Lead Games PM

The Games Lead will work with a cross-disciplinary team to manage the development process on a new, unannounced FPS shooter game.

This person will work primarily with engineering and QA to support and facilitate the on-time and on-budget delivery of our game.

Responsibilities

• Manage hybrid Scrum-based development process using different tools such as Clickup.com, Asana, JIRA, spreadsheets, Miro, and other tools used to manage teams and processes.
• Work with engineering in planning and development oversight: manage daily check-ins, track progress, and lead end-of-sprint retros.
• Ensure we are getting the most out of engineering, work closely with design to ensure on-target implementation, and track against the schedule to keep on time and on budget.
• Ensure that we are utilizing the most effective development processes possible.
• Create reports that quantitatively track our progress every week and highlight progress and areas for improvement.
• Coordinate QA and support for maximal efficiency and effectiveness.
• Own the product roadmap, development schedule, and overall project P&L.
• Ensure we approach development focused on a key risks-based approach working closely with all disciplinary leads and the CEO.

Qualifications

• Prior lead PM or producer role on at least 1 successful F2P mobile title full lifecycle.
• Experience working on at least 3 mobile game titles, full lifecycle.
• Expert knowledge of all major development processes: You should know the whys (why are we doing things in specific ways?) and not just the actions/motions of the practices.
• Expert knowledge of all major PM tools (Asana, JIRA, and Monday at the minimum).
• Excellent leader and motivator of teams.
• World-class problem solver.
• Appropriate alignment with our company’s Values.
• Ability to think outside of process (when necessary).
• Willingness to abandon politics and bullshit and instead focus on problems & solutions and the delivery of as high quality of a product as our team can possibly create.
• An extremely hard working and get it done work attitude.