Senior Operations Manager ( Creative Dev) Montreal (Canada) 2K Operations Management Senior (5+[...]

Gamecompanies; Montreal; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global gaming company seeks a Senior Operations Manager for its Creative Development team. The successful candidate will optimize processes, manage budgets, and cultivate cross-functional relationships to enhance operational excellence in a fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates are skilled communicators with extensive industry experience.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in Operations Management or Production Role.
• 3+ years experience in the entertainment industry (Games, VFX, Animation).
• Demonstrated ability to establish and improve processes.

Responsibilities

• Establish processes and best practices in partnership with other teams.
• Standardize financial processes and resource management.
• Accountable for department budgets and performance reporting.

Skills

Process Optimization

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Agile Methodologies

Job description

Senior Operations Manager ( Creative Dev)

2K is headquartered in Novato, California and is a wholly owned label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO). Founded in 2005, 2K Games is a global video game company, publishing titles developed by some of the most influential game development studios in the world. Our studios responsible for developing 2K’s portfolio of world-class games across multiple platforms, include Visual Concepts, Firaxis, Hangar 13, CatDaddy, Cloud Chamber, 31st Union, HB Studios, and 2K SportsLab. Our portfolio of titles is expanding due to our global strategic plan, building and acquiring exciting studios whose content continues to inspire all of us! 2K publishes titles in today’s most popular gaming genres, including sports, shooters, action, role-playing, strategy, casual, and family entertainment.

Our team of engineers, marketers, artists, writers, data scientists, producers, thinkers and doers, are the professional publishing stewards of 2K’s portfolio currently includes several AAA, sports and entertainment brands, including global powerhouse NBA️ 2K, renowned BioShock️, Borderlands️, Mafia, Sid Meier’s Civilization️ and XCOM️ brands; popular WWE️ 2K and WWE️ SuperCard franchises, TopSpin 2K25, as well as the critically and commercially acclaimed PGA TOUR️ 2K

At 2K, we pride ourselves on creating an inclusive work environment, which means encouraging our teams to Come as You Are and do your best work! We encourage ALL applicants to explore our global positions, even if they don’t meet every requirement for the role. If you're interested in the job and think you have what it takes to work at 2K, we encourage you to apply!

What We Need:

2K Shared Development Studios (SDS) - Creative (SDSC) is looking for a process-minded, highly organized individual with a background in production and operations to help drive operational excellence, scalability and predictability for the department. We are looking for someone who can leverage their experience to optimize our processes, cross-functional communication, and resource management, so we can evolve into an agile, high-performing Creative Development team.

What You’ll Do:

Establish processes and best practices for the department in partnership with Art, Tech Art, Animation, Audio and Production, as well as the central SDS Business Operations team

Standardize reporting, communications, financial processes, and resource management of SDSC in alignment with Business Operations.

Accountable for department budgets and financials, resource utilization, risks and risk mitigation plans, issues, and delivery to plan.

Assist production leadership across the department and oversee broad execution of deliverables and roadmaps.

Responsible for reporting upward and outward on high-level project statuses for department goals and overall performance.

Responsible for managing 3rd Party Partner business relationships and performance.

Contribute to the creation of department strategy and technical roadmap, and drive the execution of the aforementioned strategy

Responsible for the development of staff growth plan required to achieve organizational goals and objectives.

Cultivate cross-functional relationships across publishing, development studios, and 2K Publishing.

What Will Make You A Great Fit:

5+ years experience in an Operations Management, Project Management, or Production Role

3+ years experience in the entertainment industry (Games, VFX, Feature Animation, or AR/VR)

A demonstrated ability to establish and improve process in a previous organization

Outstanding and effective communication skills (verbal and written)

Exceptional organizational skills and unwavering attention to detail

Proficient with agile and project management strategies

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform their essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us if you need reasonable accommodation.

Please note that 2K Games and its studios never uses instant messaging apps or personal email accounts to contact prospective employees or conduct interviews and when emailing, only use 2K.com accounts.