Digital Manga, GTM & Planning Senior Manager

About Crunchyroll

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.

Join our team, and help us shape the future of anime!

About the role

Crunchyroll is looking for a strategic professional to help help grow a newly launched product.

You will be tasked with identifying global growth opportunities for Crunchyroll's Digital Manga product. You will work with the Director of Digital Manga, along with other partners, to create a roadmap, budget, and help implement approved plans.

• Act as the operational and strategic owner to stakeholders and partners. These include Product & Engineering, Legal, Content Acquisitions, Business & Operations, Programming, Marketing, and external partners. Your goal is to ensure that roadmaps are created, milestones established, and communicated cross-team.

• Identify gaps in current processes and improve workflows with localization, programming, curation, and other operational supporting teams and partners.

• Lead the development of executive-ready deliverables (dashboards, trackers, presentations, project plans), ensuring clarity, structure, and visual polish in every output.

• Introduce global workflows in regions to further integrate regional teams into the global organization.

• Manage partner relationship, operations, and project budget to help expand the manga business.

This role works a hybrid schedule, with three days each week onsite in Los Angelas or San Fransisco.

About You

We get excited about candidates, like you, because you bring...

• 8+ years of experience in go-to-market planning, global strategy, or a related area, within a subscription-based business, entertainment, publishing, or streaming media technology.

• Experience identifying opportunities for improvement, taking ownership of work, and contributing to team goals while aligning with shared priorities.

• Experience partnering cross-functionally, collaborating with product, analytics, and other teams to combine insights, analyze markets, and support the direction and growth of initiatives.

• Experience translating broad or ambiguous requests into clear, relevant next steps and organized workstreams.

• Proven ability to manage timelines, track work, and deliverables in a structured and reliable way.

• Experience working in global and distributed environments, collaborating effectively with colleagues across time zones, regions, cultures, and backgrounds.

• Experience contributing to a team-oriented environment and providing thoughtful, reliable support to peers and leaders.

About the Team

Both domestic and ever-expanding international efforts fuel Crunchyroll's global expansion. The GTM & Planning team works with US-based leadership and regional teams to develop go-to-market and partnership marketing plans and programs. These plans and programs aim to expand Crunchyroll's growth through its O&O presence and high-profile third-party distribution partners. By doing so, the team delights and super-serves anime fans, boosting its footprint and brand awareness. The goal is to make Crunchyroll synonymous with anime worldwide.

Why you will love working at Crunchyroll

In addition to getting to work with fun, passionate and inspired colleagues, you will also enjoy the following benefits and perks:

• Receive a great compensation package including salary plus performance bonus earning potential, paid annually.

• Flexible time off policies allowing you to take the time you need to be your whole self.

• Generous medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, and life insurance

• Health Saving Account HSA program

• Health care and dependent care FSA

• 401(k) plan, with employer match

• Employer paid commuter benefit

• Support program for new parents

• Pet insurance and some of our offices are pet friendly!

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The Pay Range for this position is listed. Actual pay will vary based on factors including, but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Crunchyroll’s Total Rewards offerings for employees. Other rewards may include performance bonuses, employer matched retirement savings, time-off programs, and progressive health benefits and perks.
Pay Transparency - San Francisco, CA
$113,000—$141,000 USD

About our Values

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Courage. We believe that when we overcome fear, we enable our best selves.

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Curiosity. We are curious, which is the gateway to empathy, inclusion, and understanding.

• Kaizen. We have a growth mindset committed to constant forward progress.

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Service. We serve our community with humility, enabling joy and belonging for others.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion

Our mission of helping people belong reflects our commitment to diversity & inclusion. It's just the way we do business.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Crunchyroll. Pursuant to applicable law, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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