Director, Gen AI for Games

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.

We’re seeking a visionary and pragmatic Head of Gen AI to lead the strategy and application of Gen AI across our games organization. This role sits at the intersection of technology, product, and creativity - driving how we leverage cutting-edge AI to create meaningful, novel, and scalable experiences for players.

You’ll serve as a key partner to our game studios, technology and platform teams, and leadership. Your mandate is to shape and scale our approach to Generative AI, from core capabilities to in-game features to entirely new forms of play, anchored in both what's technically feasible and what's compelling for players.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and lead the Gen AI strategy across Netflix Games, helping to shape foundational infrastructure to player-facing features.

• Identify and evaluate opportunities to apply Gen AI across our portfolio and studios both in the creation of new experiences and improving our workflows and pipelines.

• Engage with game teams to develop prototype features and AI-native gameplay mechanics, ensuring technical viability and product-market fit.

• Partner with external researchers, developers, and companies pioneering work within the Gen AI 

• Stay on the forefront of AI research and emerging tools, separating hype from high-leverage opportunities that align with our development and player goals.

• Collaborate with our engineering and platform teams to build robust solutions and scale core capabilities (e.g., model inference, fine-tuning pipelines, data infrastructure, etc).

• Build relationships with external developers, startups, and research groups at the forefront of Gen AI, identifying where their innovations can meaningfully accelerate or complement our internal efforts. Chart clear, strategic paths for partnership, integration, or co-development.

• Influence broader company thinking around Gen AI, creative collaboration, and impact in games.

Qualifications

We're looking for a leader who deeply understands the unique landscape of game development and can strategically apply AI/ML to create impactful and transformative player experiences.

• 10+ years of experience in the games industry, demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of the end-to-end game development lifecycle, from concept to live operations. You should be passionate about games and the future of interactive entertainment, with direct involvement in shipping multiple titles.

• Proven experience leveraging AI/ML in a product environment, with at least the last 2-3 years leading or significantly contributing to Generative AI initiatives (LLMs, diffusion, multimodal systems).

• Familiarity with AI/ML fundamentals, including core concepts, common ML problems and algorithms, and the end-to-end ML lifecycle (data collection, model training, deployment, monitoring).

• Understanding of AI/ML data and infrastructure needs, enabling you to critically assess AI/ML proposals and solutions, identify practical applications, consult researchers, and spot potential pitfalls. While not expected to be a hands-on expert, you should have a strong grasp of the underlying principles.

• Deep understanding of the Gen AI ecosystem – open models, data requirements, infrastructure and tooling, safety frameworks, and the trade-offs between hosted and in-house solutions.

• Strong product instincts and a player-first mindset – you know when and how Gen AI adds real value to the experience.

• Comfortable navigating from research prototypes to production-ready systems in  a fast-paced, cross-functional setting, in partnership with engineering and AI research teams and game studios.

• Excellent communicator with the ability to translate between technical complexity and creative potential, inspiring both engineers and designers.

• Track record of building high-performing, lean teams who can deliver impact in a rapidly evolving domain.

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 $430,000 - $840,000.

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 detail about our Benefits 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.