M&E Frontend Product Manager, CoreWeave

• If you’re someone who thrives in a dynamic environment, enjoys solving complex problems, and is eager to make a significant impact, CoreWeave is the place for you
• Do you want to be instrumental in the future of M&E cloud-based services?
• Our ideal candidate has a mix of enterprise technology management, software development, and VFX or Animation industry experience
• You’ll have a passion for building amazing products that delight technology decision-makers, render wranglers and artists alike, playing a key role in helping define the product strategy, driving innovation, and delivering exceptional user experiences
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Product Design, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 5+ years of product management experience
• Proven experience managing a team of developers to deliver high-quality products
• A background working with products for post-production and media customers and an understanding of production workflows
• Enthusiastic team player happy to wear many hats and excited about participating in a fast-paced and ever-changing startup environment
• Proven experience building complex, user-focused products and a passion for creating amazing user experiences
• Excellent analytical skills to break down and solve complex problems
• Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally, promoting teamwork and understanding between different types of workers and thinkers
• Experience with iterative and incremental development
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
• Excellent business judgment
• Excellent organizational skills while managing multiple ongoing projects
• Proficient in Python, Git
• Exposure to media authoring and rendering tools such as Maya, Cinema 4D, Houdini, Katana, V-Ray, Arnold, Redshift, Renderman, and Unreal Engine

Desirable

• Following our acquisition by CoreWeave in 2023, we’re looking for an experienced Frontend Product Manager to join us in expanding what is becoming an indispensable part of the filmmaking toolset
• We need you to manage the front-end development team and lead, define, and evolve product requirements, correlate them with user workflows, and guide the team through key milestones
• As Frontend Product Manager, you’ll be responsible for building and guiding a successful front-end development team, while identifying and tracking key performance indicators, including QA and support goals while implementing development processes that’ll support product growth
• Ultimately, you’ll be a key player in giving the industry a great excuse to move their demanding and expensive workflows into the cloud
• Provide strategic leadership to development efforts, utilizing M&E expertise to guide the development of new cloud-based workflows leveraging developing AI and traditional industry toolsets to support the overall product direction of the platform
• Expand and enhance technical offerings and/or cloud-based business growth and analyze the cost/benefit of feature selection
• Partner with internal and customers to capture feedback, evaluate and prioritize improvements, and ensure features meet industry needs and business directives
• Maintenance and expansion of our existing DCC integrations
• Determine team assignments based on skill sets, priorities, and project demands. Ensure that developers are held accountable for the quality and timeliness of deliverables
• Definition, monitoring of the platform’s function
• Gather feature requirements and go-to-market planning and alignment
• Create tools to support the success of the sales team and help identify opportunities to increase that success
• Lead a product development team in which you motivate and achieve steady improvements in your area
• Define and implement any necessary emerging technologies and open-source initiatives