COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Massive Entertainment is a world-leading AAA studio located in Malmö, Sweden and part of the Ubisoft family. We’re a multinational team of more than 750 passionate and highly skilled people from 50+ different countries. Our studio’s goal has always been – and still is – to craft the finest gaming experiences for all players.
At Massive, you get to do what you love most while bringing your own experience to our ongoing projects, like Tom Clancy’s The Division 2, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, and Star Wars Outlaws. We're also developing new tech here, such as our in-house engine Snowdrop, and Ubisoft Connect - Ubisoft's digital ecosystem and distribution platform.
JOB DESCRIPTION
We're looking for a Project Production Director to define the production methodology and pillars with the support of the Lead Producer. Together with the Core Team, you’ll assess the overall game project direction, planning and scoping, while organizing the development to deliver the game. Reporting to the Lead Producer, you'll be supporting the delivery on time and at quality, managing staffing requirements and allocation and establishing the full project structure and organization
We're offering a permanent position in Malmö, Sweden, with the flexibility to work partially from home (up to two days a week) under our Flexible Workplace Policy. Please apply using English, our company's primary language.
What You'll Do
- Establish and maintain project structure, staffing, and communication strategy, while ensuring efficient onboarding, documentation, and communication channels.
- Monitor budget, project progress, and burn rate to ensure financial efficiency. Track staffing and resource allocation and measure cost per feature.
- Define production intelligence strategy and maintain reporting processes, also ensuring the monitoring tools are available to track production KPIs and adjust. Develop and maintain project roadmap, sprint schedules, and delivery milestones.
- Coordinate release management and branching strategy with key stakeholders. Define and communicate prioritized scope and deliverables with stakeholders, while regularly assessing and adjusting scope, milestone plans, and re-use strategies.
- Lead, motivate and mentor the production team, overseeing organization, planning, and schedules.
- Manage local QC team, ensuring testing requirements and high-level test planning.
- Align co-dev studios with production philosophy and routines for seamless collaboration. Conduct assessments and establish a production plan for outsourcing.
- Identify and mitigate production risks through proactive assessments. Maintain and update the risk registry with regular evaluations.
QUALIFICATIONS
What You’ll Bring
You are passionate and curious about games and game development. You're analytical and able to solve complex problems and transform them into an action plan with the delivery target in mind. You have great communication skills and a collaborative mindset, you're able to take and give feedback to improve yourself and your team, finding new ways of doing things. You're comfortable holding presentations and are skilled at implementing change, foreseeing obstacles, and crafting solutions to overcome them.
Besides the above we’re looking for someone aligned with our core values and the following skills and experience:
- Experience through 1 or more full cycle game development
- Extensive experience in Project Management and team management
- In-depth knowledge of a variety of project management methodologies
- A degree in Project Management, Computer science (or other relevant training)
- Experience from working in/supporting a data-driven environment
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Ubisoft’s 19,000 team members, working across more than 30 countries around the world, are bound by a common mission to enrich players’ lives with original and memorable gaming experiences. Their commitment and talent have brought to life many acclaimed franchises such as Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Just Dance, Rainbow Six, and many more to come. Ubisoft is an equal opportunity employer that believes diverse backgrounds and perspectives are key to creating worlds where both players and teams can thrive and express themselves. If you are excited about solving game-changing challenges, cutting edge technologies and pushing the boundaries of entertainment, we invite you to join our journey and help us create the unknown.
You can also find a summary of the Massive Job Perks here.
Questions? We're more than happy to answer them! Please contact Paula Roese Mesquita, Talent Acquisition Partner for this position.
All your application information will be kept confidential according to EEO & GDPR guidelines.
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