General Manager
Job Description:
Lead something that matters. Own how it performs.
Not many business leaders get to run a studio of this scale and complexity. At M2 Animation, that's exactly what this role is: full ownership of a 200+ person high-end animation studio in Bangkok, built on a world-class permanent team and a network of strategic partners that give us the agility to scale with the market.
ABOUT YOUR ROLE
As General Manager of M2 Animation Bangkok, you will own the studio fully: its financial performance, its people, its culture, and its day-to-day leadership. You carry real P&L accountability and the mandate to deliver on a clear and ambitious strategy, reporting directly to the Group CEO and working closely with leadership colleagues across M2's global operations.
The studio brings together talent from across the world, creating content for a global client base: a genuinely international environment, and one of the studio's greatest strengths. You will inherit a management team that is capable and committed. Your job is to elevate what's already there: drive margin, and develop the infrastructure to support long-term growth.
THE MANDATE AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- P&L Ownership & Financial Performance: Drive studio margins, command full P&L accountability, and execute a 12–24 month value-creation agenda.
- Operational Leadership: Maintain a tight weekly operational grip on day-to-day studio functions while building out the organizational infrastructure to support long-term growth.
- Cultural & Studio Leadership: Lead from the front, foster deep team trust by being present, and cultivate a high-performance culture anchored on constant development.
- Global Scale & Infrastructure: Drive the studio's performance at a pivotal point in its growth, as we leverage creative ambition and technical innovation into scalable production capabilities.
WHAT YOU BRING
- Business Leadership First: Proven background owning a P&L and leading complex, multicultural teams at scale. Experience in animation, games, digital production, or branded content is advantageous, but performance is the ultimate mandate.
- Commercial & Strategic Sharpness: A sharp corporate mind that balances operational grip with long-term value creation, understanding that premium craft is inseparable from long-term financial performance.
- Presence & Trust: A visible, engaged leadership style built on showing up, knowing your people, and driving collective results.
- Global Mindset: Fluency in English with the professional and cultural maturity required to effortlessly navigate a truly global environment.
LIFE AT M2 ANIMATION
M2 Animation was built on craft. We produce world-class animation for some of the most recognized entertainment brands on the planet, operating at the leading edge of real-time production. We hold to a simple principle: Artist Driven Output, Technology Driven Pipeline. Craft, intent, and storytelling stay with people; technology is the engine that makes it possible. We are a global studio, and we compete like one.
We are currently at a genuine strategic inflection point: investing in new technology, scaling our operational infrastructure, and raising the bar on everything we do. We are not afraid of the future, we are building it. The standard we hold ourselves to is simple: Just a little better today than yesterday. Every day.
That's the culture here.
This role offers direct leadership over a modern, high-end corporate infrastructure engineered for technical innovation and professional longevity. The studio is located in Thonglor, Bangkok's most coveted address for international professionals. Bangkok is one of the world's great cities to live and work in: dynamic, cosmopolitan, and extraordinary in ways that are hard to describe until you've experienced them. Thonglor is the best of it.
Here, you will inherit an established cultural foundation: a vibrant, collaborative studio that values high social trust, community, and hygge.
This is the time to come in and drive the studio's performance at a key moment in its evolution.
WHERE TO FROM HERE?
If this resonates, we would love to hear a brief introduction of who you are, where you've been, and why this is the right next move.
Please use the "Apply Now" function on this page to submit your application. Our team reviews all applications and will reach out to strong candidates directly.
Competitive remuneration package, including base salary and performance bonus tied directly to studio results.
For further questions or inquiries about the role, please reach out to [email protected]