Stage Manager Jobs
Stage Manager jobs are open across theater, live events, television, film, and corporate productions, from entry-level assistant stage managers to senior and production stage managers, with specializations in touring shows, broadcast productions, and live theatrical runs. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
Find Stage Manager JobsOverview
Showing 5 of 46+ Stage Manager jobs
Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Job Title: Early-Stage Planning Program Manager
Career Level: Advisor
Job Specialty: Program-General-Technical
What You'll Do
The Early-Stage Planning Program Manager is responsible for strategic integration and initiation of line-item and new facility minor construction projects from concept development through transition to execution organizations. Acts as a primary liaison for new facility planning, facilitating effective exchange of information, aligning site and strategic objectives with programmatic priorities, and ensuring that internal and external requirements are consistently met.
Responsibilities:
- As directed, develop Mission Need and Program Requirements documentation in support of new construction projects.
- Supports development and approval of critical decision packages and major milestones for planned projects to ensure milestones are met.
- As directed, evaluate future construction projects to identify options and propose solutions; logically and systematically evaluate existing program and processes to determine appropriate solutions to include project complexity, tentative location, size, and other data.
- As directed, may support communication interfaces between technical project leads and customers, addressing requests for proposals, statements of work, delivery of products and services, and identification of period of performance.
- As directed, may support the communication and coordination of program plan and status to Federal Program Office, site management, stakeholders, and customers, including weekly project reviews, weekly highlights, and monthly financial updates.
- Contributes to preparing/reviewing various documents which may include presentations, project plans, schedules, monthly reports, system descriptions, procedures and implementation plans.
- In collaboration with appropriate stakeholders, provides direct support to project technical leads related to cost estimates, schedules, milestones, and deliverables.
- Under limited guidance, lead various teams and committees, and participate in working groups and planning meetings.
- Prepare siting studies for future new construction and laydown areas and evaluate information to determine feasibility of proposed plans.
- Support planning and development of the Y-12 Master site Plan, with specific focus on long-range construction.
- Other jobs duties as assigned/requested.
What You Can Expect
- Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security
- Top-notch, dedicated colleagues
- Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization
- Career advancement and professional development programs
- Work-life balance fostered through flexible work options and wellness initiatives
Minimum Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree: Minimum 12 years of relevant experience.
- OR Master's degree: Minimum 10 years of relevant experience.
- OR PhD: Minimum 7 years of relevant experience.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
- Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary teams without direct authority.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience developing and maturing complex initiatives in regulated industrial environments.
Preferred Job Requirements
- 15 or more years of relevant experience.
- This position requires extensive technical expertise and full knowledge of supporting DOE capital asset or minor construction projects.
- This position requires knowledge of industry and regulatory standards such as DOE O 413.3 acquisition processes.
- Experience operating within environmentally complex sites involving remediation or regulatory oversight.
- Experience facilitating project initiation and stakeholder alignment activities.
- This position demands a high level of professionalism, strategic communication, and collaborative engagement with senior management and key stakeholders within the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).
Why Y-12?
Notes
The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.
If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.
Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.
This position may require entry into the Material Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (10 C.F.R. Part 712), which requires successful competition of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation and may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
This position may be categorized as a “designated position” identified by 10 C.F.R. Part 709, requiring successful completion of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation that may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
CNS is a drug-free workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre-placement physical, drug screening and background investigation. As an employee, you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants. All employees are subject to being randomly selected for drug testing without advance notification.
CNS is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on merit and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.
Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Job Title: Early-Stage Planning Program Manager
Career Level: Advisor
Job Specialty: Program-General-Technical
What You'll Do
The Early-Stage Planning Program Manager is responsible for strategic integration and initiation of line-item and new facility minor construction projects from concept development through transition to execution organizations. Acts as a primary liaison for new facility planning, facilitating effective exchange of information, aligning site and strategic objectives with programmatic priorities, and ensuring that internal and external requirements are consistently met.
Responsibilities:
- As directed, develop Mission Need and Program Requirements documentation in support of new construction projects.
- Supports development and approval of critical decision packages and major milestones for planned projects to ensure milestones are met.
- As directed, evaluate future construction projects to identify options and propose solutions; logically and systematically evaluate existing program and processes to determine appropriate solutions to include project complexity, tentative location, size, and other data.
- As directed, may support communication interfaces between technical project leads and customers, addressing requests for proposals, statements of work, delivery of products and services, and identification of period of performance.
- As directed, may support the communication and coordination of program plan and status to Federal Program Office, site management, stakeholders, and customers, including weekly project reviews, weekly highlights, and monthly financial updates.
- Contributes to preparing/reviewing various documents which may include presentations, project plans, schedules, monthly reports, system descriptions, procedures and implementation plans.
- In collaboration with appropriate stakeholders, provides direct support to project technical leads related to cost estimates, schedules, milestones, and deliverables.
- Under limited guidance, lead various teams and committees, and participate in working groups and planning meetings.
- Prepare siting studies for future new construction and laydown areas and evaluate information to determine feasibility of proposed plans.
- Support planning and development of the Y-12 Master site Plan, with specific focus on long-range construction.
- Other jobs duties as assigned/requested.
What You Can Expect
- Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security
- Top-notch, dedicated colleagues
- Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization
- Career advancement and professional development programs
- Work-life balance fostered through flexible work options and wellness initiatives
Minimum Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree: Minimum 12 years of relevant experience.
- OR Master's degree: Minimum 10 years of relevant experience.
- OR PhD: Minimum 7 years of relevant experience.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
- Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary teams without direct authority.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience developing and maturing complex initiatives in regulated industrial environments.
Preferred Job Requirements
- 15 or more years of relevant experience.
- This position requires extensive technical expertise and full knowledge of supporting DOE capital asset or minor construction projects.
- This position requires knowledge of industry and regulatory standards such as DOE O 413.3 acquisition processes.
- Experience operating within environmentally complex sites involving remediation or regulatory oversight.
- Experience facilitating project initiation and stakeholder alignment activities.
- This position demands a high level of professionalism, strategic communication, and collaborative engagement with senior management and key stakeholders within the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).
Why Y-12?
Notes
The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.
If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.
Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.
This position may require entry into the Material Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (10 C.F.R. Part 712), which requires successful competition of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation and may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
This position may be categorized as a “designated position” identified by 10 C.F.R. Part 709, requiring successful completion of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation that may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
CNS is a drug-free workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre-placement physical, drug screening and background investigation. As an employee, you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants. All employees are subject to being randomly selected for drug testing without advance notification.
CNS is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on merit and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.
See All 46 Stage Manager Jobs
Find roles that match your experience and apply in just a few clicks.
Find Stage Manager JobsStage Manager Job Market
Who's Hiring
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in stage manager jobs.
- Demonstrated experience calling cues during live theatrical or broadcast productions
- Proficiency with scheduling and production management software such as Production Pro or Google Suite
- Actors' Equity Association membership or candidacy status for theatrical roles
- Strong verbal communication and crew coordination skills in fast-paced environments
- Bachelor's degree in theater arts, stage management, or a related field preferred
- Ability to build and maintain detailed prompt books, contact sheets, and run-of-show documents
Tips for Your Stage Manager Job Search
Tailor your prompt book examples
Hiring directors want to see how you organize a production. Pull two or three prompt book excerpts that show your cue sheets, blocking notation, and run-of-show documents rather than listing software skills in the abstract.
Highlight union status and agreement experience
Many theater and television employers specify Actors' Equity Association or IATSE agreements in their postings. Note your union affiliation, any Equity membership candidacy status, and which contract types you've worked under directly on your resume.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists stage manager openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Match your application to the production type
A touring musical, a corporate live event, and a television shoot each demand a different skill set. Customize your cover letter to reflect the specific production context, using vocabulary from that world rather than sending a generic stage management summary.
Prepare a calling sequence you can walk through
Interviewers frequently ask how you call a tech rehearsal or coordinate a live show's cue stack. Practice describing your actual process out loud, including how you communicate with lighting, sound, and fly rail crews under pressure.
Follow up with production companies between seasons
Theater and live events hiring often happens before a season is announced publicly. Reach out to production managers at regional theaters or event companies you've researched in the off-season, when they are actively planning and more likely to respond.
Stage Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most stage managers?
Live Nation, RWS Global, and StarQuest International are hiring the most stage managers right now, with openings concentrated in Florida, Texas, and California, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Production volume and seasonal schedules drive most of the fluctuation in active postings.
How many stage manager jobs are remote?
About 73% of stage manager openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, and those positions are concentrated in production coordination, scheduling, and pre-production planning roles rather than on-site calling positions. Most live performance and broadcast roles still require you to be physically present throughout rehearsals and performances.
How do you become a stage manager?
Start by assisting on student or community productions to build hands-on experience with cue calling, scheduling, and crew communication. Pursue a degree or training program in theater arts or stage management, then work as an assistant stage manager on professional productions to develop your prompt book skills and union candidacy before moving up to a lead role.
How do you get hired as a stage manager with little experience?
Focus on assistant stage manager roles at regional theaters, community playhouses, or corporate event companies, where employers expect to develop talent. Document every production you assist on with specific responsibilities listed, emphasize any experience with scheduling tools or run-of-show documents, and pursue Actors' Equity candidacy programs if you want to work in professional theater.
What does the stage manager interview process look like?
Most stage manager interviews begin with a phone or video screen to assess your production background and availability, followed by an in-person or virtual conversation where you walk through a past production in detail. Interviewers often ask how you handled a specific conflict or technical failure during a run, and some employers ask you to review a sample schedule or cue sheet on the spot.
Where can I find and apply to stage manager jobs?
You can find and apply to stage manager jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that fit your production background and experience level, then apply directly to each one that matches what you are looking for.
See All 46 Stage Manager Jobs
Find roles that match your experience and apply in just a few clicks.
Find Stage Manager Jobs