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Manager – Creative Innovation – Content Production Operations – Streaming
| Company | Netflix |
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| Location | Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $160000 – $360000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- 6+ years of experience in business development, innovation strategy, or technology partnerships within media, entertainment, or adjacent creative industries.
- Proven track record in crafting and executing strategies that bridge creative ambition with scalable technology adoption.
- Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional initiatives involving content, production, and technical teams—ideally with experience navigating ambiguity and complex decision-making.
- Strong understanding of production workflows and creative technologies, particularly in areas such as VFX, virtual production, real-time tools, or AI-driven solutions.
- Skilled in vendor and partner management, with experience shaping collaborations and maintaining alignment from pilot to adoption.
- Excellent communicator with the ability to influence without authority, synthesize complex information, and present clearly to executive and non-technical audiences.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with high curiosity, comfort with ambiguity, and a desire to shape the future of content creation through experimentation and iteration.
- Must be based in or willing to relocate to Los Angeles.
Responsibilities
- Craft Incubation & Adoption Strategies: Design and articulate strategies for how emerging technologies and services are incubated and adopted within Netflix’s production ecosystem. Identify where these technologies can accelerate timelines, enhance creative quality, and improve operational efficiency.
- Drive Strategic Pilots & Experiments: Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to scope and launch pilot programs and prototypes. Use outcomes to inform decisions around scaling, integration, or further iteration, and ensure clear documentation of insights and impact.
- Maintain Incubation Momentum with Project Manager: Collaborate closely with Project Managers to manage the lifecycle of each technology partnership—from early experimentation through incubation, and into potential graduation or sunset. Ensure pilots are scoped appropriately, executed with discipline, and aligned with Netflix’s broader innovation priorities.
- Partner Management & Alignment: Engage a curated set of technology vendors, startups, and production service companies specific to the domain of focus of Creative Innovation to shape Netflix-specific solutions. Work to define success criteria for each collaboration and ensure ongoing alignment with studio production, industry partnership teams, and product needs.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Act as a connective tissue across Content, Production, and Technology. Translate creative and operational challenges into actionable strategies that align with Netflix’s innovation roadmap.
- Evaluation & Decision Support: Support the Director of Creative Innovation in building structured frameworks and narratives to evaluate emerging technologies. Contribute to materials that inform strategic go/no-go decisions and help socialize outcomes across the business.
Preferred Qualifications
No preferred qualifications provided.
