Game Release Manager [Anvil Pipeline]

6 Hours ago • All levels • Game Design

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Game Release Manager at Ubisoft, you'll lead ongoing game delivery initiatives, ensuring on-time and high-quality releases. Responsibilities include making decisions to ensure quality content and player experience, developing launch plans, streamlining the closing process, designing mitigation and contingency plans, assessing and evolving delivery systems, collaborating with stakeholders, overseeing release specialists, and resolving cross-team issues. You'll need video game and online game release experience, proven launch success, strong leadership and decision-making skills, and excellent communication.
Must have:
  • Video game industry experience
  • Online game release & operation experience
  • Successful stakeholder launch experience
  • Strong leadership & decision-making
  • Excellent communication & problem-solving skills

Job Details

Job Description

As a Game Release Manager, you'll be responsible for the vision and evolution of the ongoing game delivery initiatives. You will also ensure the attainment of the general objectives related to the delivery of the ongoing game versions in terms of time and quality.

What you'll do

  • Make the decisions required to ensure the quality of the game content and player experience.
  • Set out the launch plan and recommendations for each new edition.
  • Establish the plan to make the closing process more efficient.
  • Design and implement mitigation and contingency plans in collaboration with the release management specialist/release coordinator.
  • Set out delivery system assessment and evolution plans.
  • Play an active role in launch planning meetings with key stakeholders.
  • Oversee the work of the release management specialist and/or release coordinator when applicable.
  • Collaborate with teams in different areas to highlight and resolve issues.

Qualifications

What you bring

  • Experience in the video game industry;
  • Experience in the release and operation of online games;
  • Proven ability to launch new editions with stakeholders in all areas;
  • Positive leadership;
  • Ability to make key decisions under pressure;
  • Customer focus;
  • Excellent priority and time management;
  • Excellent problem-solving skills;
  • Solid communication (spoken and written) and interpersonal skills;
  • Excellent knowledge of game publishing schemes.

What to send our way

  • Your CV highlighting your background and skills

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About us

Ubisoft’s 19,000 team members, working across more than 30 countries around the world, are bound by a common mission: 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.  

When you join Ubi MTL, you discover a workplace that sparks inspiration and connection. We offer a collaborative space that provides career advancement, a host of learning opportunities, and meaningful benefits centred on well-being. 

If you are excited about solving game-changing challenges, harnessing cutting-edge technologies, and pushing the boundaries of entertainment, we invite you to join us on our journey and help us create the unknown. 

At Ubisoft, you can come as you are. We embrace diversity in all its forms. We’re committed to fostering a work environment that is inclusive and respectful of all differences. 

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About The Company

Ubisoft’s 21,000 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.

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