Senior Director, Global Curation and Programming

<div class="content-intro"><h2 data-pm-slice="1 1 []">About Crunchyroll</h2> <p>Founded by fans, Crunchyroll delivers the art and culture of anime to a passionate community. We super-serve over 100 million anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories, and help them connect with the stories and characters they crave. Whether that experience is online or in-person, streaming video, theatrical, games, merchandise, events and more, it’s powered by the anime content we all love.</p> <p>Join our team, and help us shape the future of anime!</p></div><h2>About the role</h2> <p>We're hiring a Senior Director, Global Programming Curation to lead Crunchyroll's global content strategy. Reporting to the SVP, Growth and Planning, you'll connect creative vision with data-driven decisions, turning our content investments into subscriber growth, deeper engagement, and lasting fan value across markets.</p> <p>As the global owner of programming and curation, you'll define how content is surfaced and experienced across the platform. You'll set strategy, build operating models, and lead a high-impact global team, working closely with Product, Marketing, Content, and regional leaders to deliver consistent, high-quality fan experiences worldwide.</p> <h3>Key Responsibilities</h3> <ul> <li>Set the global programming and curation vision and roadmap, aligned to growth and fan experience</li> <li>Own KPIs across acquisition, engagement, retention, churn, and win-back</li> <li>Lead and scale a global team of programming and curation leaders</li> <li>Partner with Product, Marketing, Data, Content, and regional GMs to drive strategy and execution</li> <li>Build global frameworks for sampling, curation, and catalog optimization with room for local nuance</li> <li>Run the global programming calendar across simulcasts, catalog launches, and tentpole moments</li> <li>Oversee simulcast pipeline planning with Japan schedules, licensing, and localization in mind</li> <li>Define editorial standards across all platform surfaces (home, collections, recommendations, campaigns)</li> <li>Shape personalization and recommendation strategy with Product and Engineering</li> <li>Regularly present strategy, performance, and insights to executive leadership and senior cross-functional forums</li> <li>Track emerging anime and fandom trends to guide content and catalog decisions</li> <li>Support market launches with region-specific programming and localization plans</li> </ul> <p>We are considering applicants available to work a hybrid schedule, with three days each week onsite at our Dallas office.</p> <h2>About You</h2> <p>We get excited about candidates, like you, because...</p> <ul> <li>15+ years in streaming, DTC, or digital media across programming, curation, product, or content strategy, including 8+ years leading global, multi-layered teams and senior leaders</li> <li>Executive ownership of programming, discovery, or content-adjacent strategy with measurable subscriber impact</li> <li>Experience operating in fast-scaling, globally distributed organizations</li> <li>Deep expertise in platform programming and content surfacing across home, collections, campaigns, and discovery surfaces</li> <li>Strong analytical fluency; uses data and experimentation to guide strategy and prioritization</li> <li>Experience partnering with Product, Engineering, and Data on personalization and recommendation systems</li> <li>Familiarity with global catalog, simulcast, or windowing complexity in streaming environments</li> <li>Deep knowledge of the Japanese anime/manga ecosystem, licensing models, and production realities; Japanese a plus</li> <li>Strong editorial instincts and fan empathy; translates fandom insight into scalable platform strategy</li> <li>Experience defining or upholding metadata, taxonomy, or editorial quality standards at scale</li> <li>Bachelor's or Master's in Business, Analytics, Marketing, Media, or related field (or equivalent experience)</li> </ul> <h2 ... (truncated, view full listing at source)