Recognized by TIME as one of the Best Inventions of 2020 , Fast Company’s Best App , and covered in the New York Times , Supernatural is a next-generation fitness experience in VR with real coaches, stunning natural environments, music from major record labels, and new workouts released every day.
Available now on Oculus Quest and Quest 2.
Developed by a team of passionate world-class experience designers, choreographers, game developers, trainers, and physical fitness experts, Supernatural is a dynamic, immersive experience that is always adapting to your needs, personalized for you
– available on-demand in your home.
What you’ll do:
As a Senior Technical Program Manager for Platform, you will report to the Head of Program Management and apply your knowledge of technical product development and experience in Agile to help us deliver the core platform tools, frameworks and services our Supernatural engineering teams and products need to succeed.
You will partner with the Engineering Lead and a diverse group of developers from many disciplines.
You will work with multiple internal customers and stakeholders across the entire Supernatural organization.
You will help deliver capabilities across a wide range of technologies, including web, iOS, Android, Unity, Oculus Quest, mixed-reality video capture, content management systems, music and audio systems, service frameworks, cloud services, automation systems and analytics.
This is an ideal role for someone who has substantial experience in developing apps or tools in VR, gaming, film, TV or social apps and wants to help people around the world have the time of their lives working out from home.
Responsibilities:
- Develop a strong technical understanding of our products and services
- Help craft product roadmap and team goals
- Balance priorities with team resources while also supporting team health
- Ensure objectives are well-understood by all team members
- Lead development efforts to meet product and company goals
- Design and manage agile development practices for the team
- Facilitate communication across all team members and stakeholders
- Measure team progress towards roadmap and goals
- Lead post-mortems and retrospectives
- Regularly report on progress and share updates
- Help identify, resolve and escalate roadblocks
- Manage scheduling of major events, including releases and deployments
- Develop positive working relationships with peers and customers
- Foster a growth mindset, regularly seek out opportunities for improvement
- Lead with empathy and understanding, create a safe space to share ideas
- Coach and mentor teammates
Required Qualifications:
- BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years experience managing technical projects
- 3+ years of working with multidisciplinary teams
- 3+ years of working with teams creating internal tools
- Experience chartering large projects with multiple teams
- Experience designing and improving work systems
- Experience creating and maintaining quarterly roadmaps
- Demonstrated experience in Agile/Scrum
- Competency in JIRA, Confluence, Google apps and Microsoft Excel
- Strong problem-solving skills and mindset
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Experience mentoring and coaching others
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience in VR, game or video applications
- Experience working with teams developing in Unity
- Experience with B2B applications
- Start-up / entrepreneurial experience
Where you’ll be:
- Our offices are currently closed due to COVID-19.
Post COVID, we are giving you the flexibility to work from home should you choose to do so.
- Working hours: We operate within the Pacific time zone for collaboration
At Supernatural, we value diversity and always treat all employees and job applicants based on merit, qualifications, competence, and talent.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Supernatural is committed to bringing together individuals from all different backgrounds and perspectives, however applicants from agencies as well as corporation to corporation work will not be considered at this time.