Production Manager (PM)
Oversees the technical side of a tour: staging, lighting, audio, video, rigging, trucking, and the production crew. The PM advances production requirements with each venue and runs load-in and load-out.
In practice
On a show day, the production manager connects the tour’s technical plan to the room the venue has. They confirm production needs and local crew, then keep departments working from the same schedule. The touring PM may coordinate with a separate house production manager, whose responsibilities depend on the venue and event.