- Propose, scope, and validate new frameworks, features, and workflows with developers, technical directors, and internal teams
- Ensure solutions meet CG production demands, with emphasis on pipeline viability, performance, and user experience
- Collaborate with developers to clarify and uphold priorities across relevance, completeness, usability, feasibility, and resources
- Monitor development progress and communicate status to R&D; and other teams
- Maintain and enforce consistent workflows, features, and best practices across Houdini
- Identify and map bottlenecks and dependencies before they become blockers
- Serve as tie-breaker on user-facing project aspects when R&D; consensus cannot be reached
- Meet with clients and industry stakeholders to gather feedback and validate product plans, frameworks, and features
- Research and prototype emerging technologies relevant to the assigned domain
- Inform R&D; and the broader company about relevant technology areas
- Occasionally represent SideFX at marketing or industry events
- Perform other duties as assigned Requirements - 5+ years of senior-level production experience, preferably in film
- Strong working knowledge of Houdini, including procedural workflows and day-to-day artist and technical director usage in production
- Deep domain expertise in an assigned area such as animation, motion editing, image processing, sequencing/editorial, lighting, rendering, or compositing
- Proven ability to influence priorities and align cross-functional stakeholders without formal authority




- Experience providing structured feedback to engineering teams on tools used in real production work
- Comfortable operating with ambiguity and defining processes and priorities
- Ability to work independently and in a nimble team environment
- Knowledge of Python programming and software development skills
- Production experience as a CG Supervisor or VFX Supervisor is a bonus
- Familiarity with Houdini's underlying architecture, including C++, Qt, and Python UI/UX layers, is a bonus
- Public speaking or client-facing experience is a bonus Core Competencies Demonstrates solid expertise in Houdini and procedural workflows, with a focus on enhancing production pipelines and user experience. Capable of influencing cross-functional teams and stakeholders while providing structured feedback to engineering teams. Highest-signal resume keywords - Houdini Expertise
- Python Programming
- Production Experience as CG Supervisor
- Cross-Functional Stakeholder Alignment
- Public Speaking Hard Skills - Procedural Workflows
- Image Processing
- Lighting
- Rendering
- Compositing
- Motion Editing
- Sequencing/Editorial
- Software Development
- Feedback Structuring
- Problem Identification Soft Skills - Influencing Priorities
- Operating with Ambiguity
- Independent Work
- Team Collaboration
- Client Engagement Industry Keywords - CG Production
- VFX Supervision
- Animation
- User Experience
- Development Progress Monitoring Tools & Technologies - C++
- Qt
- Python UI/UX Layers

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