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Established in 2007, Sumo Video Games is one of India’s leading video game developers. We work hand in hand with Sumo Digital’s UK studios to build ground-breaking games and content for some of the world’s biggest publishers including Microsoft, Sony, Apple and Sega.

It’s an exciting time to be part of Sumo, winners of the Develop: Star Awards 2019 Best Studio; big things are on the horizon and we want you to be part of our continued journey. Join us!

Skills & Requirements:

  • Min 7+ years relevant experience in Production preferably in Game Dev/Game Art.
  • International project experience.
  • Be a key leader/contributor to the development team.
  • Good overall communication skills and proficiency in English. Written and verbal communication is clear and concise.
  • Manage communication of project progress with internal senior management team.
  • Maintain close communication with team leads and provide team members with material and technical support as needed
  • Managing day to day communication of matters regarding schedule, budget, change and risk with key stakeholders and making recommendations accordingly
  • Skilled in the use of Excel, TFS, MS project, Jira and other project management tools.
  • Knowledge of project management methodologies and processes.
  • Supervise/Create realistic milestone content and production schedules in coordination with production team/ leads and management.
  • Manage the project budget - identifying resource requirements and expectations, tracking actual project spend versus planned spend and continuously updating projections
  • Manage the schedules of multiple departments within the game team, to ensure that milestones are agreed, detailed and delivered as expected
  • Assigns work to production and team members to make sure program and project objectives are met.
  • Managing change – ensuring project scope is adhered to, controlling feature creep, ensuring project is delivered in accordance with expectations, and project budget changes if necessary.
  • Identify and resolve conflicts between schedule, budget and design goals.
  • Continuously assess risk, plan mitigation, and keep scope of the project in line with budget and schedule.
  • Uses tact and diplomacy when engaged in difficult discussions to achieve the best possible outcomes.
  • Foster and maintain positive working relationships and teamwork within the development team and across disciplines and support them to carry out the goals and vision of the project.
  • Helps establish best practices for the team.
  • Ensure that each member of the team is working from a tracked schedule and has a strong sense of ownership, responsibility and accountability for the quality and timeliness of their contribution
  • Able to identify multiple solutions to any problem, may need help to choose the most appropriate.
  • Work with subject matter experts to develop pipelines and workflows that minimize risk, increase efficiency and quality as well as allowing for predictive planning.
  • Co-ordinate with all necessary departments and divisions to facilitate execution of projects and materials in a professional and client-centric manner.
  • Carries out review/appraisals and offers feedback and advice.
  • Partners with HR to identify hiring possibilities.
  • Provides direction across teams through reviews, offers opinions and possible solutions
  • Influence over current project process and procedures and impacts long-term initiatives.
  • Leads team structure and management choices and leads other project managers/ planners.
  • Impact on long-term initiatives and can influence team choices.
  • Teaching and mentoring abilities. Coach and mentor junior production staff
  • Keep abreast of current trends in the marketplace especially about similar and/or competitive product.

What we offer:

Our Studio is unique in India, giving our staff the opportunity to work directly on all leading gaming platforms, at every stage of game development.

Being part of Sumo's Pune studio is a rewarding experience, one that requires dedication, a strong sense of ownership over your work and an overwhelming enthusiasm for the games you work on.

In return we offer competitive salary, flexi-time & benefits, and excellent working environment and most importantly we will give you the room to be yourself and live your passion.

Additionally, we provide relocation reimbursement from other cities, a performance-linked bonus in addition to the fixed salary, opportunities to attend industry conferences and a complete and all-encompassing medical insurance package for our employees and their children.

Come join the team.