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Dolby's consumer entertainment and cinema businesses are bringing Dolby's breakthrough technologies, powering the world's top movies, TV shows, music, games, and live sports to more places around the world across a wider range of consumer experiences and devices.
Overview:
The Senior Platform Manager will be a member of a team of core technology managers responsible for managing audio and imaging core technologies used in a wide variety of products to deliver best-in-class experiences with Dolby content. The team develops and supports a number of scalable core technology components used across the Dolby entertainment ecosystems. The Senior Core Technology Manager is responsible for the management of one or more Core Audio Technology components.
Responsibilities:
- Creates and maintains forward looking horizontal, cross-business technical strategies for core audio technologies by:
- Engaging with technology leads of relevant businesses to understand their longer-term core technology needs
- Engaging with product managers on their shorter-term core technology requirements
- Engaging with audio research team to help drive the activities needed by core technologies
- Engaging with technical leaders in the industry on their needs and vision of the future
- Develops a technical vision for the core technologies they manage
- Helps define core technology component requirements and longer-term roadmaps, ensuring that the internal product needs and future market needs are met
- Based on the defined roadmap, creates and executes a tactical plan for the core technology by
- Cataloging and tracking all research and core technology engineering innovation and development work required
- Tracking technical progress
- Communicating the plan and progress to stakeholders
- Promoting a culture of technical excellence
- Works with engineering teams to deliver core technology capabilities using agile methodology, and be adaptable to changes in the market or in the internal environment
- Provides thought leadership for Dolby's core technologies
- Drives cross-functional teams toward common goals by effectively navigating the organization, and using thought leadership to influence,
- Evangelizes the core technology, internally and externally
- BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, other related technical field or equivalent experience
- MBA, or other business qualification is preferred
- 10+ years of experience with media technology is required
- Prior experience with Dolby technology is required
- Prior experience developing or managing audio technologies, including codecs, pre- / post- processors is required.
- Strong technical leader who understands system architecture issues and contributes innovative ideas, a system-level problem solver
- Collaborates effectively in a globally distributed organization
- Is a thought leader with the ability to influence
- Clarity of thought and strong written and verbal communication skills
- Speaks the language of technologists, business and product people
- Curious and up to date on relevant market developments
The San Francisco/Bay Area base salary range for this full-time position is $201,800 - $246,500, which can vary if outside this location,plus bonus, benefits, and some roles may also include equity. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, competencies, experience, market demands, internal parity, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range and perks and benefits for your location during the hiring process.
Dolby will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of San Francisco Police Code, Article 49, and Administrative Code, Article 12
Equal Employment Opportunity:
Dolby is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Our success depends on the combined skills and talents of all our employees. We are committed to making employment decisions without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, marital status, family status, medical condition, disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws and ordinances.