Head of Product

KitBash3D creates the world’s premium 3D asset kits filled with all the pieces needed to build worlds for video games, film, television, design, or art. We provide artists with completely customizable sets of 3D assets that serve as the building blocks to create original environments ranging from modern skyscrapers to neo-futuristic utopias to ancient temples. Our revolutionary assets are used by the biggest film studios (Disney, Fox, Marvel, HBO), and game studios (Ubisoft, EA, 2K, Tencent), plus thousands of independent artists and developers in more than 150 countries.

As Head of Product, you'll help shape the vision, strategy, and tactics of our technology while leading the delivery of new software products, and working with the product team to improve how assets are created. You’ll work closely with major software and hardware companies to stay on the forefront of graphics, game engines, and 3D software. You’ll be building and leading a team of developers and establishing this department.

Responsibilities

• You will act as a Technology leader in the company, overseeing a major strategic initiative to be delivered in mid-2021 and subsequently assembling and managing a team to support delivery and ongoing development of that product.
• You will help define the scope of projects, finding the best technical approaches, and overseeing their execution. You will be responsible for managing budgets, schedules, and deliverables along the way.
• You will be a liaison between our technology team and the technology teams of our major software and hardware partners, collaborating with them to ensure that our products remain the gold standard.
• Communication is essential. Your tone is positive and productive. It’s up to you to surface issues, opportunities, wins, and address them head-on. You must be able to communicate with an engineering team and translate challenges and progress to business and strategy minded teammates.

Required Qualifications

• Experience directly leading a software delivery team
• 5+ years experience as a hands-on software engineer.
• In depth knowledge of JavaScript and CSS
• Strong technology generalist with experience across multiple systems and languages

Desired Qualifications

The Manager in this role will lead a team working on a wide array of technology challenges. Ideal candidates will have broad experience which cover at least 1 of the following:

• Creative tool development
• 3D software experience
• Professional experience building Games
• Experience building Content Delivery tools or Asset pipelines
• Backend web development
• Familiarity with AWS, Data Security, SaaS, E-commerce

For this role, you'll find success if you are an autodidact. We are constantly paving new paths that very few people have experience in, so the willingness to dive into unknown territory and figure out a new landscape is essential. We're a small and nimble team, we value minimum viable products and moving quickly. You’ll have freedom and autonomy, and we’ll be looking to you to have extreme ownership over how technology advances our company’s mission and goals.

Company is based in Los Angeles, CA but Remote work is okay