Senior Outsourcing Manager
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Led global outsourcing initiatives supporting game development, managing external production pipelines across art and full software disciplines, including engineering, FX, animation, and audio. Owned the end-to-end outsourcing lifecycle, including RFP creation and evaluation, vendor selection, contract negotiation, budget planning, and ongoing partner management to ensure high-quality, on-time delivery.
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Managed outsourcing budgets, forecasting costs, tracking spend, and optimizing resource allocation across multiple vendors and development phases. Partnered with legal and production leadership to structure and negotiate contracts, define scopes of work, milestones, and deliverables, and ensure alignment with project timelines and financial targets.
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Designed and implemented structured art test pipelines to evaluate vendor capabilities, establishing clear benchmarks for quality, style adherence, and technical execution across disciplines. Led ongoing art reviews and cross-functional feedback cycles, collaborating with art direction, engineering, FX, animation, and sound teams to ensure all outsourced content met creative vision and technical requirements.
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Authored and maintained comprehensive technical art and production guidelines, including asset specifications, naming conventions, engine integration requirements, and performance optimization standards. Ensured consistency and scalability across environments, characters, VFX, animation systems, and audio implementation.
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Collaborated closely with internal art, design, engineering, and production teams to translate creative vision into actionable deliverables for external partners and sign off form internal teams. Streamlined communication pipelines between internal stakeholders and global vendors, improving iteration speed, transparency, and overall production efficiency.
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Drove scalable outsourcing operations by refining workflows, enforcing quality control, mitigating risks, and balancing creative goals with timelines and budget constraints, contributing to the successful delivery of major AA and AAA titles.