Want to join a global company that brings the world together by producing premium media content in over 80 languages worldwide?
VSI provides language localisation and media services to the biggest brands in streaming and media entertainment. Headquartered in London, VSI consists of a global network of state-of-the-art studio facilities that use the world's best voice acting talent to tell the stories of our most watched movies and television series. VSI works across a wide range of media sectors from streaming platforms, traditional broadcast television, theatrical releases and gaming.
Job Summary
As part of the Global Studio Operations team, the Senior Technical Project Manager provides senior operational and technical support across studio production, with a strong focus on the project management of AI-enabled studio services spanning dubbing, AD and VO. This role focusses on cross-functional initiatives from scoping and business case through implementation, delivery and post-launch optimisation, ensuring that AI-supported workflows are operationally robust, commercially viable and aligned with creative, technical and quality standards. Acting as a key partner to production, technical, development and commercial stakeholders, the role drives tooling adoption, service readiness, process design, risk management and continuous improvement across the global studio ecosystem.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end project management of AI-enabled studio services across dubbing, AD and VO, from service scoping, quotation support and workflow design through to delivery, reporting and post-project review.
- Support cross-functional initiatives involving production operations to test, implement and scale new services, processes and operational efficiencies across global studios.
- Serve as the senior operational lead for AI studio service readiness, defining project plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, resourcing assumptions and success metrics for new and evolving workflows.
- Manage client-facing and internal projects involving technical and AI tooling, ensuring clear stakeholder communication, expectation management and alignment on scope, timelines, quality and commercials.
- Act as a senior subject matter expert for studio production tools and AI-enabled workflows, supporting implementation, troubleshooting, training, supplier onboarding and operational adoption across territories.
- Define, test and refine operational workflows for AI studio services, ensuring they are fit for purpose across different content types, client requirements and studio environments.
- Build and oversee technical and operational test cases for new tooling and service models, providing structured feedback to development and technical teams and translating production needs into practical requirements.
- Establish and maintain documentation, SOPs, service guides, flowcharts and support materials for AI-enabled dubbing, AD and VO workflows.
- Monitor service performance, delivery quality, cost models and operational efficiency, using data and production insight to recommend improvements, standardisation opportunities and service enhancements.
- Identify, assess and mitigate project and service risks across AI workflows, including quality, timeline, scalability, vendor readiness and operational dependency risks.
- Support senior management with business cases, pricing inputs, rollout recommendations and implementation plans for emerging AI studio services.
- Provide central oversight of quality control and creative-operational suitability for AI-generated deliverables, ensuring outputs meet project, client and studio standards.
- Liaise with global studio teams to align best practices, drive consistency where appropriate, and adapt workflows to local operational realities when needed.
- Mentor colleagues and contribute to broader capability building in technical production and AI studio service management across the Global Studio Operations function.
Skills and Experience
- High professional level of fluency in written and spoken English.
- 6+ years of project management experience in the media sector, preferably in dubbing, localisation or adjacent studio production environments.
- Proven knowledge of end-to-end studio production processes and tooling, with strong technical understanding of relevant AI technologies and workflows, including LLMs, TTS, STS and related applications in dubbing, AD and VO.
- Demonstrable experience leading complex cross-functional projects involving operational change, technical implementation and stakeholder management.
- Strong commercial awareness, with experience supporting business cases, pricing discussions, cost tracking and service rollout planning.
- Excellent organisation, planning, prioritisation, testing and time management skills.
- Ability to handle multiple complex workstreams and operate effectively both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with experience engaging senior stakeholders, technical teams, production teams and external partners.
- Strong attention to detail, analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Knowledge of Pro Tools and editing, mixing and lip-sync recording software is an advantage.
- Knowledge of other languages a plus.
What else is on offer?
- Private medical insurance
- Enrolment to company salary sacrifice pension scheme
- Discounted gym membership
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Travel card loan
- Regular social activities
Skills Required
- High professional level of fluency in written and spoken English
- 6+ years of project management experience in the media sector, preferably dubbing, localisation or adjacent studio production
- Proven knowledge of end-to-end studio production processes and tooling
- Strong technical understanding of AI technologies and workflows including LLMs, TTS, STS and related applications
- Demonstrable experience leading complex cross-functional projects with stakeholder management
- Strong commercial awareness, business case support, pricing and cost tracking experience
- Excellent organisation, planning, prioritisation, testing and time management skills
- Ability to handle multiple complex workstreams and operate independently and collaboratively
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with experience engaging senior stakeholders and external partners
- Strong attention to detail, analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Knowledge of Pro Tools and editing, mixing and lip-sync recording software
- Knowledge of other languages
What We Do
Founded in 1989, VSI - Voice & Script International - has over 35 years of unrivalled expertise and success in all aspects of language versioning. More than 720 people work for VSI in 28 offices worldwide, localising more than 200,000 programme hours into over 80 languages every year. As one of the world's premier localisation companies, VSI offers all the services, facilities and expertise needed to reversion any format of media content for the international market. VSI is proud of its reputation for outstanding customer service and satisfaction. Dedicated project managers ensure all projects run smoothly. VSI has a huge pool of excellent translators, subtitlers, voice-over and dubbing artists, sound engineers, editors, typesetters and project managers. All our local studios are equipped with state-of-the-art technology and are fully integrated into the group network
