TL;DR
Game Development Project Manager: Oversee the planning, scheduling, execution, and delivery of game projects with an accent on cross-team coordination, feature delivery planning, and monetization. Focus on managing the full game development lifecycle, balancing gameplay quality with technical constraints, and ensuring alignment across multiple disciplines.
What you will do
- Manage end-to-end game development lifecycle including pre-production, production, launch, and post-launch phases.
- Define project scope, milestones, schedules, and deliverables aligned with leads' priorities.
- Track progress, dependencies, risks, and blockers across design, art, engineering, QA, and publishing teams.
- Lead feature delivery planning and maintain game feature backlogs and roadmaps.
- Collaborate on game monetization and live operations planning to meet player engagement and revenue goals.
- Set up and maintain workflows, documentation, and dashboards to improve production pipelines and team coordination.
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Game Project Manager, Game Producer, or Development PM
- Solid understanding of game development pipelines and workflows
- Experience with feature planning, roadmap management, and game monetization models
- Proficiency with Notion, Jira, and Agile management tools
- Excellent communication, organization, and problem-solving skills
Nice to have
- Experience with live service/live ops games
- Familiarity with agile or scrum methodologies
- Understanding of player analytics and KPIs (retention, ARPU, LTV)
- Experience with Unreal Engine, Unity, or other game engines
- Background in mobile TCG game development
- Experience in animation or 3D