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Are you looking to change the gaming industry? We are!

TLM Partners, Inc. is a world-class digital entertainment company led by industry veterans. We are an engineering powerhouse, and our Subject Matter Experts work on some of the most ambitious projects in the industry and work alongside partners as 'off-site' professional services for publishers, indie video game developers, SAAS, Cloud, and Visualization companies. We are setting the bar for best-in-class cross-play gaming experiences on every platform using our custom technologies and tools.

We offer a 100% remote working environment as a "Cloud Studio" with awesome benefits to support a harmonious work life balance from anywhere in the world. Come join our vision to build a world class studio.

Position Summary: Senior Development Director

We are looking for an experienced Senior Development Director who is passionate about both process and gaming, to provide daily production leadership to the project and its teams.

  • Full time, 100% remote (from anywhere in the world).
  • You will report to the Director of Product Development for the studio.
  • You will manage project and resource planning, balance scope with capacity, track progress, implement and improve processes, mentor people, and manage risks and mitigation.
  • You are a master of content pipelines and feature development.
  • You understand the iterative nature of creative processes and how to empower them.
  • You know how to build healthy, high functioning relationships with external vendors.
  • You are a force multiplier for the team.

Qualifications:

  • You are passionate about managing creative teams.
  • You have 7+ years working as a project manager, 5+ years of experience working in a AAA game development, and you have released multiple titles while seeing them through all phases of the development life cycle.
  • You have experience managing internal and external teams; you have many conflict resolution tools in your tool belt.
  • You are comfortable talking across all levels of an organization; you always know the status of your project and can visualize that status for any audience.
  • You understand the complexities and requirements of game production and how to manage them.

Responsibilities:

  • Establish direction & strategy for a project or multiple teams while ensuring alignment with internal & external leadership.
  • Monitor & adjust capacity plans for a project or multiple teams to address skill gaps and identify funding needs.
  • Own the budget for a project or multiple teams and partner with finance to maintain a healthy P&L.
  • Be the point of escalation for conflict management and problem solving.
  • Partner with DDs at all levels to train them and provide mentorship.
  • Establish and maintain team health standards through team leaders.
  • Identify and implement process improvement initiatives across full projects or multiple teams.
  • Approve plans, schedules, and status reports across the project or multiple teams.
  • Anticipate and solve studio-wide dependencies between the project and external groups.
  • Use change management processes to effectively communicate and measure effectiveness of project wide change.