SkyBound USA ยท 7 hours ago
Development Director (Games)
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Responsibilities
Project planning, goal setting, production tooling, release management and development process
Constant communication, stakeholder and team alignment and expectation setting
Ongoing prioritization and scoping to ensure predictability and plan visibility
Meeting formats, management of team roles and responsibilities
Dependency management and risk tracking
Tactical milestone management; maintain a snapshot of scope, goals and feature progress
Own Jira administration; create and maintain dashboards, reports, tracking methods
Identify project risks, and develop strategies to mitigate them
Ensure production methodology is applied consistently team-wide
Troubleshoot, identify, and quickly resolve production issues and/or inefficiencies
Coordinate strategy to concentrate testing resources to inform project initiatives
Recommend programs to improve hardware infrastructure, version control, and automated systems to reach new standards of development efficiency
Qualification
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Required
5+ years of experience in game development
2+ Games shipped with significant scope of ownership
Outstanding project management capabilities, documentation, tracking and transparency
Strong attention to detail, well organized, excellent at communicating plans, and highly collaborative
Deep experience with JIRA
Preferred
Project management certifications
Outsource vendor management experience
Passion for video game development, combat-oriented games, and Skybound IP
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life insurance
Flexible spending
Dependent care accounts
Free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
401K plan with 4% match
12 weeks of paid parental leave
Generous time off
Wellness benefits
Tuition reimbursement