Development Director (Contract)

Kabam; Vancouver; In loco; CAD 120.000 - 180.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Kabam is seeking a Development Director for a contract role in Vancouver to drive a project from planning through launch. You will oversee a multi-disciplinary team, manage schedules, budgets and resources, and partner with senior production members to maintain momentum during development.

You will coordinate with stakeholders across teams, manage dependencies, and guide the team on processes while ensuring delivery on time and quality.

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree in related field or certification in project management with Agile focus.
• 7+ years of project management experience in entertainment and/or software development.
• Mobile game development experience.
• Working knowledge of JIRA and resource management tools.
• Deep understanding of games as a service business model.
• Effective communication skills with stakeholders across all levels.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and constant change, yet able to set priorities and execute commitments.

Mansioni

• Partners with Senior Production team members to maintain planning and execution momentum for a live game during the contract term.
• Provides day-to-day guidance to project team members on process and priorities; flags improvement opportunities to the permanent team rather than driving studio-wide initiatives.
• Collaborates with project stakeholders to maintain schedules and resource plans against existing project goals.
• Identifies dependencies and priorities between tasks in partnership with the project teams.
• Monitors project progress within assigned budgets and manages changes that impact schedule, budget and resources with proper communication.
• Supports training resources and best practices for the team; does not own long-term development planning.
• Ensures staff understand how daily work contributes to company goals and outcomes.
• Balances priorities and finds creative solutions to achieve results.

Conoscenze

Agile methodologies

Project management

Leadership

Communication

JIRA

Formazione

Bachelor's degree or PM certification

Strumenti

JIRA

Descrizione del lavoro

At Kabam, we’re constantly raising the bar of excellence in free-to-play gaming. We hire for passion and diversity so that we can triumph in our collective skill. Our teams are made up of a fusion of personalities and interests bound together by a collaborative nature, fun-loving culture, and a drive to do what it takes to make great games. And this is where you come in...

We are looking for a contract Development Director to support a new project through to launch, keeping the project schedule and helps move the development team from one project phase to the next while ensuring collaboration and communication both on the immediate team and with other partner teams within the studio. A Development Director manages a variety of disciplines including artists, designers, software engineers, QA and other production staff. Reporting to the Executive Producer, you will partner with team members to ensure that they are managing the project on time, to quality, and within budget. This contract is expected to last at minimum 4 months, with possibility of extension.

Throughout this contract, you can expect to:

• Partners with Senior Production team members to maintain planning and execution momentum for a live game during the contract term.
• Provides day-to-day guidance to project team members on process and priorities; flags improvement opportunities to the permanent team rather than driving studio-wide initiatives.
• Collaborates with project stakeholders to maintain schedules and resource plans against existing project goals.
• Identifies dependencies and priorities between tasks in partnership with the project teams.
• Monitors project progress within assigned budgets and managing any changes that impact the overall project schedule, budget and resources along with proper communication.
• Confirms the team has access to needed training resources and best practices; but does not own long-term development planning
• Supports an environment where staff understand how their daily work contributes to the company’s goals in motion.
• Solves problems, balancing priorities, and finding creative solutions to achieve results.
• Assigns task goals from defined project goals; achieve project deliverables through managing a team at a project-level.
• Tracks and manages scope in alignment with capacity, identifying and mitigating risks for assigned scope as needed.
• Partners with team leads to manage and balance scope, ensuring timeline and quality targets are met.

To be successful in this role, your background includes:

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or certification in project management, with a focus on Agile methodologies.
• 7+ years of project management experience in entertainment and/or software development industry.
• Mobile game development experience.
• Working knowledge of JIRA and resource management tools (tracking, modeling, allocation).
• Deep understanding of games as a service business model.
• Knowledge of JIRA and other PM tools.
• Effective communication skills with the proven ability to work with stakeholders across all levels of organization.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and constant change, yet able to set priorities and execute commitments.

About Kabam

Kabam is a world leader in developing entertaining, immersive, and highly social multiplayer games, bringing high-quality graphics, next-generation technology, and revolutionary gameplay to players around the world.

Kabam’s games, Marvel Contest of Champions, Shop Titans, and more have generated hundreds of millions of downloads and have received multiple awards including Apple’s Editor’s Choice and Google Play’s Best Game of the Year.

Founded in 2006, Kabam has studios and offices in Vancouver & Montreal in Canada, and Los Angeles & San Francisco in the United States. Kabam is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Netmarble Games.

Kabam is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and equitable workplace, and inclusive environment for all existing and potential employees. Employment decisions are based on candidate qualifications and business need, not race, color, ancestry, place of origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, political belief, religion, creed, marital or family status, medical condition, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, prior criminal conviction or any other protected class in accordance with federal, state or provincial and local laws and ordinances. Accommodations will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.