Project Manager (Contract)

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CONTRACT ROLE

Insomniac is looking for a Project Manager. In this role you will be responsible for anticipating production challenges and proactively drives solutions that enable teams to realize ideas without compromising quality or well-being. The project manager regularly anticipates, forms a plan of action, and achieves buy-in with teammates. A project manager's primary focus is to provide effective planning and structure - create, modify, and maintain assigned content schedules as a member of team leadership. If this is the opportunity you have been looking for, please read on:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

• Drives production structure, process, and efficiency in overall game development.
• Anticipates and proactively solves problems both independently and collaboratively.
• Creates, modifies, and maintains schedules for assigned content or teams in partnership with assigned Leads. This includes:
  • Establishes and tracks status of milestone goals.
  • Develops strategy with assigned Leads to ensure all deadlines are met in relation to project objectives and scope.
• Ensures proper logging and tracking of assigned content in bug tracking database.
• Maintains a constant awareness of game content status and quality levels through regular play sessions.
• Anticipates scheduling overruns through effective analysis and presentation of measurable data. Initiates action to resolve scheduling issues and collaborates on workable solutions.
• Proactively ensures project updates and changes are communicated to the development team.
• Unblocks team members from dependencies of scheduled tasks and facilitates communication between team members.
• Assists Senior Project Managers and Project Director in the creation of milestone deliverable documentation, collaborating with craft Leads to coordinate goals across diverse disciplines.
• Contributes to the implementation of new or refined production methods.
• Develops collaborative relationships across all peers and departments.
• Regularly achieves and demonstrates Insomniac’s cultural leadership values.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Computer Skills:

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
• Working knowledge of bug tracking database(s) is required- DevTrack, TFS, Jira or other industry standard.
• Working knowledge of version control software.
• Perforce is preferred.

We look forward to hearing from you. Please use the link below and apply. Thank you!

Equal Opportunity Statement:

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We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond. 

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