Position Overview
We are seeking a Principal Product Manager to join our Media & Entertainment team, focusing on next-generation AI solutions for Autodesk Flow Studio (formerly Wonder Studio), our state-of-the-art AI-powered VFX platform. This role will report into the Senior Director of the Flow Studio Team.
In this pivotal role, you will bridge customer needs and engineering requirements, champion transformative features, and drive the future of productivity and creativity in media production.
Join us to shape cutting-edge review solutions for production management, driving innovation and excellence in the Media & Entertainment industry. Work with passionate professionals dedicated to empowering creators and redefining workflows.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with leaders to define and execute the vision, strategy, and operational plans for Flow Studio and review capabilities
- Develop and manage actionable product roadmaps, prioritizing impactful workflows and enhancements while managing risks and dependencies
- Act as the customer-facing leader, engaging regularly with customers and partners to inform and validate product strategy, ensuring their needs drive product direction
- Work with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, UX Designers, Developers, and other product managers to ensure seamless integration of review and content creation capabilities across all tools
- Conduct ongoing customer discovery and validation to inform iterative development and maximize impact
- Track global trends in content production and technology, maintaining competitive knowledge and guiding innovation
- Cultivate a developer community strategy, fostering engagement and feedback from production artists and developers
- Translate customer needs and technical challenges into actionable story maps and solutions, guiding development priorities
- Evaluate technology delivered by development for technical completion, performance, quality, and compliance
Minimum Qualifications
- 10+ years in product management or development, with significant exposure to media & entertainment (feature film, animation, or game development frameworks and methodologies)
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience
- Proven experience in machine learning, with strong expertise in computer vision, computational graphics, or generative AI
- Proficiency with Autodesk Production Management tools, Flow Studio and competitive AI solutions and workflows used in VFX, Animation, or Game pipelines
- Proven ability to collaborate across teams and organizations to deliver integrated solutions
- Ability to synthesize data from multiple sources, make difficult trade-offs, and prioritize effectively
- Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills, capable of engaging both executive stakeholders and external customers
- Adept at breaking down complex ideas into concise, impactful insights for diverse audiences
- Track record of delivering ML models into production environments, ideally in media, entertainment, or creative tech
- Commitment to ethical AI development and continuous learning
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience managing projects in a large organization and working in Agile/SCRUM environments
- Experience with web development on industry-scale cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure)
- Familiarity with statistical analytics platforms and concepts
- Familiarity with 3D graphics, rendering pipelines, or real-time engines (e.g., Unreal Engine, Blender, Maya) is a plus