Animation Product Owner, Media - Toronto, Canada - Autodesk

Autodesk

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Toronto, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Job Requisition ID #

22WD66339

Position Overview

We are seeking a Product Owner to join our Entertainment & Media Solutions (EMS) at Autodesk to help drive the future of 3D Animation and Rigging workflows.

As a Product Owner you will leverage your industry knowledge of Film, TV, and/or Games animation production to facilitate and help translate client needs into development intents.

You will work closely with developers to help define and prioritize deliverables through creation of themes, epics, and user stories.

As part of an Agile team, you'll partner with Scrum Masters, Developers, Product Managers, UX Designers, and other key stakeholders on aligning deliverables with broader product and company strategic goals.

Deep experience within a previous Product Owner or similar role is valuable but not required as training will be provided.

Responsibilities:

Stay informed on stateoftheart character animation and rigging techniques and trends
Leverage your film/tv/games animation and rigging experience to proficiently summarize customer needs and goals in clear and concise themes, epics, and user stories
Effectively divide overall project goals into prioritized deliverables
Work closely with product management to ensure product development's continued alignment with broader business goals
Prioritize user stories for sequential and focused team progress, potentially balancing needs from different stakeholders
Collect and respond to customer and stakeholder feedback, appropriately adjusting future scope, timing, and priority of deliverables
Ensure transparency, alignment, and understanding of team focus and direction among all stakeholders
Accessible to team members for explanation and clarification of project goals, priorities, and constraints
Ensure the team maintains focus on quality over quantity and stress the importance of quality to all stakeholders
Ensure new work done conforms to established standards and meets design specifications
Ensure new work meets performance goals/metrics
Own the product backlog, practicing just in time grooming. Write stories and acceptance criteria as needed, delegate where necessary, but ensure story quality and readiness throughout
Foster creativity and innovation with the team
Perform product discovery where appropriate to integrate learnings from existing and potential customers

Minimum Qualifications- 5-8+ years of experience film/tv/game production working as or closely with Animators- An intimate understanding and point of view on customer problems related to Character Rigging and Animation and can effectively contribute to solutions- Highly interested in developing elegant solutions and tools to streamline the Character production process and make a significant impact on the entertainment industry- Proven ability to work within cross functional teams on sizable productions and/or projects- Inclusive with superior collaboration skills- Excellent verbal and written communication abilities

Preferred Qualifications- Work experience in VFX, Animation, and/or Games production as a Rigger, Animator, Technical Animator, and/or Character FX artist- Work experience as a Technical Program Manager/Product Owner/Scrum Master in software/technology- Up-to-date expertise in modern character animation and rigging best practices, production pipelines, and human-centered design- Experience working in Agile environments- Experience with shipping technology, software products, and solutions to businesses

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