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Are you looking for an opportunity to work on a brand-new video game with a team of highly respected game developers, designers and artists? Do you enjoy solving challenging problems? If you want to turn ambiguous problems into solvable pieces, identify solutions, and initiate and maintain release processes this is the role for you. Our team at Stoic, a 4-time BAFTA nominated independent video game company, is seeking a Release Manager for Towerborne.

As a Release Manager you will play a key role in almost all areas of development. We are looking for someone to help establish, execute, and improve the process for new releases and releasing content title updates. This role needs someone with the technical know-how to dissect complex problems and drive discussions with technical teams. You will also need hands-on experience with partner developer portals and industry standard build pipeline tools.

NOTE: This role requires Pacific Time Zone working hours

What You'll Do

  • Own release readiness, build publishing, and configuration promotions through all environments including production

  • Document, execute, and improve change management and release process for all platforms and storefronts

  • Manage platform certifications and global compliance

  • Configure storefront game products and store pages in game publishing portals

  • Coordinate and drive multiple releases in flight to maintain a steady release cadence

  • Identify and mitigate risks to releases

  • Drive end-to-end build health process including monitoring, escalation, and reporting

  • Partner closely with Operations and Backend teams to keep upstream development on track and ensure a healthy live player experience

  • Work in a cross-functional capacity with internal teams

  • Work with leads to update and maintain, communicate, and coordinate release information and schedules

  • Assist in coordinating internal and external release notes, known issues, and knowledge base updates

  • Manage permissions and access to tooling, development software, partner portals, internal game testing environments, and public game environments

  • Act as the point of contact for triage of production outages

Qualifications

  • Pacific Time Zone working hours

  • 3+ years of experience in Release Management or Technical Program Management

  • Knowledge of and experience with release processes for live games

  • Knowledge of release tools and pipelines on PC, gaming consoles, and mobile

  • Knowledge of first-party platform portals, gaming platform technology & release requirements

  • Ability to quickly grasp highly technical concepts, extract core messages for summary, and convey to others

  • Knowledge of CI/CD pipeline tools as well as DevOps practices and philosophies

  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

  • Ability to operate in a highly fluid environment and react swiftly

  • Experience working with project management software

Bonus Qualifications

  • Experience working in an Unreal Engine development ecosystem

  • Experience working with Perforce

  • Experience working with TeamCity

  • Experience working in an Azure and/or PlayFab ecosystem

Stoic is a fully remote, forever remote workforce.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

United States Pay Range

$110,000 - $130,000 USD

This range is determined by several factors, including training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, and market demands. It is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

The final job level and compensation will be determined by the candidate’s work experience, years of relevant experience, skills, qualifications, certifications, geographic location, and other business considerations.

We provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application and interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Don't meet every requirement listed in this job description? Think your experience level is not where it needs to be? Studies show that women and underrepresented minorities are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet all qualifications. Stoic is focused on building a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. If you're interested in this position but your past experience doesn't line up perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we want you to apply anyway. The right role for you may be a future one at the studio.