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Join our award-winning God of War team

The Production Team at Santa Monica Studio excels at creative problem solving and communication. We thrive on being at the intersection of people and productivity as the glue that holds the studio together. Whether by being leaders of the craft of project management or partners who will clear the path ahead, the production team is here in service to the studio, to move development forward and achieve quality.

We are looking for an experienced planner and data analyst to join our team as a Senior Project Manager. A Senior Project Manager is relied upon to lead long-term scheduling and scope evaluation efforts to ensure the project is managed on time, to quality and within budget. Responsibilities include partnering with the Lead Producer and Sr Producers to own the creation, maintenance and execution of an overall project plan to determine resource, budget and schedule needs.

Responsibilities

Own the creation and maintenance of an overall project schedule throughout all phases of production:

Craft and maintain a comprehensive project plan, schedule, scope and resource forecast for all disciplines along complex production pipelines
Track milestone completion status and velocity
Collaborate with Lead Producer and Sr Producers to balance resources and ensure correct prioritization
Manage project and resource planning, monitor overall scope and track progress on scheduling issues

Lead overall scheduling, scoping and dependency tracking efforts of the production team through rigorous project planning, analytic thinking and information gathering:

Gather scheduling data from Sr Producers as they break down large complex initiatives, features and challenges into manageable portions and actionable steps
Assimilate diverse information and assess the impact on each phase of production and on the project as a whole
Identify risks in planning and actively collaborate with the Lead Producer and other stakeholders to mitigate
Ensure a common understanding and agreement on overall project scope and impact of any changes on the schedule

Partner with a wide range of team members to oversee various product development needs:

Cultivate and maintain relationships with internal development team, primarily partnering with the Lead Producer, Senior Producers and Game Directors
Oversee relationships with external vendors from a strategic planning and budgetary perspective, partnering with Producers and Leads to ensure appropriate strategy and partnerships are in place
Monitor and adjust capacity plans to address personnel risk and highlight budgetary impacts

Craft and execute upon a vision for project management best practices for the production team

Evaluate and assess current processes, pipelines and tools for efficacy and efficiency in serving project and creative goals
Collaborate with Producers and Tools Engineers to craft and strengthen road mapping, scheduling and tracking methods
Institute change management processes to communicate, track and measure impact of changes
Establish and maintain project health measures in collaboration with Lead Producer

Skills

Project Management Craftsmanship

Experience with traditional Waterfall production management techniques along with Agile techniques, including SCRUM or Kanban. PMP or equivalent certification a plus. Certified Scrum Master qualifications also a plus.
Expertise with Microsoft Excel (creation and maintenance of advanced spreadsheets), JIRA, Confluence and other project tracking and bug database software
Excellent organizational & prioritization skills, attention to detail, process knowledge and ability to multi-task

Communication & Collaboration

Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively across product development and management teams
Experience working with high performing creative teams and demonstrated ability to partner effectively in a high pressure, collaborative environment
Proven conflict management skills with a strength in mediation leading to resolution of risk and roadblocks

Education & Experience

Minimum 7 years of games industry experience in an internal development environment in a production role
Experience on multiple large scale, 150+ person AAA games through all phases of production from concept to release as a Project Manager or Producer
Mastery of a variety of project management techniques in an internal development environment coupled with deep experience building and maintaining schedules
Familiarity with various internal game production pipelines, software and requirements
Undergraduate college degree or equivalent skill set

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