Product Manager | Production Technology, VFX & Creative Workflows

Horizontal Talent Australia Pty Ltd; Sydney; Remote; AUD 129,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Horizontal Talent Australia Pty Ltd is seeking a Product Manager/Owner to join a fully remote team across Australia. You will work with product owners, software engineers, and stakeholders to define priorities, manage delivery and drive product outcomes for platforms supporting complex production workflows.

You will participate in agile ceremonies, refine requirements, and help shape how products and processes evolve to support creative production environments.

Qualifications

• Product Management or Product Ownership experience
• Experience working alongside software engineering teams
• Jira and Confluence expertise
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Experience within VFX, animation, gaming, production technology, media technology or workflow-driven environments will be highly regarded

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with the Product Owner to define priorities, manage delivery and drive product outcomes
• Manage product roadmaps, backlogs and priorities
• Facilitate Agile and Scrum ceremonies
• Work closely with software engineering teams
• Gather and refine requirements
• Drive workflow and process improvements
• Create documentation, training materials and user guides
• Manage delivery using Jira and Confluence
• Coordinate stakeholders across multiple locations and time zones
• Support internal platforms that power production and operational workflows

Skills

Product management

Product ownership

Jira

Confluence

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Job description

Horizontal Talent Australia Pty Ltd – Sydney NSW

Remote Anywhere in Australia | Immediate Start | 6-7 Month Contract

Fully remote from anywhere in Australia, this is a unique opportunity to join a collaborative, high-impact team working at the intersection of technology and creative production. You'll help shape the tools, systems and workflows that power complex production environments, gain exposure to emerging AI-assisted software development practices, and play a key role in influencing how products, processes and teams evolve. Immediate start available, with strong potential for extension.

We're considering candidates from across Australia. While the role is advertised from Sydney, the team already works remotely, and what matters most is your experience, your energy and your ability to bring people, technology and workflows together.

Perhaps you've built your career in VFX, animation, gaming, production technology or software delivery. Maybe you've worked closely with creative teams, managed complex workflows, partnered with developers and helped bring innovative ideas to life. If you enjoy connecting people, process and technology, we'd love to hear from you.

The Opportunity

You'll join a collaborative team responsible for enhancing software products that support creative production workflows used by global teams.

This isn't a traditional customer-facing Product Manager role. Instead, you'll focus on the platforms, systems and tools behind the scenes, helping teams plan, track, manage and deliver complex work more effectively.

Working closely with the Product Owner, software developers, stakeholders and end users, you'll drive workflow improvements, streamline processes and help shape the evolution of products that support complex production environments.

What You'll Be Doing

Partner closely with the Product Owner to define priorities, manage delivery and drive product outcomes

Manage product roadmaps, backlogs and priorities

Facilitate Agile and Scrum ceremonies

Work closely with software engineering teams

Gather and refine requirements

Drive workflow and process improvements

Create documentation, training materials and user guides

Manage delivery using Jira and Confluence

Coordinate stakeholders across multiple locations and time zones

Support internal platforms that power production and operational workflows

What We're Looking For

Product Management or Product Ownership experience

Experience working alongside software engineering teams

Jira and Confluence expertise

Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills

Experience within VFX, animation, gaming, production technology, media technology or workflow-driven environments will be highly regarded

About You

You're organised, proactive and collaborative. You enjoy solving complex problems, creating clarity from ambiguity and building trusted relationships across technical and non-technical teams.

Most importantly, you bring positive energy, enthusiasm and a genuine desire to help people do their best work.

If you're looking for an opportunity that combines technology, creativity, workflow innovation and genuinely interesting work, we'd love to hear from you.