Pipeline Supervisor

Scanline VFX, a Netflix Company, is an award-winning, global leader in the visual effects industry with studios in 7 core locations. From humble beginnings over 30 years ago, we’ve grown to a team of over 1,400 made up of diverse nationalities from around the world. Underpinned by a commitment to innovation, Eyeline Studios, Scanline’s virtual production division, is rethinking the future of real-time filmmaking by providing content creators with unmatched flexibility.

Come and join an innovative and collaborative team and be challenged to do the best work of your career

The Pipeline Supervisor works with studio-wide departments providing stewardship for 2D and 3D projects (Nuke, Maya + Max) and overall leadership to the Pipeline team. Partnering with the Pipeline Department Manager, the Pipeline Supervisor, has a solid understanding of Project Management best practices in software development including requirements gathering, planning, scope, risk, dependencies, re-assessment, metrics, and reporting. The Pipeline Supervisor’s perspective is high level and forward-thinking but also able to provide direction for day-to-day studio pipeline matters, managing inter-departmental expectations while balancing priorities. Solid experience leading change management, ensuring quality assurance standards and post-project reviews for ongoing improvement is required.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Holds vision of the company pipeline team’s role, standards, service agreements and provides guidance and leadership through change management
- Works with Pipeline leadership, and studio leadership including Production, CG Supervisors and Leads to determine requirements for current and upcoming shows; advises on implementation and potential solutions
- Leads studio-wide feature implementation collaboratively and strategically while balancing overall company technical strategies
- Gathers requirements across large collaboration efforts that span multiple departments and/or disciplines
- Leverages team expertise and current technology research and development trends to innovate and advance Scanline’s technologies; interfaces with supervisors and leads for ongoing improvements
- Oversees technical briefs and code review standards: set standards and ensure best practices
- Drives overall Pipeline information collection, documentation, and knowledge transfer process: eg. Provides demos and tutorials for artists and other TD's
- Completes performance reviews of the team and provides recommendations for education and training for ongoing skill development
- Participates in daily scrum meetings and regularly scheduled department and production meetings
- Participates in recruiting; resume reviews, interviews, evaluations, job descriptions, etc.
- Partners with Pipeline Management team to identify priorities and schedule tasks
- Mentors pipeline team members; advise, guide, and grow others

**QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE**:

- BA in Computer Science, or similar discipline (required)
- Minimum seven (7) years experience in VFX software development (Feature Films preferred)
- Minimum two (2) years in supervision role (required)
- Demonstrated advanced work experience with Nuke, 3Ds Max, Maya, C/C++, and Python
- Experienced with planning large projects and forecasting show requirements
- Experienced with team leadership; mentoring and performance management/development
- Ability to understand situations quickly and shift priorities as needed
- Negotiation skills: “buy-in” from stakeholders, understand when to engage and when to pivot
- Flexible and agile to rapid shifting schedules, targets, and goals
- Self-directed, proactive, detailed, organized and solution-oriented
- Experienced with runtime rendering APIs, like DirectX or OpenGL (preferred)
- Experienced with user interface design in QT/PyQT
- Experienced with V-Ray, Thinking Particles, or Fume FX (preferred)
- Experienced working w/pipelines in Windows (required)
- Experience with meshes, transforms, joints, and dynamic simulations
- Understanding of scheduling, task estimates, and capacity planning
- Strong written & verbal communication skills