Head of Technology Resource Management

Repeatedly voted one of Montreal’s Top Employers and Employer of the Year for the 2022 Mercuriades Awards, Rodeo FX is a high-end creative company offering services in visual effects, advertising, animation, and experiential. Rodeo FX is a creative partner to the world’s best storytellers including Netflix, HBO, Disney, Marvel, Amazon Studios, Warner Bros. Current projects includeDune: Recently released projects includeThe Rings of Power S eason 2, Venom: The Last Dance, Taika Waitit'sTime Bandits,andHouse of the DragonSeason 2. Our mission is to give our talent the freedom, resources, and environment they need to produce high-quality work and thrive in a stimulating, collaborative, and supportive setting. Due to their strategic role in team alignment, decision-making, culture representation, and organizational leadership,members of leadership are expected to work from the studio five days per week. This presence supports direct collaboration, faster decision-making, and essential proximity with teams, while actively contributing to the vitality and consistency of our studio culture. Rodeo FX is looking for a Head of Technology Resource Management (TRM) to bring data-driven discipline to our global technology infrastructure across all affiliated studios. In this role, you will lead capacity planning, workload optimization, and resource forecasting across the group's compute, storage, network, and archival environments. You will ensure that our artists across all affiliated studios have the high-performance technology required to deliver award-winning visuals efficiently, while balancing production demands, infrastructure availability, performance, and cost. You will work closely with Systems, Pipeline, Production, Finance, and Technology leadership across the organization to anticipate infrastructure needs, optimize resource allocation, and align technology investments with production and business priorities. Capacity Planning & Forecasting Establish forecasting models for compute, high-performance storage, network bandwidth, and long-term archival capacity across all affiliated studios active productions. Forecast infrastructure requirements based on production schedules, workloads, project complexity, and business priorities. Establish global standards and processes for technology capacity planning. Develop and manage the capacity allocation strategy across on-premises infrastructure and cloud resources, balancing availability, performance, cost, and production requirements. Monitor infrastructure utilization and throughput to identify bottlenecks and optimize compute, storage, and network performance. Partner with Systems, Pipeline, Production, Finance, and Technology leadership across affiliated studios to align infrastructure capacity and investments with production needs and business priorities. Translate production requirements and technology roadmaps into infrastructure capacity , resource, and cost requirements. Provide stakeholders with clear visibility into infrastructure utilization, technology costs, and financial impact, and recommend cost-effective solutions. Advise on infrastructure investments, cloud utilization, and resource allocation, balancing cost, performance, capacity, and production requirements. Data, Monitoring & Reporting Enhance automated dashboards providing leadership with visibility into infrastructure utilization, capacity, performance, and forecasted demand. Establish KPIs and benchmarks for compute, storage, network, and archival utilization. Leverage operational and financial data to support capacity, investment, and resource allocation decisions. Continuously improve forecasting models, reporting, and resource management processes. 8+ years of technical leadership experience in VFX/animation resource management, systems architecture, infrastructure, or render farm management. ~ Deep technical expertise in enterprise compute architecture, high-performance storage, render management, and cloud infrastructure. ~ Strong knowledge of render managers such as Tractor and Deadline, and cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure. ~ Advanced quantitative and financial analysis skills, with experience in capacity modeling, forecasting, and technology budgeting. ~ Proven ability to optimize infrastructure performance, utilization, and cost at scale. ~ Strong understanding of VFX production environments and the infrastructure requirements of complex, high-volume productions. ~ Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with a proven track record of aligning Production Management, Systems, Technology, Finance, and Executive leadership. ~ Experience in a large-scale VFX or animation studio environment is strongly preferred. Full-time, Permanent Contract; ~2 additional statutory holidays in the winter holidays; ~ Group Insurance, access to Dialogue online support and to an Employee Assistance Program (EAP); ~ D