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Podium Entertainment · 1 week ago

Manager, Cloud IT Operations & Administration

El Segundo, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$130K/yr - $140K/yr

5+ years exp

Podium Entertainment is North America’s fastest growing digital publisher, driven by its mission to change the lives of trendsetting storytellers. They are seeking a Manager for Cloud IT Operations & Administration to build and lead their internal IT function, focusing on cloud systems administration, SaaS management, and operational leadership.

AudiobooksPublishing

Responsibilities

Lead major technology initiatives from concept to deployment, including enterprise AI strategy, internal tool evaluation & consolidation, SaaS permissioning, domain migration, and data security enhancements. Execute projects that bring efficiency, cost savings, and support operational excellence at Podium

Administer and optimize key cloud and SaaS platforms (e.g., Google Workspace, Atlassian Confluence/Jira, Airtable, AWS, Box, Slack, Tableau, 1Password, Microsoft), including governance, monitoring, and lifecycle planning in collaboration with our IT vendor and development team

Partner with Operations to identify opportunities for automation, integration, and workflow optimization across core internal systems

Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, and Audio Production to ensure technical infrastructure meets workflow, tooling and security requirements

Manage relationships with SaaS vendors, integrators, consultants, and technology consultants

Build and maintain our tech stack & software database

Develop and manage the IT budget, including spend optimization and license management

Build and maintain Podium’s long-term IT strategy, roadmap, and operational standards

Oversee daily onsite IT operations at our El Segundo HQ, ensuring timely and high-quality support

Define and implement IT service intake, ticketing, response guidelines, and performance metrics

Maintain hardware inventory and lifecycle management for laptops and workstations in coordination with HR

Coordinate IT onboarding/offboarding processes, provisioning and access control

Build Confluence documentation and provide user trainings and IT highlights to improve adoption of tools and best practices, and reduce support requests

Implement and enforce security policies, MFA, SSO

Support data retention policies & backup solutions

Partner with Finance and leadership to maintain compliance standards

Qualification

Cloud Systems AdministrationSaaS Ecosystem ManagementGoogle WorkspaceIT ManagementMacOSWindowsSSO/MFA SolutionsChange ManagementProduction ToolsCommunication Skills