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Senior Product Manager, Animation
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- Management (incl. project, product management & human resources)
Description
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Responsible for animation segment across several core DCC products, including but not limited to Maya.
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Maintain deep understanding of character animation workflows and broad knowledge of animation related industry standards and trends.
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Define animation feature requirements and drive animation roadmap for DCC tools in collaboration with development team and central partners.
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Develop roadmap schedules, capture customer needs to meet business performance requirements.
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Frequently interact directly with customers, and / or functional peer groups.
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Follow processes and policies to arrive at solutions, suggesting improvements to processes.
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May lead a cooperative effort among members of a product team.
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Track global industry trends in content production and technology (e.g., video games, film, animation, etc.) and present to appropriate stakeholders on a recurring basis.
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Maintain close relationships with production artists and engineers, to understand their needs and to help drive optimal acceptance of designs.
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Identify and prioritize development needs, both internal to Media & Entertainment groups as well as partner groups.
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Understand technical problems and drive design projects from concept through to development implementation.
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Evaluate technology delivered by Development for technical completion, performance, quality and compliance.
Responsibilities
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7+ years of experience in product management/development, game development or film/tv production.
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Strong background with Maya animation tools, processes and pipelines.
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Deep knowledge of animation workflows including keyframe animation, non-linear animation editing and motion capture.
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General understanding of character rigging requirements and underlying rigging concepts.
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Ability to break down complex problems into user-focused solutions.
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Experience defining and tracking product metrics.
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Proven ability to handle multiple competing priorities, and ability to adapt in a flexible and fast paced environment.
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Must be able to think creatively and possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
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Excellent communication skills, enjoy working with and presenting to both technical and non-technical audiences.
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Strong interpersonal skills and comfortable working within a large organization.
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Experience managing projects in a large organization.
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Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent experience.
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Experience working in an Agile/SCRUM development environment.
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Experience with web development on an industry scale cloud platform (e.g. AWS, Azure).
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Experience working with game engines (e.g. Unreal, Unity).
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Familiarity with statistical analytics platforms and concepts.
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Additional experience with 3ds Max, Blender or similar DCCs/tools in production is a plus.
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A strong grasp of our competitors’ products, their strengths, weaknesses and target markets.
Hard Skills
- Data Analytics
- Software development
- Product development
- Marketing research
- Competitor research
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Agile methodology
- Deliverable management
- Ability to use project management software
- Advanced language knowledge
- Advanced writing skills
Soft Skills
- Adaptability
- Problem-solver
- Time management
- Multitasker
- Creative
