Senior Content Design Manager, Games

Netflix is one of the world’s leading entertainment services with 278 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.

The Role

The Netflix Games team is on a mission to deliver games to millions of members across mobile, web, and TV. As a Senior Content Design Manager, you will lead and grow a team of talented Content Designers who are responsible for end-to-end product copy for Netflix members and game developers. You and your team will work closely with product, engineering, and design colleagues, as well as game developers, to create seamless, integrated features that resonate across web, TV, and mobile for audiences worldwide. This role will not oversee writing for in-game content. Rather, you’ll manage a team of Content Designers and Technical Writers working on our Netflix games platform. 

About You

You have experience building diverse teams and set a high bar for execution, communication, and responsibility. As a leader, you measure success in terms of both human and business impact. You foster excellence through collaboration and encourage an inclusive, open environment that makes space for different views and work styles. You’re an excellent advocate, evangelist, and listener who seeks and offers candid, constructive feedback.

You love using language to create intuitive, frictionless user experiences, and know how to think critically about product flows and drive innovation ideas forward. You work cross-functionally with multiple teams and educate partners about the unique value of Content Design. You strive to simplify complex problems, and support your ideas with data to get everyone on the same page. 

What You’ll Do

• Manage and build a diverse, globally minded team of Content Designers

• Coach and mentor the team and foster a healthy culture

• Provide strategic clarity and focus while identifying and unblocking barriers to success

• Collaborate with other design, writing, product, and engineering leaders on the strategic vision for Games at Netflix

• Create and execute Content Design strategies that stay ahead of the growing business and elevate the user experience

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience successfully managing a Content Design team

• Ability to build successful working relationships with stakeholders, partners, and team members, at the individual and group level

• Experience developing and guiding language systems, scaling strategies, and other Content Design deliverables

• Experience working on global products and partnering with Globalization 

• Experience with a/b testing and experiments preferred

• Experience working in gaming industry, game platforms, or related roles 

• Experience managing both Content Designers and Technical Writers preferred

Generally, our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $270,000-700,000.
 

Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs.  Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. See more detail about our Benefits here.

Netflix is a unique culture and environment.  Learn more here.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity of thought and background builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.

Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.