Product Manager

Product Manager

14 Feb 2024
California, Losangelesmetroarea, 90013 Losangelesmetroarea USA

Product Manager

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Position:Product Manager








What we are looking for in terms of background is people who have diverse backgrounds in Entertainment, Start Ups, Product, Innovation i.e.s, software, web analytics, a lot of start up type environments experience. Think of someone who has more of a math statistical type background





Content innovation for all of Studios and also serves other lines as clients for content generation. Crosses from content generation into software operations, also focuses on software projects and development.


Candidate needs to be able to understand that there are different needs for each group. Also needs to have strong ability to navigate sensitivities in a fast paced environment, needs to be able to switch gears and contexts quickly between meeting to meeting. Runs more like a technology start up - everyone wear a lot of hats

Must Haves:
- Some version of cross functional experience - how did they leverage their skills and go out to stake holders. Has good sense of changing gears, looking for the next best solutions.
- Comes from Agile work environment - leveraging interview pieces, pattern matching best fits to get the clients what they are looking for
- Needs the critical thinking skills to be able to switch from project to project and task to tasks while asking the right questions

Day 2 Day:
Three capstone projects, 2 are software focused - candidate will working the vendor that's doing software development, making sure we have the right documentation, compliant with security diameters, marching towards what stake holders are asking for, research orientated. Another project with be helping with build out of a facility, making sure is the equipment is ordered, do we have proper wiring, do we understand how operations are going to work. Then switch to social media and websites, etc

Background:
Someone that come from film production where margins for mistakes are low. Technology start up, put in the work mindset with ability to ask the right questions. Someone with production experience would be helpful as well as someone who can quickly see the gaps and creative picture at the same time. Candidate may come from an emerging technology space. Someone that is producing AR/VR content won't be right fit. This role is more of the stakeholder management and a space where AR/VR is featured rather than the actual making of that piece.



Job Summary
Studios is comprised of large teams of creative professionals who produce and acquire live-action and animated motion pictures, direct-to-video content, musical recordings and live stage plays that tell memorable, life-changing stories. Few media and entertainment companies can rival the brands we have the honor of bringing to the world.
As part of the Studio Technology team, you'll be joining a group of seasoned, dedicated technologists solving a range of creative problems in innovative ways within an exciting and dynamic industry.
As part of the team, you'll be joining a team of innovators and multi-skilled individuals, with broad experience in a wide range of specialisms and even industries, collectively capable of prototyping and delivering Studios-centric software, hardware, events, summits, new kinds of content and experiences, and even new lines of cinematic-related business.
We are looking for a Manager, Product Innovation to join our team: someone who wants to shape the next generation of creative and production technologies and directly help drive innovation across our cinematic pipelines and experiences.

Responsibilities
Key responsibilities include identifying and pursuing cinematic Production and pipeline innovations, managing a portfolio of innovation initiatives, and delivering projects successfully on time and to budget.

You will be working specifically on developing software and hardware prototypes and pilots, working with many stakeholders, partners and vendors to execute an idea - generated from needs and R&D - and take it all the way through to beta, handshaking with our internal Product teams in order to eventually deliver a needed, and successful, product.

You will also be part of a team that acts as a centralized resource for multiple Studios, and that organizes and delivers cross-Studio events and collaboration opportunities: the ability to manage a huge number of stakeholders with timeliness and a positive attitude is a must, and the variety in the resulting work is broad and interesting.

Role:
A self-starter, you will find and evaluate industry research in content, production and marketing technologies with the potential to impact and/or disrupt the future of cinematic media and entertainment; you will map new technologies and opportunities to the needs of our multiple Studios stakeholders.

An excellent and proactive organizer, you will manage the development and production of multiple projects of broad scope, from software development of new, tailored, creative software, to executions of novel cinematic experiences with live customers.
We have great variety in our projects, and you must be comfortable with novelty, rapid idea prototyping, growth, and change.

A diplomatic negotiator, you will develop excellent relationships with internal stakeholders, and external Partners, delivering successful projects that meet both parties' needs.
StudioLAB manages multiple external Partnerships, and has 8 internal Studios to deliver to. It's a huge cross-pollination process.

A skilled pitcher and evangelist, you will be able to occasionally prepare or help prepare and present a pitch deck, as well as regular project and program updates to stakeholders using your solid expertise with communication materials.
We like to use Keynote or Google Slides, and we have very high expectations of design and communication clarity.

A proactive communicator, you will be excellent at keeping everyone - peers, team, leaders and colleagues in other departments and units - regularly appraised of strategy and progress.



Basic Qualifications


  • 6+ years of experience in related production technology, consulting, software/product development, or media technology development. Some film, television, or digital media production (games, XR, virtual production) experience is a must.

    Practiced in agile software development methodologies, a solid expertise with Asana (Trello, Kanban, Jira), Airtable (Smartsheets), Slack, and Microsoft Teams. Pro user in any of these a strong bonus.

    Practiced at Keynote (Slides, Powerpoint), Sheets (Excel) - and the making of a beautiful spreadsheet or presentation. Good design skills and talent, an eye for UI/UX and presentation of information; user centered design skills a strong bonus.

    Industry knowledge of the latest in emerging or innovative technologies for content development: xR, virtual production, digital content production, realtime & game engine for content production, cloud production, AI & ML.

    Will act (and where necessary, lead) with a can-do, collaborative, growth mindset. Must be an excellent and inclusive team player that possesses excellent interpersonal and organizational skills. Must be aware of own biases.

    Personal/professional integrity and proven discretion in handling highly confidential information.




Required Education: BA/BS Degree or equiavalent experience


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Beacon Hill Technologies, a premier National Information Technology Staffing Group, provides world class technology talent across all industries utilizing a complete suite of staffing services. Beacon Hill Technologies' dedicated team of recruiting and staffing experts consistently delivers quality IT professionals to solve our customers' technical and business needs.

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