Audio Project Manager

Date Posted: 07/17/2025

Hiring Organization: Rose International

Position Number: 485668

Industry: Social Media

Job Title: Audio Project Manager

Job Location: Redmond, WA, USA, 98052

Work Model: Onsite

Shift: 9am - 5pm

Employment Type: Temporary

FT/PT: Full-Time

Estimated Duration (In months): 13

Min Hourly Rate($): 70.00

Max Hourly Rate($): 83.00

Must Have Skills/Attributes: Agile, Audio Signal, Consumer Electronics, Project Management, Research, Research and Development (R&D), SCRUM

Experience Desired: Project Management (3+ yrs); Research experience - Research and Development (3+ yrs); Agile/Scrum/Sprint management (3+ yrs); Audio production (3+ yrs)

Required Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree

Job Description
Required Education:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Computer Science, (Audio) Engineering, Acoustics, Physics, or a related field

Required Experience, Knowledge & Skills:
3+ years relevant experience
Project Management
Driving execution in a research environment. (For example, companies with R&D in consumer electronics)
Synthesize and report information to stakeholders
Work experience in research project management with a track record of successful project completion
Interpersonal and communication skills, with strong attention to detail
Proactive with ability to execute on multiple tasks simultaneously
Ability to collaborate cross-functionally with team members and individuals throughout the broader organization
Strong organizational and time management skills

Preferred Experience, Knowledge & Skills:
Agile/Scrum/Sprint management
Event coordination
Audio production (event, mixing, performance) or technology (Spatial audio, binaural audio, and audio signal processing) experience
Experience working in a fast-paced research and/or product development environment
Experience with programming languages such as Matlab, Python, C++, Max/MSP or similar
Experience with spatial audio, binaural audio, and audio signal processing
Experience with user experience studies

Overview:
Client Research brings together a world-class team of researchers, developers, and engineers to create the future of virtual and augmented reality, which together will become as universal and essential as smartphones and personal computers are today.

In particular, the Client Research Audio team is focused on two goals; creating virtual sounds that are perceptually indistinguishable from reality and redefining human hearing. These two initiatives will allow us to connect people by allowing them to feel together despite being physically apart and allow them to converse in even the most difficult listening environments.

We are looking for an experienced project manager to help us advance research and development on spatial audio capture as part of a team of project managers that support research scientists, software engineers, and PhD student interns. An ideal candidate would have work experience in research project management, and familiarity with some or all of the following areas: Spatial audio, binaural audio, and audio signal processing.

Responsibilities:
Manage and drive projects to advance research and development according to a delivery plan
Monitor progress, identify problems, facilitate resolution, and implement changes as necessary to keep projects on track towards completion
Regularly report on project progress, dependencies and risks to the team and stakeholders
Ensure proper documentation of progress and completion of tasks and projects
Manage procurement projects for equipment and vendor services
Willingness to "roll up your sleeves" and take on operational tasks in support of the team's goals

• **Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**

• **Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client's business needs and requirements.**

Benefits:
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Rose International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender (expression or identity), national origin, arrest and conviction records, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Positions located in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California will be administered in accordance with their respective Fair Chance Ordinances.

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Rose International has an official agreement (ID #132522), effective June 30, 2008, with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Employment Verification Program (E-Verify). (Posting required by OCGA 13/10-91.).