraging cutting-edge technology to drive our business forward. As the Vice President of Strategic Programs, you will have the opportunity to drive strategic enterprise programs that improve the technology landscape of a global entertainment leader, driving innovation and excellence in every aspect of our global operations.​

As a key member of our IT Senior Leadership Team, the Vice President – Strategic Programs will work closely with your peers to deliver on our Global Technology and Cybersecurity Strategy. This mission-critical role will oversee a portfolio of enterprise-wide technology programs, driving successful execution of initiatives that are strategically important to the company’s global IT function. Initially focused on leading the implementation of modern cloud-based ERP systems, this position will expand to encompass a broad range of technology transformation efforts across business domains.

The ideal candidate is a seasoned program leader, a dynamic and visionary executive, who thrives in complex, fast-paced environments and demonstrates exceptional stakeholder engagement, team leadership, and delivery excellence.

This role will report directly to the Chief Technology Officer.

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO

Strategic Leadership:

Articulate a clear, forward-looking investment roadmap for global technology solutions that align with Live Nation's business goals.

Lead IT portfolio planning and management for the CTO function.

Manage the team budget.

Program Delivery:

Oversee ERP system implementation (Oracle Fusion, OneStream), with responsibility for technology program management, QA, release governance, and IT SOX compliance.

Lead and manage other complex, high-impact technology programs across multiple business domains to achieve strategic outcomes.

Establish and maintain strategic program roadmaps aligned with enterprise goals, collaborating closely with business and IT leaders.

Serve as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders across functions, ensuring strong alignment between technology programs and business priorities.

Develop and lead program governance frameworks including metrics, milestones, financial oversight, and reporting for executive stakeholders.

Drive technical coordination across IT, vendors, and business units for system integration, user adoption, and operational readiness.

Ensure enterprise programs comply with relevant regulatory frameworks (SOX, CCPA, GDPR, PCI), and facilitate internal/external audits.

Collaborate with the CISO and other technology leaders to incorporate security, compliance, and risk management into program execution.

Build, develop, and mentor a high-performing program management team, fostering excellence, collaboration, and innovation.

Champion change management strategies to support organization-wide adoption of new platforms and processes.

Develop & manage strategic technology vendor relationships and performance

Talent Development:

Foster a culture of continuous learning and innovation.

Implement programs for coaching, mentoring, and professional development to build a high-performing workforce.

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING

Bachelors Degree in Business, Information Technology, or a related field

Minimum 15 years of progressively senior leadership experience in technology

Minimum 5 years in leading complex technology-driven transformation programs in large, global organizations

Demonstrated experience in implementing programs in the financial technology space involving PCI & SOX compliance.

Demonstrated experience in guiding highly technical development & engineering teams

Experience in driving system integrator & technology vendor performance

Experience guiding compliance with relevant legal and regulatory requirements including SOX, SOC, PCI-DSS and familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO27001)

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and ability to communicate complex technology topics to technical & non-technical audiences at various levels

BENEFITS & PERKS

Our motto is ‘Taking Care of Our Own’ through 6 pillars of benefits:

HEALTH: Medical, vision, dental and mental health benefits for you and your family, with access to a health care concierge, and Flexible or Health Savings Accounts (FSA or HSA)

YOURSELF: Free concert tickets, generous paid time off including paid holidays, sick time, and personal days

WEALTH: 401(k) program with company match, stock reimbursement program

FAMILY: New parent programs including caregiver leave and baby bonuses, plus fertility, adoption, foster, or surrogacy support

CAREER: Career and skill development programs with School of Live, tuition reimbursement, and student loan repayment

OTHERS: Volunteer time off, crowdfunding match

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

We aspire to build teams that reflect and support the fans and artists we serve. Every day we aim to promote environments where everyone can be themselves, contribute fully, and thrive within our company and at our events. As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with. 

Live Nation is an equal opportunity employer.  It hires and promotes employees based on their experience, talent, and qualifications for the job and does not tolerate discrimination toward employees based on age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), family and medical care leave or the denial of family and medical care leave, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, political affiliation, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship, race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, sexual orientation, intersectionality, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, rule, ordinance or regulation.

We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act and consistent with other similar and / or applicable laws in other areas.

Live Nation affords equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. For this reason, Live Nation will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant or an employee consistent with its legal obligations to do so.  As part of its commitment to make reasonable accommodations, Live Nation also wishes to participate in a timely, good faith, interactive process with a disabled applicant or employee to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants and employees are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek or currently occupy. Any applicant or employee who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact either the hiring manager for the role or a Human Resources representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process.

HIRING PRACTICES
The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Live Nation recruitment policies are designed to place the most highly qualified persons available in a timely and efficient manner. Live Nation may pursue all avenues available, including promotion from within, employee referrals, outside advertising, employment agencies, internet recruiting, job fairs, college recruiting and search firms.

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