General Manager, Film Freeway

At Cast & Crew, we’ve empowered creativity and supported the global entertainment industry for decades. Together with our family of brands - Backstage, CAPS, Checks & Balances, Final Draft, Media Services, Sargent-Disc, and The TEAM Companies – we operate as a combined entertainment technology and services provider offering industry standard screenwriting accounting software, digital payroll products, data & reporting, and a host of creative tools. The industry continues to move faster than ever, and the need for our expertise, our technology, and our people has never been greater. We are a production’s best ally every step of the way. #OneCastOneCrew

About FilmFreeway

FilmFreeway is the home of the Film Industry's top festivals and filmmakers. Trusted by brands including HBO, The Oscars®, ESPN, NBC-Universal, Lionsgate, PBS, NPR and more, FilmFreeway is the world’s leading film festival marketplace. Every day, thousands of filmmakers, writers and artists use FilmFreeway to submit to over 12,000 of the world’s best film festivals and contests (including 150+ Oscar and BAFTA qualifying festivals). FilmFreeway is setting the industry standard for how filmmakers and fans discover, submit, and get tickets to thousands of film festivals and creative contests worldwide.

Backstage Holdings is part of Cast & Crew, a family of individually innovative companies modernizing the ways in which content is created.

The Role:

FilmFreeway is seeking a General Manager to devise our product strategy, own the roadmap for all our product offerings, set our future product vision, and oversee our general operations. This is a great opportunity for someone to run a fast growing and exciting business. We are a scrappy team of six, and together we’ve built a revolutionary product and platform that has accounted for over $10M in annual revenue and significant year-over-year growth over the last five years. Our platform has transformed the film industry by providing a digital solution to the expensive and laborious process of traditional mail-in film festival submissions. We are a stable, high-margin business looking for a leader to help us scale while providing the framework and structure to do so effectively and efficiently.

You will be charged with both strategy and execution of product initiatives, including ideating opportunities for expansion, new feature development, and improvements to our existing products. You will be managing a team of engineers, customer success, and marketing professionals. We value independence and autonomy, and trust our team to execute …