Managing Director, Entertainment

Job Type: Full-time

Reports to: Co-CEO

Location: Remote within the contiguous U.S. We have a preference for candidates based in or near the Los Angeles area, given the role’s engagement with RTT’s Entertainment community. The role will periodically require travel to Los Angeles for in-person programming and/or availability for evening events and programs aligned to Pacific Time.

About Resetting the Table

Resetting the Table (RTT) equips leaders and communities from every corner of American life to counter toxic polarization and build a shared society and democracy. Through rigorous training, courageous dialogue, and empathy-generating media content, we enable Americans to transform differences into an engine of strengthened relationship, trust, and problem-solving in our country and communities. RTT’s trainings and forums have directly reached more than 100,000 participants across the U.S., many of them industry-shaping TV writers and executives, faith leaders, higher education administrators, and other leaders positioned to make far-reaching culture change and indirectly impact millions more. Informed by combined expertise in the fields of mediation, conflict transformation, trauma therapy, and social research, our methodology for building “healthy conflict” in communities is nationally recognized and highly sought after.

RTT’s renowned Multivocal Storytelling framework equips Hollywood creatives and executives with tools to meet one of the industry’s most urgent challenges: telling stories that resonate across audiences in a polarized America, while directly engaging charged issues that shape viewers’ lives. In this volatile moment, this position offers an exciting opportunity to play a meaningful role in harnessing the power of storytelling and popular entertainment to rehumanize across divides while strengthening stories and broadening reach.

RTT’s work is meaningful, complex, and deeply rewarding — you will contribute to transforming societal conflict while working alongside exceptionally thoughtful and caring colleagues. At RTT, we see the motivation, growth, and well-being of our team members as a critical ingredient to our success. We are committed to fostering a workplace environment that models our work in the world: welcoming, bold, collaborative, supportive, and creating the conditions to bring out people’s best contributions.

The Opportunity

Resetting the Table (RTT) is seeking a Managing Director, Entertainment to lead the ongoing translation of our Entertainment program’s ambitious vision and strategy into coordinated action, overseeing the team and systems to drive high impact at a pivotal moment of growth. You will supervise three seasoned leaders rich with strategic insights, expertise, and relationships in the industry, leveraging their strengths and stewarding team cohesion and shared direction. This is a role for someone who is energized by building the conditions to support teams to excel and execute at their highest level — a highly organized orchestrator and skilled manager who turns big picture commitments into ongoing workflows and implementation. You will bring deep management experience and knowledge of the entertainment industry to a mission-driven organization with a bold vision for the role popular entertainment can play in countering our societal crisis of division and distrust.

What You’ll Do

This is a leadership role focused on overseeing a talented team, driving the structures and actionable plans that enable its success, and accelerating RTT’s impact in catalyzing humanizing stories in TV, film, and digital content that bridge divides. Your work will include:

Team Leadership & Management (50%)

• Lead the Entertainment team to support its greatest strategic impact, working closely with senior leadership and synthesizing members’ distinct expertise and strategic perspectives toward shared goals
• Partner with each team member to transform big-picture strategies into focused workplans through regular team meetings and one-on-ones with direct reports
• Establish team rhythms and accountability practices that create visibility into progress, surface challenges, and keep workstreams moving forward
• Serve as a thought partner and sounding board to the co-CEOs and senior leadership, synthesizing information across workstreams, surfacing opportunities and needs, and ensuring that day-to-day decisions stay aligned with the organization’s longer-term goals

Strategy Execution & Operationalization (30%)

• Translate the Entertainment program’s strategies into roadmaps for execution, establishing ongoing priorities, decision-making processes, and timelines to bring the vision to life
• Oversee and refine the systems that enable the team to manage complex work effectively, including breaking projects into tasks and deliverables, delegating ownership, tracking progress, and following through across program design and delivery, follow-on action items, and the team’s portfolio of relationships
• Steward the production and delivery of RTT's entertainment-facing materials and communications, ensuring work is strategically aligned and reflects a high standard of excellence
• Partner with RTT's development team to ensure capturing of the evidence, stories, and relationship data that demonstrate program impact and enhance funder reporting

Alumni Engagement Strategy (20%)

• Hone a strategic approach to activating RTT’s alumni network, strengthening the systems, data, and engagement practices needed to deepen relationships, identify high-value opportunities, and deepen impact and connections across the industry
• Oversee the creation of meaningful pathways for alumni to stay engaged with RTT, integrating alumni engagement into the Entertainment team’s priority work and creating opportunities for alumni to deepen their learning and collaboration with RTT
• Continuously assess and evolve the alumni engagement strategy, identifying opportunities to increase participation and maximize the network’s contribution to RTT’s cultural impact and footprint in the entertainment industry

Who You Are

• You're the person who makes things run. You look at a complex web of people, timelines, and deliverables and instinctively start building the structure that moves it all forward with a high bar for excellence.
• You know the entertainment industry from the inside. You speak the language, understand the dynamics, and know how the industry moves. You can look at our team and alumni community and see the depth of experience and potential for strong impact it represents.
• You bring out the best in the people around you. You lead by partnering—setting clear direction, checking in with purpose, and making sure your team has what they need to do their strongest work.
• You are motivated by the opportunity to build something exceptional. You care deeply about quality, not just completion. You notice what could be better, ask thoughtful questions, and push toward stronger strategy, clearer execution, and better outcomes. You bring both ambition and discernment to the work, knowing when to move quickly, when to go deeper, and when something is good enough to move forward.
• You're as strong in a room as you are behind the scenes. You can represent an organization with credibility at industry events and in Hollywood's professional circles, and you're just as effective at supporting a team to execute at its highest potential and oversee the systems that keep the work running day to day.
• You believe in RTT’s mission and Multivocal Storytelling framework. You care about overcoming societal polarization and uplifting dignity, authenticity, and complexity across lines of difference. You believe it is crucial for more Americans to communicate and collaborate constructively across differences in backgrounds and ideological views. You proactively pursue opportunities to learn from divergent perspectives.

What You Bring

• A track record of managing teams and driving forward complex, multi-stakeholder work with excellence and discipline
• Professional experience in or alongside the entertainment industry, with a working understanding of the landscape, the roles, and how projects move from development through production
• Experience overseeing and developing systems and processes that help teams prioritize, create action plans, track progress, and make decisions
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize information from across functions and translate it into clear goals and deliverables
• Excellent people manager and organizational skills with the demonstrated ability to oversee multiple workstreams and support a team in delivering at its strongest
• Experience working closely with senior executives or organizational leaders in a high-trust capacity

Role Logistics:

• Evening availability: This role requires periodic availability and participation in evening Entertainment program events, often aligned to Pacific Time.
• Travel: If not based in the Los Angeles area, this role requires periodic travel to LA, as well as occasional travel to other locations.

How to Apply

We know there are great candidates who may not check every box, and you may bring valuable skills and experiences we haven’t considered. If this role excites you and aligns with your values and aspirations, we strongly encourage you to apply and tell us about yourself.

We will review applications on a rolling basis. The application consists of three parts:

• Resume
• Cover Letter, addressing:
  • Why you're drawn to RTT's mission and Entertainment program
  • Why you're the right person for this role at this moment in your career
• Short answer responses (a robust paragraph):
  • What does great people management look like to you? Give us a specific example of a time you put it into practice.
  • Describe a time you worked closely with a senior leader or executive to turn a vision or strategic priority into action. What did that partnership look like, and what made it effective?

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range for the Managing Director, Entertainment is $125,000–$155,000, commensurate with experience. This is a full-time position with benefits. Typical office hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with some obligations taking place in the evenings and on weekends and periodic travel.

Benefits package includes:

• Health benefits, life insurance, and short- and long-term disability
• Generous package of vacation, sick, and personal days, along with paid time off for federal and religious holidays each year
• Paid parental leave
• Reimbursement for home office expenses of up to $1,000
• 403(b) plan with 3% employer contribution
• A highly collaborative, caring team

At Resetting the Table, we celebrate differences of background, identity, and viewpoint for the benefit of our employees, work, and community. RTT is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, age, religion, ideology, national origin, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, or any protected category prohibited by local, state, or federal laws. All aspects of employment are decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and organizational need.

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