Programming & Product Development Manager

Mud Club Inc.

3d•CA$60,000 - CA$70,000•Remote

About The Position

Mud Club is a pediatric occupational therapy program built around gaming, community, and digital experiences, with Minecraft being a major component. The organization is seeking a Programming & Product Development Manager to lead and scale its programming and content production. This role involves making the existing programs more ambitious, organized, and scalable, with a strong emphasis on production execution. The manager will lead people and processes, focusing on strong execution, consistency, and follow-through in areas such as annual/seasonal/weekly programming, Minecraft activities, Clubhouse and streaming content, production timelines, creator coordination, idea testing, feedback integration, workflow development, and new experience creation. The role requires understanding the value of games for children and translating programming objectives into engaging experiences, potentially developing digital products. Technological fluency and an interest in AI, modern digital experiences, and prototyping are important. The ideal candidate will have a background in areas like camp/youth programming, gaming communities, content production, EdTech, or startups, and possess strong organizational, leadership, and execution skills.

Requirements

Genuinely understands why games are powerful environments for kids.
Excited by games, interactive digital environments, and what they make possible.
Production-management mindset with a priority on execution.
Ability to turn ideas into clear projects.
Ability to define scope, timelines, and responsibilities.
Ability to assign and follow up on work.
Ability to run planning and production meetings.
Ability to identify blockers and make practical trade-offs.
Ability to maintain quality and consistency.
Ability to help creative staff do excellent work.
Ability to move projects from concept through production, launch, and improvement.
Ability to create momentum and make a team better.
Works across programming, clinical, and product teams.
Highly digitally fluent.
Actively uses and experiments with AI.
Learns new software quickly.
Understands modern digital experiences and UX.
Can prototype ideas.
Can communicate effectively with developers.
Understands concepts like APIs, integrations, and automation.
Naturally asks whether technology could make an experience better.
Creative and highly organized.
Comfortable leading people.
Genuinely interested in kids and gaming.
Technologically curious.
Good at turning vague ideas into concrete plans.
Comfortable with feedback and iteration.
Able to coordinate people from different disciplines.
Someone who finishes things.

Nice To Haves

Coding experience
AI-assisted coding experience
Low-code/no-code tools experience
HTML/CSS/JavaScript experience
Python experience
Git/GitHub experience
Design/prototyping experience

Responsibilities

Lead programming and content production, making it more ambitious, organized, and scalable.
Manage people and processes behind Mud Club’s programming and content production with a focus on strong execution, consistency, and follow-through.
Oversee annual, seasonal, and weekly programming planning.
Manage Minecraft activities, challenges, and special events.
Oversee Clubhouse and streaming content production.
Manage programming and content-production timelines.
Coordinate creators, facilitators, and other contributors.
Lead the testing and improvement of new ideas.
Manage member and staff feedback processes.
Establish and maintain production standards and repeatable workflows.
Oversee the development of new member- and family-facing experiences.
Understand existing successful programs and strengthen systems.
Turn ideas into clear projects with defined scope, timelines, and responsibilities.
Assign and follow up on work.
Run planning and production meetings.
Identify blockers and make practical trade-offs.
Maintain quality and consistency in production.
Help creative staff do excellent work.
Move projects from concept through production, launch, and improvement.
Create momentum and improve team performance, focusing on shipping and execution.
Work across programming, clinical, and product teams.
Translate programming objectives into engaging experiences for kids.
Guide work based on programming priorities.
Potentially assist with member research, user journeys, problem definition, prototypes, UX, requirements, and testing for digital products.
Collaborate with designers and developers.
Potentially take on greater ownership of defined member-facing products and experiences.