Senior Product & Engineering Operations Partner

About Crunchyroll

WE HELP EVERYONE BELONG. IT'S OUR PURPOSE.


Founded by fans, Crunchyroll delivers the art and culture of anime to a passionate community. We super-serve over 100 million anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories, and help them connect with the stories and characters they crave. Whether that experience is online or in-person, streaming video, theatrical, games, merchandise, events and more, it's powered by the anime content we all love.


Join our team, and help us shape the future of anime!


About the role

We are looking for an enthusiastic and driven individual contributor to join our team as a Senior Product & Engineering Operations Partner reporting to the Senior Manager, Product & Engineering Operations.


You will establish efficient processes to foster an inclusive team environment within the Product & Engineering organization, collaborating with colleagues across departments. You will:

• Identify areas of improvement within the organization and implement solutions to streamline operations.


• Partner with the Product and Engineering Leaders and partners in the People Team to improve and expedite recruiting and onboarding processes.


• Lead initiatives for growth and learning, and enhance overall culture across Product & Engineering.


• Maintain existing Operations processes assessing and refining them.


• Understand the current state of processes, documenting workflows, and gathering data on performance metrics.


• Provide regular updates, status reports, and progress summaries, keeping stakeholders informed of key milestones, deliverables, and dependencies.


• Facilitate Knowledge Management.


• Document standardized procedures, workflows, and guidelines, keeping documentation updated and organized for easy reference.


• Document best practices, lessons learned, and recommendations to ensure that process knowledge is captured and accessible to team members.


• Collaborate with partners to prioritize and implement solutions based on analysis, feedback, and lessons learned.


• Champion initiatives to enhance team productivity, quality, and new ideas through process improvements and tool enhancements.


• Provide training on new processes to ensure understanding and adoption.


• Nurture Team Culture.


• Organize team-building activities to promote collaboration across the organization.


• Support professional growth opportunities for team members, partnering with the Learning & Development team to create opportunities for learning and skill-building.


• Collaborate with analysts to develop reporting dashboards and metrics for tracking goals.


• Present recommendations and insights to leadership and key stakeholders to support decision-making and strategy development.

We are considering applicants for the location(s) of San Francisco, Culver City, and Dallas.

About You

We get excited about candidates, like you, because...

• You have 5+ years of relevant work experience in Operations or a related area.


• You are familiar with onboarding and recruiting strategies, with experience implementing process improvements.


• You have experience creating assessments and surveys to evaluate effectiveness and gather feedback.


• You can handle several simultaneous projects while demonstrating urgency to bring an overall program to completion.


• You are analytical with an understanding of using data to tell stories and to lead decision-making, deliver improvements, and measure the success of initiatives.


• You embody a team player - able to succeed individually but support your teammates when needed, and help them to succeed.


• You have a high level of confidence and proficiency in delivering presentations, demonstrating the ability to engage and communicate with individuals at every organizational tier.

About the Team

The Operations team is the heartbeat of the Product & Engineering (P&E) organization. As a newly formed team of six, we work together to ensure our department of over 400 individuals can operate at our best. We partner with P&E Leadership to ensure we are supporting the needs of their teams, in addition to the greater P&E organization.


If you are passionate about helping cultivate teams, improving process and initiatives, and contributing to a positive organizational culture, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity.


Join us in shaping the future success of our organization through the empowerment and growth of our teams.

Why you will love working at Crunchyroll

In addition to getting to work with fun, passionate and inspired colleagues, you will also enjoy the following benefits and perks:

• Receive a great compensation package including salary plus performance bonus earning potential, paid annually.


• Flexible time off policies allowing you to take the time you need to be your whole self.


• Generous medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, and life insurance


• Health Saving Account HSA program


• Health care and dependent care FSA


• 401(k) plan, with employer match


• Employer paid commuter benefit


• Support program for new parents


• Pet insurance and some of our offices are pet friendly!

#LifeAtCrunchyroll #LI-Hybrid

The Pay Range for this position is listed. Actual pay will vary based on factors including, but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Crunchyroll's Total Rewards offerings for employees. Other rewards may include performance bonuses, employer matched retirement savings, time-off programs, and progressive health benefits and perks.
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$105,000-$125,000 USD

About our Values

We want to be everything for someone rather than something for everyone and we do this by living and modeling our values in all that we do. We value

• Courage. We believe that when we overcome fear, we enable our best selves.
  
  


• Curiosity. We are curious, which is the gateway to empathy, inclusion, and understanding.
  
  


• Service. We serve our community with humility, enabling joy and belonging for others.
  
  


• Kaizen. We have a growth mindset committed to constant forward progress.
  
  

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion

Our mission of helping people belong reflects our commitment to diversity & inclusion. It's just the way we do business.


We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Crunchyroll. Pursuant to applicable law, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.


Crunchyroll, LLC is an independently operated joint venture between US-based Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Japan's Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., both subsidiaries of Tokyo-based Sony Group Corporation.


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