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Job#: 2084982
Job Description:
***If interested in the opportunity below please email a copy of your resume to ***
Position: Product Manager
Location: Burbank, CA
Onsite Requirement: Hybrid
12 Month contract, potential to extend and/or convert
What We Do/Project
As part of the Studio Economics transformation, we are transforming our enterprise toward a platform- and product-oriented model that enables scalable, intelligent, and user-centered solutions.
The Platform Owner plays a critical role in this transformation-setting the strategic vision for the underlying platform that enables Studio Economics applications to deliver value faster, with consistency, resilience, and enterprise alignment.
Embedded within the Platform Pod, the Platform Owner defines and oversees the development of shared services, reusable components, and cross-cutting capabilities used by product pods across the Studios. This role collaborates closely with the Cloud Architect, Data Architect, and product-aligned delivery teams to ensure the platform delivers a cohesive developer experience, aligns to enterprise architecture, and evolves alongside Studio needs.
Job Responsibilities / Typical Day in the Role
Set and Drive Platform Strategy
Define the strategic vision and roadmap for the Studio Economics platform-focusing on modularity, scalability, and reuse across business domains and technical teams.
Identify and prioritize platform capabilities (e.g., shared APIs, orchestration layers, semantic models, monitoring tools) that enable product pods to build faster and more consistently.
Translate enterprise goals (real-time analytics, AI-readiness, automation) into a platform operating model that enables rapid delivery while preserving long-term stability.
Lead Architecture Evolution and Technical Alignment
Oversee the evolution of the cloud-native platform architecture, ensuring technical decisions align with both Studio product needs and enterprise standards.
Partner with the Cloud Architect to define and maintain infrastructure patterns (e.g., serverless compute, event-based workflows) that are secure, cost-effective, and scalable.
Work with the Data Architect to ensure data products, pipelines, and canonical models are reusable, governed, and discoverable across domains.
Enable Cross-Pod Delivery Through Shared Services
Define platform services (e.g., API Gateway, CI/CD pipelines, schema registries, observability tooling) that streamline onboarding and reduce friction across product pods.
Drive standardization of architectural patterns and tooling without sacrificing flexibility-balancing governance with usability.
Track platform adoption, reuse metrics, and feedback loops, and adjust investments based on business outcomes and delivery team needs.
Champion Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement
Establish and enforce SLAs, automation standards, and observability baselines (e.g., CloudWatch, X-Ray, OpenSearch) to support production-grade operations.
Proactively identify platform bottlenecks or fragmentation risks and guide remediation strategies in collaboration with engineers and architects.
Lead platform retrospectives, incident reviews, and improvement efforts that increase resilience, maintainability, and developer productivity.
Facilitate Collaboration and Governance
Act as the primary steward of platform intake, backlog prioritization, and cross-pod coordination-ensuring clarity around platform capabilities and escalation paths.
Represent the platform in executive forums, product councils, and architecture boards, communicating progress, dependencies, and upcoming enhancements.
Ensure compliance with enterprise security, governance, and regulatory standards-working closely with infosec, compliance, and data governance team
Must Have Skills / Requirements
1) 5-10 years of experience in platform strategy, enterprise architecture, or technical product management within complex, multi-product or multi-domain environments.
2) Demonstrated success defining and executing platform roadmaps, including delivery of shared services, reusable components, and scalable infrastructure across teams or workstreams.
a. 5-10 years of experience
3) Deep technical proficiency in AWS-native architectures, including services such as Lambda, Step Functions, AppSync, API Gateway, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, CloudFront, and Cognito.
a. 5-10 years of experience
4) Strong understanding of modular architecture principles, including service abstraction, API design, domain-driven design, and CI/CD integration patterns.
a. 5-10 years of experience
5) Experience driving platform adoption and standardization, including implementation of observability tooling (e.g., CloudWatch, OpenSearch, X-Ray), service-level automation, and operational metrics.
a. 5-10 years of experience
Functional Knowledge / Skills in the following areas:
1) You'll thrive in this role if you:
a. Think in Systems and Services
b. You view the platform not as infrastructure alone, but as a suite of reusable building blocks that enable consistent, intelligent application delivery at scale.
c. Lead with Strategic Agility
d. You translate long-term goals into actionable short-term capabilities-prioritizing wisely while creating space for innovation and resilience.
e. Unify Through Enablement
f. You bring technical leaders together around shared practices, patterns, and reusable assets-removing friction while encouraging autonomy and speed.
g. Advocate for Developer Experience
h. You care deeply about ease-of-use, integration simplicity, and documentation that makes the right path obvious and repeatable.
i. Bridge Business and Technology
j. You operate as a translator-ensuring the platform continuously adapts to business evolution and emerging user needs.
2) You're likely a strong fit if you bring:
a. Collaboration with Architects and Engineers
b. Ability to partner with Cloud and Data Architects to ensure infrastructure, pipelines, and APIs are designed with reuse, governance, and extensibility in mind.
c. Strong Communication and Product Mindset
d. Proven ability to translate platform strategies into measurable outcomes, communicate trade-offs clearly, and align stakeholders across disciplines.
e. Bias for Enablement and Value Delivery
f. You prioritize simplicity, automation, and developer experience-making it easier for teams to adopt platform capabilities and focus on delivering business value.
Technology Requirements:
1) You're likely a strong fit if you bring:
a. Platform Leadership Experience
technical product management, platform engineering, or enterprise architecture-leading strategy and execution for complex, multi-product environments.
b. Cloud-Native Architecture Fluency
Deep expertise with AWS services and modern architectural patterns (e.g., Lambda, Step Functions, AppSync, RDS, DynamoDB, CloudFront, Cognito).
c. Cross-Domain System Thinking
Strong understanding of real-time data processing, integration patterns, and platform capabilities that scale across domains and teams.
2) Demonstrated success defining and executing platform roadmaps, including delivery of shared services, reusable components, and scalable infrastructure across teams or workstreams.
3) Deep technical proficiency in AWS-native architectures, including services such as Lambda, Step Functions, AppSync, API Gateway, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, CloudFront, and Cognito.
4) Strong understanding of modular architecture principles, including service abstraction, API design, domain-driven design, and CI/CD integration patterns.
5) Experience driving platform adoption and standardization, including implementation of observability tooling (e.g., CloudWatch, OpenSearch, X-Ray), service-level automation, and operational metrics.
Interview Process / Next Steps
1) 1st round with HM and WBD Data Architect
2) 2nd round with Senior Manager
Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a retirement plan (401k or local country equivalent) program. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.
EEO Employer
Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Employee Services Department at or .
EEO Employer
Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Employee Services Department at or .
Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.
Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.
Job Description:
***If interested in the opportunity below please email a copy of your resume to ***
Position: Product Manager
Location: Burbank, CA
Onsite Requirement: Hybrid
12 Month contract, potential to extend and/or convert
What We Do/Project
As part of the Studio Economics transformation, we are transforming our enterprise toward a platform- and product-oriented model that enables scalable, intelligent, and user-centered solutions.
The Platform Owner plays a critical role in this transformation-setting the strategic vision for the underlying platform that enables Studio Economics applications to deliver value faster, with consistency, resilience, and enterprise alignment.
Embedded within the Platform Pod, the Platform Owner defines and oversees the development of shared services, reusable components, and cross-cutting capabilities used by product pods across the Studios. This role collaborates closely with the Cloud Architect, Data Architect, and product-aligned delivery teams to ensure the platform delivers a cohesive developer experience, aligns to enterprise architecture, and evolves alongside Studio needs.
Job Responsibilities / Typical Day in the Role
Set and Drive Platform Strategy
Define the strategic vision and roadmap for the Studio Economics platform-focusing on modularity, scalability, and reuse across business domains and technical teams.
Identify and prioritize platform capabilities (e.g., shared APIs, orchestration layers, semantic models, monitoring tools) that enable product pods to build faster and more consistently.
Translate enterprise goals (real-time analytics, AI-readiness, automation) into a platform operating model that enables rapid delivery while preserving long-term stability.
Lead Architecture Evolution and Technical Alignment
Oversee the evolution of the cloud-native platform architecture, ensuring technical decisions align with both Studio product needs and enterprise standards.
Partner with the Cloud Architect to define and maintain infrastructure patterns (e.g., serverless compute, event-based workflows) that are secure, cost-effective, and scalable.
Work with the Data Architect to ensure data products, pipelines, and canonical models are reusable, governed, and discoverable across domains.
Enable Cross-Pod Delivery Through Shared Services
Define platform services (e.g., API Gateway, CI/CD pipelines, schema registries, observability tooling) that streamline onboarding and reduce friction across product pods.
Drive standardization of architectural patterns and tooling without sacrificing flexibility-balancing governance with usability.
Track platform adoption, reuse metrics, and feedback loops, and adjust investments based on business outcomes and delivery team needs.
Champion Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement
Establish and enforce SLAs, automation standards, and observability baselines (e.g., CloudWatch, X-Ray, OpenSearch) to support production-grade operations.
Proactively identify platform bottlenecks or fragmentation risks and guide remediation strategies in collaboration with engineers and architects.
Lead platform retrospectives, incident reviews, and improvement efforts that increase resilience, maintainability, and developer productivity.
Facilitate Collaboration and Governance
Act as the primary steward of platform intake, backlog prioritization, and cross-pod coordination-ensuring clarity around platform capabilities and escalation paths.
Represent the platform in executive forums, product councils, and architecture boards, communicating progress, dependencies, and upcoming enhancements.
Ensure compliance with enterprise security, governance, and regulatory standards-working closely with infosec, compliance, and data governance team
Must Have Skills / Requirements
1) 5-10 years of experience in platform strategy, enterprise architecture, or technical product management within complex, multi-product or multi-domain environments.
2) Demonstrated success defining and executing platform roadmaps, including delivery of shared services, reusable components, and scalable infrastructure across teams or workstreams.
a. 5-10 years of experience
3) Deep technical proficiency in AWS-native architectures, including services such as Lambda, Step Functions, AppSync, API Gateway, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, CloudFront, and Cognito.
a. 5-10 years of experience
4) Strong understanding of modular architecture principles, including service abstraction, API design, domain-driven design, and CI/CD integration patterns.
a. 5-10 years of experience
5) Experience driving platform adoption and standardization, including implementation of observability tooling (e.g., CloudWatch, OpenSearch, X-Ray), service-level automation, and operational metrics.
a. 5-10 years of experience
Functional Knowledge / Skills in the following areas:
1) You'll thrive in this role if you:
a. Think in Systems and Services
b. You view the platform not as infrastructure alone, but as a suite of reusable building blocks that enable consistent, intelligent application delivery at scale.
c. Lead with Strategic Agility
d. You translate long-term goals into actionable short-term capabilities-prioritizing wisely while creating space for innovation and resilience.
e. Unify Through Enablement
f. You bring technical leaders together around shared practices, patterns, and reusable assets-removing friction while encouraging autonomy and speed.
g. Advocate for Developer Experience
h. You care deeply about ease-of-use, integration simplicity, and documentation that makes the right path obvious and repeatable.
i. Bridge Business and Technology
j. You operate as a translator-ensuring the platform continuously adapts to business evolution and emerging user needs.
2) You're likely a strong fit if you bring:
a. Collaboration with Architects and Engineers
b. Ability to partner with Cloud and Data Architects to ensure infrastructure, pipelines, and APIs are designed with reuse, governance, and extensibility in mind.
c. Strong Communication and Product Mindset
d. Proven ability to translate platform strategies into measurable outcomes, communicate trade-offs clearly, and align stakeholders across disciplines.
e. Bias for Enablement and Value Delivery
f. You prioritize simplicity, automation, and developer experience-making it easier for teams to adopt platform capabilities and focus on delivering business value.
Technology Requirements:
1) You're likely a strong fit if you bring:
a. Platform Leadership Experience
technical product management, platform engineering, or enterprise architecture-leading strategy and execution for complex, multi-product environments.
b. Cloud-Native Architecture Fluency
Deep expertise with AWS services and modern architectural patterns (e.g., Lambda, Step Functions, AppSync, RDS, DynamoDB, CloudFront, Cognito).
c. Cross-Domain System Thinking
Strong understanding of real-time data processing, integration patterns, and platform capabilities that scale across domains and teams.
2) Demonstrated success defining and executing platform roadmaps, including delivery of shared services, reusable components, and scalable infrastructure across teams or workstreams.
3) Deep technical proficiency in AWS-native architectures, including services such as Lambda, Step Functions, AppSync, API Gateway, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, CloudFront, and Cognito.
4) Strong understanding of modular architecture principles, including service abstraction, API design, domain-driven design, and CI/CD integration patterns.
5) Experience driving platform adoption and standardization, including implementation of observability tooling (e.g., CloudWatch, OpenSearch, X-Ray), service-level automation, and operational metrics.
Interview Process / Next Steps
1) 1st round with HM and WBD Data Architect
2) 2nd round with Senior Manager
Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a retirement plan (401k or local country equivalent) program. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.
EEO Employer
Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Employee Services Department at or .
EEO Employer
Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Employee Services Department at or .
Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.
Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.
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