Senior Delivery Manager, Series, Global Delivery, Studio Content Services

Amazon•Culver City, CA

About The Position

We are hiring a Senior Delivery Manager within the Global Series Delivery team. The Global Delivery team is responsible for ensuring that all Post Production Deliverables for Amazon MGM Studios’ content are received, adhere to technical specifications, follow mandated file naming conventions and pass Quality Control (QC). The Senior Delivery Manager will work directly on global series, including original productions, co-productions and acquisitions. They will collaborate with Post and Production on delivery budgets and schedules, solving internal and external challenges, and ensuring that content is turned over on time and on budget. The Senior Delivery Manager is responsible for escalating issues and suggesting effective trade-offs between delivery timelines and studio release plans. The ideal candidate should be able to handle the effective delivery of many series each year. This role will have room to grow and expand existing delivery workflows, technical file specifications and oversee increasing content volume as our studio continues to grow. Amazon MGM Studios is the content development and production arm of Amazon.com. We make and deliver Amazon Originals content for Amazon Prime and various other customers. Over the past 5 years, we have debuted award-winning and ground-breaking content like The Boys, Fallout, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Air, and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The Studio Content Services team covers post production delivery, archive, and distribution of series and movies globally.

Requirements

10+ years of budgeting, scheduling and technical workflows experience
Experience managing multiple projects and meeting aggressive deadlines
Experience with Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos, UHD, HDR, and film workflows
10+ years of technical experience on episodic and film workflows
5-7 years of experience as delivery, mastering or media asset management
5-7 years of experience with quality control and creation of domestic and international deliverables

Nice To Haves

Experience reading, interpreting, and extracting data from business and legal contracts and agreements
Knowledge of digital delivery products such as Aspera and AWS tools
Experience working within a global company, with multi-country responsibilities
Strong relationships with established vendors for DI, sound, mastering, and QC
Detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills
Experience in a studio-like organization with an emphasis on streaming platforms
Knowledge of sound, dialogue, and music editing and mixing workflows
Experience with deliverables and distribution

Responsibilities

Manage the on-time and on-budget delivery process of Amazon MGM Studios series, ensuring the creation and delivery of all files listed on the delivery checklist.
Negotiate delivery schedules with outside studios, producers, and production companies.
Collaborate closely with Series Post Production, Localization, Marketing and Delivery Team senior leaders to support cross-team processes and initiatives.
Actively manage QC process for assigned titles, including issue assessment and mitigation.
Supervise external vendors to ensure a timely and on budget delivery, with the ability to expertly advise on technical specs and QC processes.
Escalate technical or operational issues with delivery timelines that might impact studio release plans.
Lead process and technical innovation initiatives to support customer needs.
Contribute to ongoing changes and updates to technical delivery specifications.

Benefits

health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
401(k) matching
paid time off
parental leave

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