Lead External Development Manager Montreal (Canada) Epic Games Posted a day ago Project Managem[...]

Gamecompanies; Montreal; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company that is a leader in the gaming industry! In this exciting role, you will manage a talented team focused on external development for AAA games. You will drive growth, mentor your team, and collaborate with various departments to ensure top-notch quality and efficiency in game production. With a commitment to innovation and excellence, this company offers a dynamic work environment where your contributions will have a significant impact. If you have a passion for gaming and a proven track record in external development, this opportunity is perfect for you!

Benefits

100% employee benefits coverage

Dental and vision insurance

Retirement savings plan with employer match

Mental well-being program

Free therapy and coaching

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in external development for AAA games.
• Strong understanding of game development processes and integration.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of External Development Managers to ensure high-quality content.
• Collaborate with internal teams to negotiate contract terms with vendors.

Skills

External Development Management

Project Management

Budget Forecasting

Communication Skills

Leadership

Negotiation

Job description

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

PRODUCTION

What We Do

Whether it’s driving a vision from start to finish or collaborating with teams to inspire and deliver projects of Epic quality, Epic’s production teams take pride in consistently delivering world-class products and experiences.

What You'll Do

In this role, you’ll manage a team of External Development Managers focused on building co-dev capacity to ensure that multiple external vendors deliver high-quality content and development work. Key elements of this role are experience managing relationships with external partners, a strong understanding of best practices for external development, the ability to communicate effectively across multiple teams with exceptional transparency and planning, and a strong knowledge of how to properly structure, organize, mentor, and grow your team and external development efforts as a whole. The ideal candidate has shipped multiple AAA titles as an External Development / Outsourcing Manager or vendor-focused Producer.

In this role, you will

Drive the growth of the External Development Management team by providing strong mentorship, guidance, and growth opportunities, and creating or refining processes as the external development space evolves

Work with Fortnite leadership to understand, determine, and deliver on external development needs for co-development across all Epic first-party games. Actively source new co-dev partners to build additional capacity as needed

Draw on your experience managing AAA games and your deep understanding of development best practices to provide a vision for successful co-dev practices at Epic

Collaborate with Epic’s internal finance, legal, and procurement teams to understand industry standard rates for services and negotiate contract terms with external vendors

Be accountable for budget forecasting and management - proactively identifying opportunities to streamline costs, make process improvements, and increase efficiency

Manage appropriate contracts and invoice approvals, onboarding and handoff to Epic’s internal teams, and resource ramp-up for external teams

Drive the processes for tracking all external vendors - sourcing, evaluations, statements of work, and clearly defining expectations, and manage communications, both internal and external, by providing performance feedback to external vendors, while helping maintain strong relationships between external teams and internal stakeholders

What we're looking for

8+ years of experience with external development/outsourcing, preferably for AAA games

Demonstrated understanding of the game development process and how multiple external developers can be integrated into a fast-paced and quality-focused project

Highly organized, self-driven, goal-oriented, and a great team player, able to work with some of the most talented developers in the industry

Strong ability to track, prioritize, and conscientiously follow through on multiple competing elements of work, in a timely fashion, across groups with varying interests

Clear and concise communication, leadership, and people skills

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), we also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here .

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found here .