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Project / Production Manager
Company unspecified (job is advertised through an agency)London-and-South-East
(pay unspecified)
Project / Production Manager
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an innovative, fun, energetic and expanding studio!
The company is based in a central location which offers excellent transport links, first class entertainment and shopping, as well as plenty of different restaurants, cafes and pubs in close vicinity.
This company is looking for an experienced Production / Project Manager to support the growth of the studio (currently standing at 90 staff) and ambition of their current development portfolio. This is not a typical Producer role (if there is such a thing) and they need people who understand that a great manager works for their team, not the other way round.
The senior management team strongly believes in people taking ownership and responsibility and that working together as teams to solve problems, achieve goals and deliver working software is critical to the company's success. Their approach is rooted in Agile principles and uses the Scrum framework.
Summary
They require an exceptional Project Manager to work with their teams to help them plan and deliver their goals. In other companies, this role might be called ‘Producer’ or ‘Development Manager’. The people they are looking for will have an absolute passion for project management and take great pride in helping people and teams be successful.
Skills and Experience
An understanding of the context of games development is key to this role and because of this prospective candidates for this role will have at last 5 years experience of a project management role working with one or more game teams. Things that you will need to have experience of include:
• Project planning in all shapes and forms including use of supporting methods and tools
• Team/people leadership with an adaptable (by situation) style, with an emphasis on collaboration and motivation rather than ‘command and control’.
• Using a range of project management methodologies including Agile approaches (e.g. Scrum). Lack of Agile based experience will not mean a automatic rejection but they do expect candidates to have a opinion on the subject and be willing to learn and help the company improve
• Identifying process, people and planning issues and tenaciously following through to resolve them, working with teams to improve performance
• Successfully managing projects within defined constraints (headcount, time, scope, budget)
• Working with a wide range of people from the most senior to the most junior, willing to both listen carefully and challenge hard at all levels
• Working closely with internal or external service providers and clients including QA, outsourcing, mocap etc.
• Involvement in product reviews and experience of working in a constructively critical, open and honest culture
Above all, you will need to come prepared to do whatever it takes to help the teams to be successful.
To enjoy working in the studio and to succeed with this company, you also need to be
• Flexible and open-minded
• Determined and self-motivated
• Prepared to rise to a challenge
• Always striving for quality
• Creative and innovative
The role reports to the Studio Director.
The company offers good basic salaries, these are individually discussed dependent on experience.
For more information or to apply for this position, please contact Nadja on +44 (0)1206 214422 or send your details / Word CV for my attention to officemanager@opmjobs.com
The salary shown is approximate and is no guarantee of the income on offer. Salary and benefits will be discussed with candidates at interview with the company and are individually negotiated by OPM.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an innovative, fun, energetic and expanding studio!
The company is based in a central location which offers excellent transport links, first class entertainment and shopping, as well as plenty of different restaurants, cafes and pubs in close vicinity.
This company is looking for an experienced Production / Project Manager to support the growth of the studio (currently standing at 90 staff) and ambition of their current development portfolio. This is not a typical Producer role (if there is such a thing) and they need people who understand that a great manager works for their team, not the other way round.
The senior management team strongly believes in people taking ownership and responsibility and that working together as teams to solve problems, achieve goals and deliver working software is critical to the company's success. Their approach is rooted in Agile principles and uses the Scrum framework.
Summary
They require an exceptional Project Manager to work with their teams to help them plan and deliver their goals. In other companies, this role might be called ‘Producer’ or ‘Development Manager’. The people they are looking for will have an absolute passion for project management and take great pride in helping people and teams be successful.
Skills and Experience
An understanding of the context of games development is key to this role and because of this prospective candidates for this role will have at last 5 years experience of a project management role working with one or more game teams. Things that you will need to have experience of include:
• Project planning in all shapes and forms including use of supporting methods and tools
• Team/people leadership with an adaptable (by situation) style, with an emphasis on collaboration and motivation rather than ‘command and control’.
• Using a range of project management methodologies including Agile approaches (e.g. Scrum). Lack of Agile based experience will not mean a automatic rejection but they do expect candidates to have a opinion on the subject and be willing to learn and help the company improve
• Identifying process, people and planning issues and tenaciously following through to resolve them, working with teams to improve performance
• Successfully managing projects within defined constraints (headcount, time, scope, budget)
• Working with a wide range of people from the most senior to the most junior, willing to both listen carefully and challenge hard at all levels
• Working closely with internal or external service providers and clients including QA, outsourcing, mocap etc.
• Involvement in product reviews and experience of working in a constructively critical, open and honest culture
Above all, you will need to come prepared to do whatever it takes to help the teams to be successful.
To enjoy working in the studio and to succeed with this company, you also need to be
• Flexible and open-minded
• Determined and self-motivated
• Prepared to rise to a challenge
• Always striving for quality
• Creative and innovative
The role reports to the Studio Director.
The company offers good basic salaries, these are individually discussed dependent on experience.
For more information or to apply for this position, please contact Nadja on +44 (0)1206 214422 or send your details / Word CV for my attention to officemanager@opmjobs.com
The salary shown is approximate and is no guarantee of the income on offer. Salary and benefits will be discussed with candidates at interview with the company and are individually negotiated by OPM.