IT Manager - Permanent - Paris

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.

Nominated for multiple Emmy® Awards for its work on the series Stranger Things season 4, Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power, the independent, Oscar®-winning company boasts close to 800 artists crafting from studios in Montreal, Québec City, Toronto, Los Angeles and Paris.

Rodeo FX is a creative partner to the world’s best storytellers including Netflix, HBO, Disney, Marvel, Amazon Studios, Warner Bros. and Sony, and has collaborated on ads for YouTube, NBC and Apple. Current projects include Dune: Prophecy, Silo Season 2 and Sonic 3. Recently released projects include The Rings of Power Season 2, Venom: The Last Dance, Taika Waitit's Time Bandits, and House of the Dragon Season 2.

The IT Manager contributes to the definition and implementation of the Information Systems master plan. They are responsible for building, structuring, and managing the studio’s IT team. They oversee the design, organization, monitoring, and deployment of the company’s IT and systems infrastructure, in alignment with head office strategy, ensuring performance, optimization, and operational continuity. They are also responsible for managing the organization’s IT solution needs (hardware and software).

Key Responsibilities

• Build, lead, and develop the local IT team
• Support, maintain, and contribute to the improvement and security of the Paris studio’s infrastructure
• Oversee installation, management, maintenance, and optimization of all technical and IT equipment
• Manage relationships with external vendors
• Oversee procurement of infrastructure and required licenses
• Provide first-line diagnostics and respond to user requests to resolve hardware and software issues
• Lead and manage onboarding processes from an IT perspective to meet the needs of new employees and departments
• Maintain and update inventory of physical equipment and software licenses (on-prem and cloud-based)
• Participate in studio-wide restructuring initiatives, networking, and equipment relocation
• Monitor and stay up to date with technological developments
• Provide support to the parent company as needed

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in IT
• Bachelor’s degree (Master’s preferred) in Computer Science or a related field
• Proven team management experience (minimum 3 years), with the ability to coach and support team members and enhance cross-department communication
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in both French and English
• Strong interpersonal skills, sound judgment, resourcefulness, results-oriented mindset, and initiative
• Experience supporting managers and fostering effective communication across departments
• Adaptability and ability to manage changing priorities and new responsibilities
• High level of autonomy and ability to make sound decisions independently
• Strong sense of discretion and confidentiality

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