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Program Development Manager jobs at Netflix sit at the intersection of content strategy, production logistics, and cross-functional leadership. Netflix has a consistent track record of sponsoring work visas for this function, supporting candidates across H-1B visa, E-3 visa, and other pathways as part of its global talent approach.
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At Netflix, our mission is to entertain the world. Together, we are writing the next episode - pushing the boundaries of storytelling, global fandom and making the unimaginable a reality. We are a dream team obsessed with the uncomfortable excitement of discovering what happens when you merge creativity, intuition and cutting-edge technology. Come be a part of what’s next.
The Games Technical Program Management (TPM) team, an integral part of Games Engineering, is dedicated to developing robust, end-to-end platform capabilities for developers and enabling Netflix members to seamlessly discover and engage with exciting interactive experiences. Our work spans game canvases across TV, web, and mobile; the Netflix Games Controller; on-device and cloud gaming infrastructure; and the studio tools and developer ecosystem that power every title we ship.
Data is foundational to how we build, launch, and improve games at Netflix. Our Games Data Science & Engineering (DSE) teams build the measurement infrastructure, experimentation frameworks, telemetry pipelines, and analytical capabilities that inform decisions across both the Games Platform and our internal and external game studios. As Games scales, the complexity and criticality of this data infrastructure grows in lockstep.
As a TPM embedded in this space, you will drive the programs that make Games DSE work, from telemetry pipelines and experimentation platforms to studio-facing analytics tools and cross-functional data initiatives. You will sit at the intersection of engineering execution and analytical insight, partnering with data scientists, data engineers, platform engineers, and game studio teams to ensure the data systems underpinning Netflix Games are reliable, scalable, and impactful.
Who You Are
- An experienced technical program manager with a track record of delivering complex, multi-stakeholder programs in data engineering, data science, or analytics-adjacent domains.
- Technically fluent enough to engage meaningfully with data engineers and scientists, you understand data pipelines, telemetry architectures, experimentation frameworks, and analytical tooling without needing everything translated for you.
- A systems thinker who can map dependencies across platform, studio, and cross-functional data teams, and drive clarity when the path forward is ambiguous.
- A strong communicator who can write crisp program updates for engineers and readable executive summaries for leadership, and knows when each is needed.
- Proactive about risk: you identify problems before they become blockers and bring solutions, not just status.
- Collaborative by default, but direct when decisions need to be made or priorities need to be contested.
- Committed to an inclusive working environment where people from all backgrounds can do their best work.
What You Will Do
Drive Games Data Platform Programs
- Own end-to-end program delivery for Games Platform DSE initiatives, including telemetry instrumentation, data pipeline development, metrics infrastructure, and the systems that power game quality and performance measurement.
- Partner closely with data engineers, platform engineers, and product teams to build and ship foundational data capabilities that serve games across TV, mobile, web, and cloud.
- Manage cross-functional dependencies between Games Platform engineering and Games DSE, ensuring teams are unblocked, sequenced correctly, and aligned on shared deliverables.
- Create visibility into program health, surfacing risks and trade-offs to engineering leads and Games leadership through high-quality written communication and structured program reviews.
Enable Studio Analytics and Data Partnerships
- Serve as the TPM interface between Games DSE and game studio partners, internal and external, ensuring studios have the data tools, dashboards, and analytical support they need to understand and improve their games on the Netflix platform.
- Drive requirements gathering and scoping for studio-facing analytics products, translating developer and producer needs into actionable platform investments.
- Manage the delivery of studio analytics tooling from concept through launch, including integration work with the Games Lifecycle and Developer Ecosystem teams.
- Build and maintain clear communication about data capabilities and roadmap status with game development partners, reducing ambiguity and improving developer satisfaction.
Own Experimentation and Measurement Infrastructure Programs
- Drive programs that deliver experimentation infrastructure for games, A/B testing frameworks, holdout methodology, experiment configuration tooling, enabling both platform and studio teams to run rigorous, statistically valid experiments.
- Partner with product and engineering leads to translate measurement strategy into concrete technical programs with clear milestones and accountability.
- Track adoption of data and experimentation capabilities across the games portfolio and drive initiatives that close gaps.
Operate with Technical Depth and Cross-Functional Influence
- Develop a working understanding of the Games data architecture, telemetry ingestion, data warehouse patterns, event schemas, pipeline orchestration, sufficient to identify technical risks and evaluate trade-offs without needing full translation from engineers.
- Engage across Games Engineering, Games DSE, Games Studio, and central Netflix Data Platform teams to manage dependencies, align on shared standards, and resolve conflicts between competing priorities.
- Exemplify the Netflix culture by understanding, advocating for, and demonstrating its values in how you lead, communicate, and operate.
What Sets You Apart
- Direct experience working with or alongside data engineering or analytics engineering teams, pipelines, warehouse, orchestration.
- Familiarity with experimentation platforms and A/B testing methodology.
- Experience supporting game development or game analytics in a studio, platform, or publisher context.
- Comfort working across multiple game platforms, including mobile (Android/iOS), TV, and cloud/web.
- Experience with developer-facing tools, SDKs, or developer experience programs.
- Ability to leverage GenAI tools to accelerate your work, with a genuine curiosity about how these tools are reshaping technical program management.
Learn More
- We believe safe spaces where everyone can be their authentic selves are the key to a successful team, so we welcome and embrace all identities, cultures, and backgrounds.
- Our US-based team is happy to embrace remote work with the expectation that core working hours are PST and with occasional travel to on-site meetings, typically, but not limited to Los Gatos and/or Los Angeles.
Generally, our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $420,000.00 - $630,000.00. This compensation range will vary based on location.
Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. See more details about our Benefits here.
Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more here.
Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.
We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.
Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.
INTRODUCTION
At Netflix, our mission is to entertain the world. Together, we are writing the next episode - pushing the boundaries of storytelling, global fandom and making the unimaginable a reality. We are a dream team obsessed with the uncomfortable excitement of discovering what happens when you merge creativity, intuition and cutting-edge technology. Come be a part of what’s next.
The Games Technical Program Management (TPM) team, an integral part of Games Engineering, is dedicated to developing robust, end-to-end platform capabilities for developers and enabling Netflix members to seamlessly discover and engage with exciting interactive experiences. Our work spans game canvases across TV, web, and mobile; the Netflix Games Controller; on-device and cloud gaming infrastructure; and the studio tools and developer ecosystem that power every title we ship.
Data is foundational to how we build, launch, and improve games at Netflix. Our Games Data Science & Engineering (DSE) teams build the measurement infrastructure, experimentation frameworks, telemetry pipelines, and analytical capabilities that inform decisions across both the Games Platform and our internal and external game studios. As Games scales, the complexity and criticality of this data infrastructure grows in lockstep.
As a TPM embedded in this space, you will drive the programs that make Games DSE work, from telemetry pipelines and experimentation platforms to studio-facing analytics tools and cross-functional data initiatives. You will sit at the intersection of engineering execution and analytical insight, partnering with data scientists, data engineers, platform engineers, and game studio teams to ensure the data systems underpinning Netflix Games are reliable, scalable, and impactful.
Who You Are
- An experienced technical program manager with a track record of delivering complex, multi-stakeholder programs in data engineering, data science, or analytics-adjacent domains.
- Technically fluent enough to engage meaningfully with data engineers and scientists, you understand data pipelines, telemetry architectures, experimentation frameworks, and analytical tooling without needing everything translated for you.
- A systems thinker who can map dependencies across platform, studio, and cross-functional data teams, and drive clarity when the path forward is ambiguous.
- A strong communicator who can write crisp program updates for engineers and readable executive summaries for leadership, and knows when each is needed.
- Proactive about risk: you identify problems before they become blockers and bring solutions, not just status.
- Collaborative by default, but direct when decisions need to be made or priorities need to be contested.
- Committed to an inclusive working environment where people from all backgrounds can do their best work.
What You Will Do
Drive Games Data Platform Programs
- Own end-to-end program delivery for Games Platform DSE initiatives, including telemetry instrumentation, data pipeline development, metrics infrastructure, and the systems that power game quality and performance measurement.
- Partner closely with data engineers, platform engineers, and product teams to build and ship foundational data capabilities that serve games across TV, mobile, web, and cloud.
- Manage cross-functional dependencies between Games Platform engineering and Games DSE, ensuring teams are unblocked, sequenced correctly, and aligned on shared deliverables.
- Create visibility into program health, surfacing risks and trade-offs to engineering leads and Games leadership through high-quality written communication and structured program reviews.
Enable Studio Analytics and Data Partnerships
- Serve as the TPM interface between Games DSE and game studio partners, internal and external, ensuring studios have the data tools, dashboards, and analytical support they need to understand and improve their games on the Netflix platform.
- Drive requirements gathering and scoping for studio-facing analytics products, translating developer and producer needs into actionable platform investments.
- Manage the delivery of studio analytics tooling from concept through launch, including integration work with the Games Lifecycle and Developer Ecosystem teams.
- Build and maintain clear communication about data capabilities and roadmap status with game development partners, reducing ambiguity and improving developer satisfaction.
Own Experimentation and Measurement Infrastructure Programs
- Drive programs that deliver experimentation infrastructure for games, A/B testing frameworks, holdout methodology, experiment configuration tooling, enabling both platform and studio teams to run rigorous, statistically valid experiments.
- Partner with product and engineering leads to translate measurement strategy into concrete technical programs with clear milestones and accountability.
- Track adoption of data and experimentation capabilities across the games portfolio and drive initiatives that close gaps.
Operate with Technical Depth and Cross-Functional Influence
- Develop a working understanding of the Games data architecture, telemetry ingestion, data warehouse patterns, event schemas, pipeline orchestration, sufficient to identify technical risks and evaluate trade-offs without needing full translation from engineers.
- Engage across Games Engineering, Games DSE, Games Studio, and central Netflix Data Platform teams to manage dependencies, align on shared standards, and resolve conflicts between competing priorities.
- Exemplify the Netflix culture by understanding, advocating for, and demonstrating its values in how you lead, communicate, and operate.
What Sets You Apart
- Direct experience working with or alongside data engineering or analytics engineering teams, pipelines, warehouse, orchestration.
- Familiarity with experimentation platforms and A/B testing methodology.
- Experience supporting game development or game analytics in a studio, platform, or publisher context.
- Comfort working across multiple game platforms, including mobile (Android/iOS), TV, and cloud/web.
- Experience with developer-facing tools, SDKs, or developer experience programs.
- Ability to leverage GenAI tools to accelerate your work, with a genuine curiosity about how these tools are reshaping technical program management.
Learn More
- We believe safe spaces where everyone can be their authentic selves are the key to a successful team, so we welcome and embrace all identities, cultures, and backgrounds.
- Our US-based team is happy to embrace remote work with the expectation that core working hours are PST and with occasional travel to on-site meetings, typically, but not limited to Los Gatos and/or Los Angeles.
Generally, our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $420,000.00 - $630,000.00. This compensation range will vary based on location.
Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. See more details about our Benefits here.
Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more here.
Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.
We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.
Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.
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Frame your portfolio around Netflix's content slate
Netflix evaluates Program Development Managers on demonstrated experience managing original content pipelines, not just production coordination. Before applying, reposition your portfolio around unscripted, scripted, or animation development cycles that align with Netflix's active genre investments.
Identify roles by content vertical early
Netflix's Program Development openings are often scoped by vertical, such as film, series, or international originals. Target postings that match your content background specifically, since hiring managers assess depth of vertical experience alongside cross-functional program management skills.
Clarify your visa category before the offer stage
Netflix sponsors multiple visa types for this role. If you're on F-1 OPT, confirm your OPT expiration date before final interview rounds so Netflix's immigration team can assess whether a timely H-1B cap filing or E-3 petition is feasible without a status gap.
Prepare a degree-to-role narrative for specialty occupation review
USCIS scrutinizes whether Program Development Manager roles meet the specialty occupation standard. Have a clear written explanation of how your degree field directly supports your day-to-day responsibilities, since a vague connection between your credential and the role can trigger a Request for Evidence.
Search Netflix openings filtered by sponsorship eligibility on Migrate Mate
Netflix posts Program Development Manager roles across multiple job boards, but not all listings signal visa sponsorship availability. Use Migrate Mate to browse Netflix openings that are already filtered for sponsorship-eligible candidates, so you're not wasting applications on roles that won't support your visa pathway.
Account for LCA posting requirements during your offer negotiation
Before Netflix can file your H-1B or E-3 petition, the DOL-certified Labor Condition Application must be publicly posted at your intended work location for ten business days. Build this into your start date expectations, especially if you're negotiating a quick transition from another employer.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Netflix sponsor H-1B visas for Program Development Managers?
Yes, Netflix sponsors H-1B visas for Program Development Manager roles. The H-1B is the most common pathway for international candidates in this function, particularly those transitioning off F-1 OPT or changing status from another nonimmigrant category. Netflix works with immigration counsel to file petitions, but the annual H-1B lottery in March means timing your offer relative to cap deadlines is critical.
How do I apply for Program Development Manager jobs at Netflix?
Applications go through Netflix's careers site, where Program Development Manager roles are listed by content vertical and business unit. Tailor your resume and cover materials to the specific slate or function listed in the posting. You can also browse Netflix's open sponsorship-eligible roles directly on Migrate Mate, which filters for positions that support international candidates.
Which visa types does Netflix commonly sponsor for Program Development Manager roles?
Netflix sponsors H-1B, E-3, TN visa, F-1 OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1 visa, and Green Card pathways including EB-2 and EB-3 for Program Development Managers. Australian citizens on the E-3 have an advantage here since there's no lottery and petitions can be filed year-round. TN visa status applies for Canadian and Mexican nationals in qualifying professional categories.
What qualifications does Netflix expect for Program Development Manager candidates?
Netflix typically looks for candidates with a degree in film, media, communications, or a related field, combined with direct experience in content development, production management, or programming strategy. For specialty occupation visa purposes, the degree-to-role alignment matters as much to USCIS as it does to the hiring team, so generalist program management backgrounds without content-specific depth are harder to support.
How do I plan my timeline if I need visa sponsorship for a Netflix Program Development Manager role?
The timeline depends on your current status and which visa pathway applies. H-1B cap filings require a March registration with an October start date, meaning you need an offer in place by February. E-3 and TN petitions have no cap and can move faster, often within four to eight weeks. If you're on OPT with a pending cap-gap, your employment can continue while USCIS processes your H-1B petition.