Research Program Manager (Media OR Entertainment)

Remote • Posted 3 hours ago • Updated 3 hours ago
Contract W2
12 Months
Remote
$80 - $90/hr
Fitment

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Job Details

Skills

  • Media Production
  • Program Management
  • Virtual Reality
  • SSO
  • Research
  • Management
  • Artificial Intelligence

Summary

- Organizing and managing multi-format (media) production data, such as stereoscopic and volumetric assets.
- Creating a sustainable storage and egress plan that accounts for budget, policy, and redundancy.
- Designing and implementing tiered access workflows for data, catering to various project stakeholders.
- Collaborating with legal, policy, operations, (media) production, and research teams to manage data access.
- Building relationships with external entities, such as open content initiatives and standards bodies.
- Evaluating opportunities and potential partnerships with external organizations.
- Applying research-style publication methodologies to research-adjacent projects.
Must have skills:
Cross-Functional Program Leadership: Proven experience leading programs and delivering on time within a matrixed organization comfortable operating across research, production, legal, and policy teams.
Strategic Communication: Ability to communicate with and influence both deeply technical and production-focused audiences.
Data Governance Knowledge: Experience with tiered-access concepts and partnering with operations, legal, and policy teams on data management.
Immersive Media Expertise: Familiarity with stereoscopic and volumetric media formats and their production pipelines.
Research Org Experience: Understanding of how research organizations operate publication cycles, external release processes, and collaboration with academic or standards communities.
Nice to have
Public Access & Security: Experience publishing to public-facing endpoints and managing access-control concepts (IAM, SSO).
Technical Scripting: Experience scripting for batch media processing operations, including tools like ffmpeg and AI tooling.
Industry Context: Knowledge of VR headsets, immersive media experience types in entertainment, or research publication standards.
Industry Experience: Prior experience at Meta, Apple, Google, or comparable technology/research organizations particularly in imaging, media technology, or immersive media.
Entertainment & Production Awareness: Familiarity with media production workflows; experience working with or adjacent to entertainment/Hollywood production teams is a plus (not required).
Education/Experience:
5+ years in research program management in imaging-related fields or entertainment
Bachelor's degree - Nice but not required

Must-Have Skills

  • Cross-Functional Program Leadership: Proven experience leading programs and delivering on time within a matrixed organization comfortable operating across research, production, legal, and policy teams.
  • Strategic Communication: Ability to communicate with and influence both deeply technical and production-focused audiences.
  • Data Governance Knowledge: Experience with tiered-access concepts and partnering with operations, legal, and policy teams on data management. Immersive Media Expertise: Familiarity with stereoscopic and volumetric media formats and their production pipelines. Research Org Experience: Understanding of how research organizations operate publication cycles, external release processes, and collaboration with academic or standards communities.
  • Public Access & Security: Experience publishing to public-facing endpoints and managing access-control concepts (IAM, SSO).
  • Technical Scripting: Experience scripting for batch media processing operations, including tools like ffmpeg and AI tooling.
  • Industry Context: Knowledge of VR headsets, immersive media experience types in entertainment, or research publication standards.
  • Industry Experience: Prior experience at Meta, Apple, Google, or comparable technology/research organizations particularly in imaging, media technology, or immersive media. Entertainment & Production Awareness: Familiarity with media production workflows; experience working with or adjacent to entertainment/Hollywood production teams is a plus (not required).
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  • Dice Id: 10378866
  • Position Id: RPMME
  • Posted 3 hours ago
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