Remote Product Manager & Scrum Master — VFX Bidding

Cox Purtell Staffing Services; Sydney; Remote; AUD 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Cox Purtell Staffing Services is seeking a Product Manager and Scrum Master for a 6-month contract. This fully remote role with a small team includes Sydney catch-ups every 6 to 8 weeks and ownership of delivery for VFX bidding systems used by a global studio group.

You will work with the Product Owner to translate user needs into clear work and provide training and documentation to users. The contract runs to around mid-2027, with an early start preferred ahead of Christmas.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Product Manager or Product Owner.
• Software development background or ability to discuss architecture with engineers.
• Experience as a Scrum Master or leading Agile teams.
• Hands-on Jira and Confluence experience.
• Experience conducting user interviews and turning findings into requirements.
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to produce clear documentation and training.
• Ability to work independently in a remote setting across time zones.
• Based in Australia with full working rights; Sydney or east coast preferred.
• Nice to have: experience in VFX, animation or games; AI coding tools.

Responsibilities

• Run sprint ceremonies as Scrum Master and keep the development process efficient.
• Turn user requirements into clear, well-scoped tickets in Jira, and schedule and track development work with the developers.
• Maintain the development roadmap and communicate progress and changes to stakeholders across time zones.
• Partner with the Product Owner to define the future direction of the systems from both a functional and an architectural perspective.
• Run user interviews, act as the point of contact for users, and produce the documentation and training materials that keep the systems usable.

Job description

Cox Purtell Staffing Services is seeking a Product Manager and Scrum Master for a 6-month contract. This fully remote role with a small team includes Sydney catch-ups every 6 to 8 weeks and ownership of delivery for VFX bidding systems used by a global studio group.

You will work with the Product Owner to translate user needs into clear work and provide training and documentation to users. The contract runs to around mid-2027, with an early start preferred ahead of Christmas.