Expoint - all jobs in one place

המקום בו המומחים והחברות הטובות ביותר נפגשים

Limitless High-tech career opportunities - Expoint

Netflix Sr Manager Platform Relations - Internal Games 
United States, California, Los Angeles 
803666133

23.06.2024
What You’ll Do
This role will require deep knowledge of game software as a service, high levels of developer and gamer empathy - from feature and technical perspectives. The successful candidate should have experience navigating complex organization and development problems, especially relationships between dev team and software development organizations. Our Sr. Manager - Platform Relations will need to be able to understand game requirements from our game teams (filling in gaps) and form great relationships with our partner organizations to help anticipate problems before they happen.
Responsibilities
  • Accountable for building strong relationships with partner organizations to help ensure success of our internally developed games
  • Partner with program management team to clarify and prioritize feature requirements from our development teams during production and live operations
  • Establish processes to help surface and communicate prioritized feature requests from our dev teams and reflect back updated roadmaps and updated changelists
  • Provide guidance for dev teams on what pitfalls they should look out for when considering platform and live ops features. Participate in phase reviews for the internal games slate to help ensure that game teams are considering appropriate risks and mitigations. Become a well-versed, up-to-date resource for dev teams Cloud, Netflix controller, SDK, Social and Discovery teams.
  • Work with Netflix games platform and product teams to advocate for the features and technology needed for internal game teams to realize their vision for the player.
  • Partner with internal studios leadership to shape the go-forward strategy for internal game development at Netflix.
Required Qualifications
  • 8+ years of experience in the gaming industry, working in a technical program management role - especially as relating to central game technology teams and having shipped multiple cycles of games. (e.g., , , or Xbox Live)
  • Able to speak on, and bring an informed perspective to platform technology discussions and how it might impact game development
  • Experienced as a player of live service games with a strong understanding of what matters for players (and developers).
  • Experience managing cross-functional groups and game teams through influence.
  • Continuously looking for ways to improve and iterate on existing frameworks, or building anew for best results. Passion for video games, innovations in software, and how they enrich the player experience.
  • Ultimately accountable for harmonizing the development team’s requirements with the platform team’s roadmap and negotiating compromises, and escalating when all else fails.
Location
  • Los Angeles, CA / Remote
Our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top-of-market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $160,000 - $610,000.