Manager, Launch Operations

Netflix Netflix · Big Tech · Mumbai, India · Program Management

Manager for Netflix's Launch Operations in Mumbai, India, focusing on leading a team of project managers and coordinators to ensure operational excellence, improve launch quality, and scale best-in-class operational strategies for title launches across EMEA and APAC. The role involves mentoring the team, optimizing workflows, and fostering a culture of innovation, with an emphasis on developing AI or Automation first solutions.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of project managers and coordinators, ensuring they have the tools, training, and guidance to succeed.
  2. Drive continuous improvement in launch quality, optimizing workflows to improve efficiency, setting higher standards across both branded and non-branded titles to attain overall launch excellence.
  3. Enhance team capabilities, and up-leveling skills in operational planning, risk mitigation, stakeholder communication, and data-driven decision-making.
  4. Inspiring the team to conceptualise and develop AI or Automation first solutions and independently self-build these capabilities
  5. Implement scalable processes that anticipate challenges and enable the team to work smarter, not just harder.

Skills

Required

  • 12+ years of experience in operations, program management, or project management within streaming, tech, entertainment, or related industries.
  • 3+ years of leadership experience, with a strong ability to coach, develop, and inspire teams.
  • Understanding of content operations, localization, creative and post-production workflows with a passion for refining and scaling launch processes.
  • Strong problem-solving mindset, able to navigate complexity, anticipate challenges, and drive solutions proactively
  • Proven experience in optimizing workflows to improve efficiency and quality via technology
  • Excellent stakeholder management, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across global teams.
  • Experience working in a fast-paced, high-volume environment, balancing multiple priorities while maintaining high execution standards.
  • A strategic thinker who is hands-on when needed, with a drive to push the boundaries of what a best-in-class launch operation should look like.

What the JD emphasized

  • AI or Automation first solutions