Senior Global Tech PM: Animation Pipelines & Tools

Netflix Animation, LLC; Burbank (CA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock Option Program

Job summary

Netflix Animation Studios seeks a Senior Project Manager for Global Technology to lead planning, execution, and delivery of innovative technology solutions for our animation pipelines.

You will collaborate with Software Engineers, Technical Directors, Production, and Program Managers to ensure tools and platforms support both creative vision and operational needs of our animated films.

Qualifications

• Proven project or program management experience in technology‑driven environments, with significant time spent on software, pipeline, or tool development.
• Comfort taking end‑to‑end ownership of complex initiatives, using modern project management tools as helpful context—not as rigid process.
• Familiarity with animation pipelines, or direct experience partnering with production teams in animation, VFX, games, or media technology.

Responsibilities

• Lead software, pipeline, and tool development efforts from concept to delivery, ensuring they meaningfully improve how artists and production teams work.
• Develop and maintain clear, focused project plans—breaking down complex, ambiguous problem spaces into concrete milestones and driving them to completion.
• Proactively surface and resolve risks, dependencies, and blockers, using sound judgment to keep work moving.
• Apply Agile practices (Scrum, Kanban, Lean, etc.) in a way that serves the team.
• Partner closely with engineering, technical, and creative stakeholders to ensure tools transition smoothly from development into production use.
• Build trust with production by developing a deep understanding of show needs, anticipating problems, and reliably following through on commitments.
• Operate effectively in high ambiguity—creating clarity of goals, scope, and priorities where it doesn’t yet exist.
• Prioritize and balance multiple requests by weighing business impact, creative needs, technical constraints, and global timelines.
• Partner with Program Managers to align project plans and tradeoffs with the broader technology roadmap and studio strategy.
• Share learnings openly, contributing to studio‑wide workflow and process improvements for distributed teams.
• Collaborate with other project managers to align on standards, support each other’s efforts, and collectively maximize impact.
• Communicate project status, priorities, and risks with candor and clarity—tailoring the level of detail for different audiences and locations.
• Build strong, trust‑based relationships with engineers, technical directors, artists, and production leaders; you listen well and seek dissenting views.
• Facilitate discussions that navigate differing perspectives, drive alignment across time zones, and keep the focus on what’s best for the studio and the work.
• Tackle hard, ambiguous problems with resilience—digging into root causes, exploring options, and making thoughtful, timely calls.
• Use metrics, analytics, and experimentation to define success, understand impact, and iterate on solutions.
• Document and share practical best practices, helping others avoid repeat issues and enabling the team to move faster over time.
• Model a growth mindset by seeking feedback, reflecting on misses as well as wins, and continuously raising your own bar and the team’s.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

Communication

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Netflix Animation Studios seeks a Senior Project Manager for Global Technology to lead planning, execution, and delivery of innovative technology solutions for our animation pipelines.

You will collaborate with Software Engineers, Technical Directors, Production, and Program Managers to ensure tools and platforms support both creative vision and operational needs of our animated films.