Principal Product Manager, Flow Studio

PowerToFly; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Montreal is seeking a Principal Product Manager for Flow Studio to drive AI solutions in media production. This pivotal role requires over 10 years of experience in product management and a strong background in machine learning and VFX. You will define product vision, manage roadmaps, and ensure customer needs shape the product direction. Join a team committed to innovation in the entertainment industry, offering a collaborative environment and generous benefits.

Benefits

Health/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Work-Life Balance

Paid volunteer time off

6 week paid sabbatical every 4 years

Employee Resource Groups

A week of rest at year's end

Qualifications

• 10+ years in product management or development, preferably in media & entertainment.
• Strong expertise in machine learning and computer vision.
• Proficiency with Autodesk tools and VFX workflows.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute product vision and strategy for Flow Studio.
• Manage product roadmaps and prioritize impactful workflows.
• Engage with customers to ensure needs inform product direction.

Skills

Product Management

Machine Learning

Collaboration

Strategic Decision-Making

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science

Tools

Autodesk Production Management tools

Web Development Platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure)

Job description

Job Requisition ID: 25WD92702

Principal Product Manager, Flow Studio

Position Overview

We are seeking aPrincipalProductManager to join our Media & Entertainment team, focusing on next-generation AI solutions for Autodesk Flow Studio (formerly Wonder Studio), our state-of-the-art AI-powered VFX platform. This role will report to the Sr Director of the Flow Studio Team.

In this pivotal role, you will bridge customer needs and engineering requirements, champion transformative features, and drive the future of productivity and creativity in media production.

Join us to shape cutting-edge review solutions for production management, driving innovation and excellence in the Media & Entertainment industry. Work with passionate professionals dedicated to empowering creators and redefining workflows.

Responsibilities

• Product Vision & Strategy: Collaborate with leaders to define and execute the vision, strategy, and operational plans for Flow Studio and review capabilities
• Roadmap Ownership: Develop and manage actionable product roadmaps, prioritizing impactful workflows and enhancements while managing risks and dependencies
• Customer Advocacy: Act as the customer-facing leader, engaging regularly with customers and partners to inform and validate product strategy, ensuring their needs drive product direction
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Work with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, UX Designers, Developers, and other product managers to ensure seamless integration of review and content creation capabilities across all tools
• Continuous Discovery: Conduct ongoing customer discovery and validation to inform iterative development and maximize impact
• Industry & Market Expertise: Track global trends in content production and technology, maintaining competitive knowledge and guiding innovation
• Developer Community Strategy: Cultivate a developer community strategy, fostering engagement and feedback from production artists and engineers
• Problem-Solving: Translate customer needs and technical challenges into actionable story maps and solutions, guiding development priorities
• Quality & Compliance: Evaluate technology delivered by Development for technical completion, performance, quality, and compliance

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience: 10+ years in product management or development, with significant exposure to media & entertainment (feature film, animation, or game development frameworks and methodologies)
• Proven experience in machine learning, with strongexpertiseincomputer vision,computational graphics, orgenerative AI
• Tool Familiarity:Proficiencywith Autodesk Production Management tools,Flow Studioand competitiveAIsolutionsand workflowsused in VFX, Animation, or Game pipelines
• Collaboration Skills: Proven ability to collaborate across teams and organizations to deliver integrated solutions
• Strategic Decision-Making: Ability to synthesize data from multiple sources, make difficult trade-offs, and prioritize effectively
• Exceptional Communication: Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills, capable of engaging both executive stakeholders and external customers
• Simplifying Complexity: Adept at breaking down complex ideas into concise, impactful insights for diverse audiences
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience
• Track recordof delivering ML models into production environments, ideally in media, entertainment, or creative tech
• Commitment to ethical AI development and continuous learning

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing projects in a large organization and working in Agile/SCRUM environments
• Experience with web development on industry-scale cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure)
• Familiarity with statistical analytics platforms and concepts
• Familiarity with 3D graphics,renderingpipelines, or real-time engines (e.g., Unreal Engine, Blender, Maya) is a plus
• A strong grasp of competitors’ products, their strengths, weaknesses, and target markets

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Autodesk, we’re building a diverse workplace and an inclusive culture to give more people the chance to imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. We also consider for employment all qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

Benefits

• Insurance: Health/Dental/Vision/Life
• Work-Life Balance
• Paid volunteer time off
• 6 week paid sabbatical every 4 years
• Employee Resource Groups
• A "week of rest" at year's end