Marc Noto
Open to Director / VP of Production roles

Marc Noto

Director of Production · Senior Producer · Head of PMO / Program

Production and program leader with 18+ years delivering complex products across AAA games, streaming media, fintech and e-commerce in 5+ countries. Currently leads six engine-pipeline teams behind Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed franchise.

Singapore · Asia · Europe French citizen · EU right to work English C2 · French C2
Marc Noto, Director of Production
18+ yrsProduction & program leadership, 4 industries
3 Ubisoft AAABlack Flag Resynced, AC Shadows, Skull & Bones
US$27.8MHOOQ gross revenue, up from US$10M
US$9.85MDisney+ Hotstar partnership secured
Career Highlights

Results that travel across industries

AAA shippedUbisoft

Credited on Black Flag Resynced (2026), Assassin's Creed Shadows (2025) and Skull & Bones (2024). Leads 6 engine-pipeline teams working with Montreal leadership.

3 titles
Revenue growthHOOQ

Helped grow HOOQ's gross revenue from US$10M to US$27.8M (55% year on year) as Head of Program, Southeast Asia.

+55% YoY
PartnershipHOOQ

Helped secure a US$9.85M partnership with Disney+ Hotstar at C-suite level.

US$9.85M
ScalePixmania

Managed marketplace operations worth about US$150M a year (15% of revenue) at one of Europe's largest e-commerce platforms.

US$150M/yr
Organizational growthKamelean · HOOQ

Built a regional PMO from the ground up at Kamelean, and a 15-person program team across 5 countries at HOOQ.

15 people
Career History

Professional Experience

18+ years making complex, multi-site teams deliver, from AAA game studios to high-growth platforms across four industries and three continents.

Ubisoft Singapore Singapore AAA Games

Aug 2020 – Present
Associate Producer, Anvil Pipeline · Assassin's Creed franchiseAug 2023 – Present

Leads production and portfolio strategy for six engine-pipeline teams (20+ people) behind Black Flag Resynced and Assassin's Creed Shadows.

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  • Portfolio & roadmap: Owns the cross-team delivery roadmap for next-gen rendering, performance and platform technology (RTGI, Micro Poly, DLSS / FrameGen / PSSR, unified resource streaming), coordinating expertise, timelines and dependencies across studios.
  • Governance: Set up OKR tracking, cross-team dependency mapping and stakeholder reporting across all six teams, improving code quality and keeping technical documentation up to date.
  • Global change & talent: Drives the global production-flow change strategy with Montreal leadership. Founded a cross-project tech community and wrote promotion cases for architect-track specialists.
  • AI adoption: Built LLM-based tools on JIRA that streamline milestone planning, estimation and task assignment, saving hours every week in backlog preparation and meeting setup.
Associate Producer, Skull & BonesAug 2020 – Aug 2023

Led production on a AAA open-world multiplayer title through critical development, alpha and beta phases. Credited on release (2024).

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  • Introduced Scrum and Kanban, owned end-to-end roadmaps, and set up risk, feedback and Level-of-Quality (LOQ) validation processes.
  • Coordinated multi-site dependencies and release milestones across Singapore, Montreal and European studios.

HOOQ Singapore · 5 APAC markets OTT Streaming

Mar 2018 – Jul 2020
Head of Program, Southeast Asia

Built and led a 15-person cross-functional program team across 5 countries for Southeast Asia's largest OTT streaming platform.

US$10M → US$27.8MUS$9.85M Disney+ Hotstar5 markets
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  • Helped grow gross revenue from US$10M to US$27.8M, averaging 55% year-on-year growth.
  • Helped secure a US$9.85M strategic partnership with Disney+ Hotstar, and advised the C-suite on regulatory and commercial strategy.
  • Led partner and platform integration (content licensing, video delivery, AVOD / TVOD payments, user management) across 5 regulated markets.

Matchmove Pay Singapore Fintech

Apr 2015 – Mar 2018
Director of Agile Delivery

Directed delivery of regional fintech and payments programs worth more than US$5M, leading teams of 10–50 internal and outsourced staff.

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  • Introduced Scrum, Kanban and change management.
  • Built the JIRA, Confluence and Service Desk stack and the governance that kept the platform compliant in multiple jurisdictions.

Pixmania / E-Merchant Group France · Singapore E-commerce

Sep 2007 – Apr 2012
Senior Business Analyst & Marketplace Manager

Managed marketplace operations worth about US$150M a year (15% of revenue) for one of Europe's largest e-commerce platforms, part of Dixons Retail.

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  • Ran the Amazon UK and eBay Europe marketplaces in 5 countries: a 12,000-product catalog and a sales and customer-service team of 5–8.
  • Introduced Scrum and led Scrum teams for the B2B division (Pixmania-Pro), taking projects from requirements to production.
Earlier roles Regional PMO Manager, Kamelean · Jan 2014 – Apr 2015 · Built the PMO and QA function from the ground up in 4 countries. Project Manager, Yoose · May 2012 – Dec 2013 · Led Agile delivery for a mobile advertising platform.
Core Competencies

How I run delivery

The methods, controls and tools I use to keep multi-team delivery predictable.

Delivery & governance
Production DirectionProgram & Portfolio ManagementPMO Design & GovernanceWaterfall (PMBOK, PRINCE2), Agile (Scrum, Kanban) & HybridSAFe & MSP (portfolio level)Release & Milestone ManagementOKR / KPI Frameworks
Planning & financial control
Work Breakdown StructuresCritical Path AnalysisDependency & Risk ManagementBaseline ManagementBudgeting & ForecastingEarned Value Management (EVM)Business Case Evaluation
Leadership
Multi-Studio & Cross-Functional LeadershipC-Suite Stakeholder ManagementChange ManagementStrategic PartnershipsVendor ManagementTeam Building & Mentoring
Domain
AAA Game Development PipelinesLive Service / GaaSOTT StreamingFintech & PaymentsE-Commerce MarketplacesCI/CD & Build Systems
Tools & AI
JIRA & Confluence (expert)Microsoft 365NotionAirtableMiroGitLabGitHubSupabaseVercelOrbStackClaude CodeChatGPTGeminiCopilot
What People Say

Working with Marc

What former colleagues wrote about working with Marc.

Marc is a fantastic leader with a rare combination of patience, portfolio management and strategy expertise, not to mention being an absolute stellar Agile/Scrum extraordinaire! He is always willing to roll up his sleeves to help his team members, peers and senior stakeholders alike.

KH
Director, Head of Operations, Disney+ Asia Pacific · The Walt Disney Company

Marc is an energetic leader who motivates and supports the people around him and challenges them to innovate and improve. He excels at change management, which he handles in a careful and considerate manner, bringing his teams along with him on the journey.

MH
Associate Director of Payments, APAC · Spotify

The first thing that comes to mind is “extremely efficient”! He impressed the team with his ability to work under highly pressured circumstances, keeping professional at all times. He is pro-active, takes ownership and is able to see the bigger picture.

AC
Director, Digital Experience · Criteo
Open to Opportunities

Roles I'm Seeking

Targeting senior production and program leadership roles in Singapore, Asia and Europe. Open to permanent roles and fractional or advisory engagements.

Production Director / Senior Producer

End-to-end ownership of product delivery, team leadership, and production governance for studios or product organisations.

Gaming Media Tech

PMO Director / Head of PMO

Establishing or transforming PMO functions, designing governance frameworks, and driving portfolio-level delivery excellence.

Fintech Enterprise Consulting

Head of Program / Program Director

Leading complex multi-workstream programs across distributed teams, with executive stakeholder management.

Technology Fintech Streaming

VP Operations / Director of Operations

Strategic operational leadership for scaling companies — process design, team structure, cross-functional alignment, and business performance.

Startups Scale-ups Digital
Preferred Locations

Singapore · Asia · Europe
Europe: London · Paris · Amsterdam · Barcelona · Berlin · Stockholm · Dublin
Remote: Open to full-remote or hybrid arrangements across EU and APAC time zones

Education

Academic Background

Master of Marketing & European Management

IDRAC Business School — Montpellier, France
2006 · International business strategy, marketing, and European market management

Master of International Business Management

East China University of Political Science and Law — Shanghai, China
2005 · Cross-cultural business management and international trade
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English
C2 — Bilingual Proficiency
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French
C2 — Bilingual Proficiency
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Spanish
A2 — Elementary
Insights

Notes on production, leadership & delivery

Frameworks, lessons, and honest observations from 18 years of shipping complex products across industries.

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