Senior Development Manager

Creative Assembly; Horsham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Creative Assembly is seeking a Senior Development Manager to join their Horsham studio for a new project, a sequel to Alien: Isolation. In this role, you will manage cross-discipline teams, ensure project timelines are met, and enhance team efficiency, all while fostering a collaborative work environment. Key responsibilities include facilitation, delivery management, and process optimization, requiring extensive experience in the gaming sector.

Benefits

Work from Anywhere for a temporary period each year

Enhanced holiday allowance

Private medical and dental insurance

Generous holiday allowance plus full studio closure over holidays

Wellbeing support and virtual confidential counselling

Qualifications

• Experience in development management, ideally in the games industry.
• Demonstrable project management skills.
• Knowledge of production management software tools.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate teams of developers through project life cycles.
• Oversee planning, execution and delivery of work.
• Drive delivery of strike teams and assigned key processes.

Skills

Project management

Critical thinking

Problem-solving

Excellent verbal communication

Excellent written communication

Team-oriented mindset

Motivation to learn

Tools

Atlassian

Miro

Perforce

PowerBI

Job description

Creative Assembly is looking for a Senior Development Manager to join our talented team to work on our new project, a sequel to Alien: Isolation.

This role will be based at our studio in Horsham, UK and can be offered as hybrid role within country of employment. Further details can be discussed during the recruitment process.


The Role

You will work with cross-discipline leads and other Development Managers to balance scope with capacity, track progress, implement and improve processes, people management, and mitigate risks while upholding and maintaining a quality bar.

What you’ll be doing

On a day-to-day basis, you will:

• Facilitate teams of developers running them through their project life cycle stages
• Be accountable and drive the delivery of your strike teams and assigned key processes
• Oversee planning, execution and delivery of work assigned to the teams you are responsible for against project schedules, identify production risks or constraints, and troubleshoot dependency problems
• Facilitate communication between the project teams, leads and other producers
• Actively optimize and improve work methods and tracking and database management to drive team efficiency
• Stay aware of industry standards, both in terms of methodology and quality, and help team members stay on par or ahead of them when necessary.

What we are looking for

Essential

• Experience in development management (ideally in the games industry)
• Demonstrable project management skills
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Positive attitude with a team-oriented mindset
• Motivated individual with the capacity to learn new skills, use new tools, and meet new people
• Knowledge of production management software tools – Atlassian is essential, but ideally also Miro, Perforce, and PowerBI
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Desirable

• Experience of planning during pre-production
• Passionate gamer.

About Creative Assembly
Creative Assembly crafts deep and detailed games that last, entertaining millions of players across the globe for decades.

We are all game makers and we care deeply about the experiences we create. We empower our teams to make significant contributions to our games, supported by skills development and growth opportunities.

We are located in Horsham, UK and Sofia, Bulgaria.
We offer many benefits to support you and your family including:

• Work from Anywhere for a temporary period each year (restrictions apply such as VISAs)
• Enhanced holiday allowance, maternity and paternity breaks, flexibility with our core hours, and no-notice holidays
• Bespoke relocation package for you and your dependents
• Private medical and dental insurance, life insurance, permanent health insurance, critical illness cover and free health care screening
• Generous holiday allowance plus full studio closure over the Christmas and New Year period, and all Bank holidays
• Join our Diversity and Inclusion Network – an employee-led group
• Season ticket travel loans and cycle to work scheme with free bike servicing and discounted car valet service on site
• Wellbeing support and virtual confidential counselling
• Community activities including parties, football and more.
• Our studio sites have disabled access.

We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: SEGA Europe Limited and our studios do not accept unsolicited candidate introductions from unauthorised third parties. For the avoidance of doubt, SEGA Europe is not liable for any fees, compensation or any other costs associated with the introduction of a candidate or recruitment services unless and until an agreement has been duly executed. Further details can befound here.