Head Of Production

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Dassault Systemes 3DEXCITE employs the world's best artists and specialized professionals who share a common passion for shattering boundaries and creating magic. While we know a lot, we always want to know more. What does 3DEXCITE do, follow this link for glimpse - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TCYYvGrpnA

What will your role be? As the Sr. Studio Manager, you will lead the Experience Creation Services team and contribute to achieve services signings, revenue recognition, margin and utilization rate targets. Lead the capitalization process to create all relevant 3DEXCITE Experience Creation knowledge. In doing so, secure team skills ramp-up and the enablement of 3DEXCITE Brand employees where required and applicable. Make Experience Creation a Great Place to Work and manage team attrition within the expected magnitude. Manage the creation, update and industrialization of services offerings. Support 3DEXCITE Services sales experts to build and deliver consistent and value added services proposals.

The challenges ahead

• Constantly foster the business transformation within the assigned team by putting the right organizational setup as well as execution system in place

• Ensure the appropriate availability of skills and expertise for current project needs and define the required ramp-up plans for future needs.

• Design and create dedicates services offerings to secure the competitiveness of 3DEXCITE Experience Creation by putting the customers in the focus of the activities.

• Deliver best in class Experience Creation Services to 3DEXCITE customers in time, quality and within margin targets

• Contribute to the development of 3DEXCITE's strategic goals and objectives as well as the overall management of the organization

• Maintain continuous lines of communication, keeping the General Manager, Americas informed of all critical issues

• Work closely with the CFO to align business development goals with those of the overall financial objectives

• Support and co-engage with 3DEXCITE Services Sales Experts/Account teams in the client engagement process.

• Maintain and develop organizational culture, values and reputation with customers, staff, suppliers and partners

• Effectively handle escalated customer-related issues and problems in consultation with other members of the Leadership Team.

• Mentor and develop staff using a supportive and collaborative approach; establishing opportunities that encourage employee communication from a departmental or team perspective

• Understanding of the automotive industry and an ability to create and maintain a pipeline aimed at providing high-end complex deliverables.

• Manage a large team of digital artists with mixed levels of skills; ensure the final quality of assets delivered to clients.

Your key success factors?

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required

• Experience working with CGI-Configurable 3D assets using 2D-Compositing (i.e. NUKE) and3D-Rendering (i.e. MAYA or V-Ray)

• Demonstrate exceptional communication skills and ability to collaborate with other teams that support your primary objective.

• Demonstrate ability to solve complex creative problems using simple efficient techniques.

• Experience identifying, defining, implementing and measuring the success of new processes/methodologies to improve key metrics.

• Experience in CGI production

• 10 years' CGI, interactive or agency/marketing services-related experience required

• 5 years' supervisory experience required

• Experience managing large service engagements with major global brands and/or prior client business consulting experience

• Domestic and International travel up to 10% may be required

• This role will occasionally require work outside normal business hours to include nights and weekends