Head of Product Technology

Salary: £60,000 - 100,000 per year

Requirements:

• Significant experience leading architectural direction across large-scale software portfolios.
• Proven ability to guide multiple engineering teams through complex technical evolution.
• Deep understanding of production technology ecosystems, pipelines and DCC environments.
• Strong strategic thinking with the ability to balance long-term sustainability and immediate production realities.
• Experience establishing engineering standards and architectural governance.
• Excellent communication skills across engineering, production and executive stakeholders.
• Experience within VFX, Feature Animation or large-scale creative production.
• Familiarity with USD-based workflows and modern DCC ecosystems.
• Experience operating within distributed or global technology organisations.
• Demonstrated experience shaping multi-year product or platform strategy.

Responsibilities:

• Define and evolve the long-term technical roadmap across our Product portfolio.
• Guide cross-product technical decisions and resolve architectural trade-offs.
• Partner with the Head of Product Engineering to ensure strategic intent translates into executable plans.
• Collaborate with Architects to maintain technical coherence across applications and integrations.
• Align product evolution with production needs, show requirements and company priorities.
• Identify and manage systemic technical risk and platform debt.
• Contribute to investment discussions by framing technical direction in terms of sustainability and business impact.
• Represent Product Technology in senior leadership discussions and relevant industry forums.

Technologies:

• AI
• Support

More:

We are DNEG, one of the worlds leading visual effects and animation companies creating award-winning feature film, television and multiplatform content. We employ more than 9,000 people across worldwide offices and studios in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Our Brahma AI & DDU team operates within BRAHMA AI and works closely with DNEG to develop technology used directly in production. The team builds tools, platforms and workflows that support VFX and Feature Animation pipelines across our global studios, with much of the work focused on artist-facing tools, large production pipelines, simulation and rendering workflows, and systems that need to run reliably across distributed teams. We are committed to creating an equitable, diverse and inclusive work environment where everyone feels they matter and belong.

last updated 36 week of 2026