Senior Development Manager

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 Sofia, Bulgaria and can be offered as hybrid / in-studio / fully remote 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:

• We offer many benefits to support you and your family including:
• Additional medical and dental health insurance for you, your partner and kids, life in-surance, and free health care screening
• Additional holiday allowance plus full studio closure over the Christmas and New Year period, as all Bulgarian Bank holidays
• Annual discretionary studio bonus
• Defined career development pathways and personalised training support including; SEGA Dev Day, internal masterclasses, prestigious creative workshops, on-site training with renowned specialists and global conference attendance
• Wellbeing support with an employee assistance programme
• Free games and merchandise plus access to our extensive games library
• Free breakfast every day - toast, cereals, yoghurts, fresh fruit, soft drinks and more in our fully stocked kitchen
• Office massages
• Studio parties for you and your family; such as our Summer and Christmas parties, Children’s day party, wrap parties for game releases

 
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.
 

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