Studio Operations Manager

Aristocrat; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in gaming content seeks an Operations Coordinator to facilitate day-to-day operations, manage administrative tasks, and support multiple teams including developers and designers. This role is vital for ensuring effective project delivery while promoting a collaborative culture and driving operational excellence.

Benefits

Robust benefits package

Global career opportunities

Qualifications

• Demonstrable accomplishments in delivery and project management.
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate and monitor operational processes for effective project delivery.
• Engage with team leads to address risks and dependencies.
• Promote a constructive team culture through effective communication.

Skills

Delivery Management

Project Management

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving Skills

Communication Skills

Education

Relevant domain experience

Job description

This role will facilitate day-to-day operations & manage the studio’s administrative needs. It’ll support multiple teams, across geographies, consisting of Software Developers, Game Designers, Project Managers, Art/Creative and Test engineers. It will work closely with internal & external collaborators, facilitating, reporting on & guiding the delivery of projects throughout their life cycle.

Responsibilities

• Work with team leads to embedding development and quality processes. Regularly monitor & share observations to improve the timeliness, productivity, and quality of results. You’ll maintain a high level of transparency with the leadership team & work with them to ensure the right things are monitored, the findings shared in a form that satisfies tactical & strategic needs.
• Work with studio leadership to support strategic plans and objectives.
• Facilitates & drives towards consensus on operational matters, ensures operations are effective at delivering upon studio needs (measure, assess, feedback, refine).
• Take the lead on administrative matters, proposing solutions while seeking consensus when consensus is required.
• Facilitate & participate in planning activities, work with team leads to identify dependencies and track these through to their resolution.
• Engage team leads to identifying and raising risks on time, ensuring that, where possible, mitigation strategies are proposed & actioned.
• Monitor delivery, share observations, work with leads to ensure that there is accountability & buy-in from both delivery & quality perspectives. Where there are exceptions, there is a focus on constructive messaging & course correction.
• Facilitate meaningful & effective retrospectives. You believe failure can be a great teacher; that a constructive, blame-free culture is the best way to solicit lessons learnt & ultimately improve.
• Promote an excellent team culture. You understand your role as a communicator & facilitator resonates both within & beyond the team.
• Work with studio leadership to plan, staff, budget & manage expense priorities. Capture & communicate these effectively, being conscious of your internal & external customers’ needs.

What We're Looking For

• Demonstrable accomplishments in delivery management, Project Management, or a relevant domain.
• Experience working across a multi-disciplinary team, possessing different levels of technical & domain fluency.
• Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills.
• A solutions-first mindset while seeking consensus, where decisions shouldn’t be made in isolation. You’ll have the instincts & experience to know the difference.
• You enjoy finding the story in data but understand that care needs to be taken in its analysis. You ensure that it is neither overwhelming nor misleading & supported by a robust hypothesis.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced team environment

Why Aristocrat?

Aristocrat is a world leader in gaming content and technology, and a top-tier publisher of free-to-play mobile games. We deliver great performance for our B2B customers and bring joy to the lives of the millions of people who love to play our casino and mobile games. And while we focus on fun, we never forget our responsibilities. We strive to lead the way in responsible gameplay, and to lift the bar in company governance, employee wellbeing and sustainability. We’re a diverse business united by shared values and an inspiring mission to bring joy to life through the power of play.

We aim to create an environment where individual differences are valued, and all employees have the opportunity to realize their potential. We welcome and encourage applications from all people regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, cultural background, disability status or LGBTQ+ identity. EEO M/F/D/V

World Leader in Gaming Entertainment

Robust benefits package

Global career opportunities

Our Values

All about the Player

Talent Unleashed

Collective Brilliance

Good Business Good Citizen

This role will facilitate day-to-day operations & manage the studio’s administrative needs. It’ll support multiple teams, across geographies, consisting of Software Developers, Game Designers, Project Managers, Art/Creative and Test engineers. It will work closely with internal & external collaborators, facilitating, reporting on & guiding the delivery of projects throughout their life cycle.

Responsibilities

• Work with team leads to embedding development and quality processes. Regularly monitor & share observations to improve the timeliness, productivity, and quality of results. You’ll maintain a high level of transparency with the leadership team & work with them to ensure the right things are monitored, the findings shared in a form that satisfies tactical & strategic needs.
• Work with studio leadership to support strategic plans and objectives.
• Facilitates & drives towards consensus on operational matters, ensures operations are effective at delivering upon studio needs (measure, assess, feedback, refine).
• Take the lead on administrative matters, proposing solutions while seeking consensus when consensus is required.
• Facilitate & participate in planning activities, work with team leads to identify dependencies and track these through to their resolution.
• Engage team leads to identifying and raising risks on time, ensuring that, where possible, mitigation strategies are proposed & actioned.
• Monitor delivery, share observations, work with leads to ensure that there is accountability & buy-in from both delivery & quality perspectives. Where there are exceptions, there is a focus on constructive messaging & course correction.
• Facilitate meaningful & effective retrospectives. You believe failure can be a great teacher; that a constructive, blame-free culture is the best way to solicit lessons learnt & ultimately improve.
• Promote an excellent team culture. You understand your role as a communicator & facilitator resonates both within & beyond the team.
• Work with studio leadership to plan, staff, budget & manage expense priorities. Capture & communicate these effectively, being conscious of your internal & external customers’ needs.

What We're Looking For

• Demonstrable accomplishments in delivery management, Project Management, or a relevant domain.
• Experience working across a multi-disciplinary team, possessing different levels of technical & domain fluency.
• Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills.
• A solutions-first mindset while seeking consensus, where decisions shouldn’t be made in isolation. You’ll have the instincts & experience to know the difference.
• You enjoy finding the story in data but understand that care needs to be taken in its analysis. You ensure that it is neither overwhelming nor misleading & supported by a robust hypothesis.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced team environment

Why Aristocrat?

Aristocrat is a world leader in gaming content and technology, and a top-tier publisher of free-to-play mobile games. We deliver great performance for our B2B customers and bring joy to the lives of the millions of people who love to play our casino and mobile games. And while we focus on fun, we never forget our responsibilities. We strive to lead the way in responsible gameplay, and to lift the bar in company governance, employee wellbeing and sustainability. We’re a diverse business united by shared values and an inspiring mission to bring joy to life through the power of play.

We aim to create an environment where individual differences are valued, and all employees have the opportunity to realize their potential. We welcome and encourage applications from all people regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, cultural background, disability status or LGBTQ+ identity. EEO M/F/D/V

• World Leader in Gaming Entertainment

• Robust benefits package

• Global career opportunities

Our Values

• All about the Player

• Talent Unleashed

• Collective Brilliance

• Good Business Good Citizen

Travel Expectations

None

Additional Information

Depending on the nature of your role, you may be required to register with the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) and/or other gaming jurisdictions in which we operate.

At this time, we are unable to sponsor work visas for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in the job posting location for this position on a full-time basis without the need for current or future visa sponsorship.

About the company

Aristocrat Leisure Limited is an Australian gambling machine manufacturer, which has its administrative centre in the Sydney suburb of North Ryde, although the majority of its research and development is also done at its North Ryde site.

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