Join Axon and be a Force for Good.
At Axon, we’re on a mission to Protect Life. We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products, we work better together. We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other.
Life at Axon is fast-paced, challenging and meaningful. Here, you’ll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter.
Your Impact - #VRforGood
As a Program Manager on the Axon VR team, you will be driving new content development for our domestic public safety markets. You will work with our sales, TASER Training, and product teams across the country to produce VR training content that enables police agencies to scale their training programs in the most effective way, while working with both internal and external development studios to bring the content vision to life.
Our VR Team Culture
We believe that happy teams make the best products, so we foster an open team culture that encourages everyone to speak their mind, collaborate together, and have fun.
We believe we can only succeed if we deeply understand our customers and get to know them. We spend a lot of time with law enforcement officers to learn about their needs, watch their experience and see the real impact of our work. We also work closely with our Axon Community Impact team, along with other community subject experts to create our content and curriculum to reflect the needs of both law enforcement + community.
What You’ll Do
- Act as the project management leader for software and video production of content to ensure that all disciplines (Engineering, UX, Art, Content, Product) contributions are on scope, schedule and resourcing.
- Champion the content vision and act as its advocate for each project to internal collaborators and external partners.
- Develop and maintain budgets, production schedules, release plans and risk mitigation based on defined milestone deliverables.
- Manage the certification process for content across web based learning and in-VR experiences.
- Coordinate the audio and text localization of VR content.
- Source and work with an extensive network of subject matter experts (SMEs) to research and define future training modules for our Simulator Training and Community Engagement Training platforms.
- Document and communicate throughout the content development lifecycle including concept, definition, production, and release. You’ll contribute to the direction and creation of future content, various learning pathways, and training and product documentation.
- Source, onboard, and work with external development studios, vendors, and contractors to help bring content projects to life.
- Lead regular planning and review sessions with key stakeholders, providing clear expectations and accountability while anticipating and mitigating risks ahead of time.
What You Bring
- Project Management experience (PMP preferred)
- Minimum two (2) years of experience developing training curriculum, virtual reality training, modeling and simulation, serious game and/or video production.
- BS (or higher) in Computer Science, Education Technology, Game Development, Interactive Media Arts, Human-Computer Interaction or a similar discipline
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to communicate with all levels of stakeholders, including executive leaders.
- Experience thriving in a fast-paced environment, balancing multiple projects and developer engagements
- Passion for Immersive Technologies, developers, and all things XR/VR/AR
- Bonus points for previous work managing and launching at least one XR/VR/AR experience
Benefits that Benefit You
- Get paid to play (in VR)
- An award-winning working environment
- Ride along with real police officers in real life situations, see them use technology, get inspired
- And more...
The Pay: Axon is a total compensation company, meaning compensation is made up of base pay, bonus, and stock awards. The starting base pay for this role is between USD 70,000 in the lowest geographic market and USD 130,000 in the highest geographic market. The on target earnings range for this role is between USD 80,000 in the lowest geographic market and USD 160,000 in the highest geographic market. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: level, function, training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, geographic market, and often a combination of all these factors. Our benefits offer an array of options to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. To see more details on our benefits offerings please visit www.axon.com/careers/benefits.
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Don’t meet every single requirement? That’s ok. At Axon, we Aim Far. We think big with a long-term view because we want to reinvent the world to be a safer, better place. We are also committed to building diverse teams that reflect the communities we serve.
Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they check every box in the job description. If you’re excited about this role and our mission to Protect Life but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification listed here, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Important Notes
The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all duties, responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job. The job description may change or be supplemented at any time in accordance with business needs and conditions.
Some roles may also require legal eligibility to work in a firearms environment.
Axon’s mission is to Protect Life and is committed to the well-being and safety of its employees as well as Axon’s impact on the environment. All Axon employees must be aware of and committed to the appropriate environmental, health, and safety regulations, policies, and procedures. Axon employees are empowered to report safety concerns as they arise and activities potentially impacting the environment.
We are an equal opportunity employer that promotes justice, advances equity, values diversity and fosters inclusion. We’re committed to hiring the best talent — regardless of race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances — and empowering all of our employees so they can do their best work. If you have a disability or special need that requires assistance or accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email [email protected]. Please note that this email address is for accommodation purposes only. Axon will not respond to inquiries for other purposes.
