Senior AI Executive, AI Studios, Amazon MGM Studios

Amazon; Culver City (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon MGM Studios' AI Studios seeks a senior AI executive to assess and recommend AI applications for shows, bridging VFX craft with emerging AI tooling. The role sits at the intersection of production pipelines, R&D translation, and leadership communication.

You will monitor the AI landscape, drive tool adoption, and craft roadmaps that scale across productions while partnering with production, post, and VFX teams to test and implement new workflows.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in VFX production and VFX supervision show side and/or vendor.
• Hands-on experience with AI tools for cinematic content production.
• Experience driving high performance content and growth within a world class content company.
• Experience managing vendor evaluations or technology scouting.
• Ability to take a technical workflow from R&D through to repeatable, production-ready implementation.

Responsibilities

• Continuously monitor the evolving AI/GenAI landscape, evaluate emerging tools, and maintain a technology roadmap for the team.
• Evaluate and integrate AI tools into production-ready pipelines; coordinate test shoots and benchmark quality.
• Translate R&D outputs into educational assets for VFX supervisors, line producers, and production teams.
• Partner with Production, Post Production, and VFX teams to test new workflows and early-stage R&D before greenlight.
• Listen to internal challenges, design solutions, and validate them through hands-on testing; identify opportunities for innovation.
• Present findings, recommendations, and roadmaps to studio leadership and production stakeholders.

Skills

VFX production

VFX supervision

AI tools

Roadmap development

Tools

AI tools

Test pipelines

Job description

Job ID: 10489049 | Amazon.com Services LLC

Amazon MGM Studios' AI Studios team is seeking a senior AI executive to help assess and recommend AI applications for our shows. This role sits at the intersection of VFX craft and emerging AI tooling.

Key job responsibilities

• Continuously monitor the evolving AI/GenAI landscape, evaluate emerging tools, and maintain a curated technology roadmap for the team
• Evaluate and integrate AI tools into production-ready pipelines coordinate test shoots if needed, run structured tests, benchmark quality, document results that scale across productions
• Translate R&D outputs and knowledge into educational assets and programs that equip VFX supervisors, line producers, and production teams can learn from and use
• Partner directly with Production, Post Production, and VFX teams to investigate and test new workflows, including early-stage R&D efforts prior to project greenlight
• Listen to challenges surfaced by internal teams, design potential solutions or workflow improvements, and validate them through hands‑on testing, while also proactively identifying opportunities for innovation before problems arise
• Present findings, recommendations, and roadmaps to studio leadership and production stakeholders, translating technical complexity into clear creative and business value

Basic Qualifications

• Experience driving high performance content and growth within a world class content company
• Experience managing vendor evaluations or technology scouting, as well as building or adapting production pipelines to integrate new tools or technologies
• 8+ years in VFX production and VFX supervision show side and/or vendor
• Hands on and in depth experience with AI tools for cinematic content production
• Demonstrated ability to take a technical workflow from R&D through to repeatable, production‑ready implementation
• Hands‑on