Technical Project Manager - Remote / Telecommute

Technical Project Manager - Remote / Telecommute

Posted 2 days ago by 1757740787

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Summary: The Technical Project Manager will lead the technical project management for VFX pipeline, render farm operations, and storage initiatives within the Media & Entertainment sector. This role involves overseeing project delivery, collaborating with various teams, and driving innovation in automation and operational excellence. The position requires extensive experience in managing render farms and a strong understanding of VFX production pipelines. The role is remote and classified as outside IR35.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead technical project management for VFX pipeline, render farm operations, and storage initiatives.
  • Oversee end-to-end delivery of projects, ensuring scope, timelines, and quality are achieved.
  • Collaborate with engineering, pipeline, and creative teams to optimize render farm scheduling, throughput, and scalability.
  • Develop and implement storage strategies (high-performance storage, archival, cloud/on-prem hybrid).
  • Anticipate and mitigate challenges related to render farm performance, queuing, software licensing, and compute scaling.
  • Run operational scrums and sprints, ensuring teams adhere to agile best practices.
  • Partner with vendors and internal stakeholders on render farm and VFX pipeline technologies.
  • Track KPIs around render performance, job completion, storage utilization, and cost optimization.
  • Communicate project status, risks, and dependencies to executive stakeholders.
  • Drive innovation in automation, workflow orchestration, and operational excellence.

Key Skills:

  • 10+ years of technical project management experience in Media & Entertainment, preferably VFX, animation, or post-production.
  • Proven experience managing render farms (e.g., Deadline, Qube, OpenCue, or equivalent render management software).
  • Strong knowledge of storage strategy high-speed storage, NAS/SAN, cloud storage, archival systems.
  • Experience in Agile methodologies running scrums, sprints, and backlog management.
  • Solid understanding of VFX production pipelines, rendering processes, and GPU/CPU compute infrastructure.
  • Ability to translate complex technical challenges into actionable project plans.
  • Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: USA

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

  • Lead technical project management for VFX pipeline, render farm operations, and storage initiatives.
  • Oversee end-to-end delivery of projects, ensuring scope, timelines, and quality are achieved.
  • Collaborate with engineering, pipeline, and creative teams to optimize render farm scheduling, throughput, and scalability.
  • Develop and implement storage strategies (high-performance storage, archival, cloud/on-prem hybrid).
  • Anticipate and mitigate challenges related to render farm performance, queuing, software licensing, and compute scaling.
  • Run operational scrums and sprints, ensuring teams adhere to agile best practices.
  • Partner with vendors and internal stakeholders on render farm and VFX pipeline technologies.
  • Track KPIs around render performance, job completion, storage utilization, and cost optimization.
  • Communicate project status, risks, and dependencies to executive stakeholders.
  • Drive innovation in automation, workflow orchestration, and operational excellence.
Required Skills And Experience:
  • 10+ years of technical project management experience in Media & Entertainment, preferably VFX, animation, or post-production.
  • Proven experience managing render farms (e.g., Deadline, Qube, OpenCue, or equivalent render management software).
  • Strong knowledge of storage strategy high-speed storage, NAS/SAN, cloud storage, archival systems.
  • Experience in Agile methodologies running scrums, sprints, and backlog management.
  • Solid understanding of VFX production pipelines, rendering processes, and GPU/CPU compute infrastructure.
  • Ability to translate complex technical challenges into actionable project plans.
  • Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
Nice-to-Have:
  • Familiarity with cloud render solutions (AWS Thinkbox, Google Cloud Platform Zync, Azure Batch Rendering).
  • Knowledge of containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) for scaling rendering workloads.
  • Experience with cost optimization in large-scale compute/storage environments.
  • Background in IT infrastructure, systems engineering, or pipeline development.
Education:
  • Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Media Technology, or related field (or equivalent work experience).
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