Turtle Rock Studios seeks a self-driven, organized Senior Project Manager to collaborate with producers and project leads on various initiatives. Responsibilities include championing scheduling best practices, generating status reports, identifying project risks, mapping critical paths, gathering estimates, and maintaining documentation. The ideal candidate possesses 5+ years of relevant experience managing multi-disciplinary teams, expertise with scheduling tools (Jira), and strong communication skills.  They will be involved in long-term planning, ensuring smooth content pipeline across all departments, and adapting to various production methodologies.

<p>Developers of AAA titles: Back 4 Blood, Evolve, and Left 4 Dead.</p>

Turtle Rock Studios

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<div class="job__description body"><div><p class="first-paragraph">At Turtle Rock, we make the games we want to play. We're dedicated to providing a collaborative environment where our team members feel empowered with the creative freedom to contribute and grow. While we are based in Orange County, CA, we support flexible work arrangements ranging from in-studio, hybrid, to fully remote throughout North America. Join our award-winning game development team and help create our next AAA title.</p></div><div><p>We are looking for a self-driven individual who is organized and enthusiastic to join our team as a Senior Project Manager. You will be working closely with our producers and project leads to create and drive project initiatives.</p>
<h3>Responsibilities</h3>
<ul>
<li>Champions scheduling and roadmap best practices across the production team and maintain project schedules and roadmaps; generate status reports to provide visibility</li>
<li>Works with Feature and Department Producers, to ensure their planning is clear, visible and communicated to the leadership team and available to the team at large.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>Identify project risks and bottlenecks; propose tentative solutions and work closely with Producers and department Leads</li>
<li>Map out and maintain critical paths for features and content; help identify staggered deadlines for departments to ensure time required to do the work is identified, respected, and communicated</li>
<li>Work closely with Production team to gather estimates from subject matter experts</li>
<li>Recognize that different departments or efforts will need to accommodate different Production methodologies and tracking methods</li>
<li>Maintain documentation and instructions for scheduling documents</li>
</ul>
<h3>Requirements</h3>
<ul>
<li>5+ years relevant project management experience tracking multi-discipline, cross-functional teams</li>
<li>Proven experience with scheduling tools and managing a project budget</li>
<li>Expertise with a task management system such as JIRA</li>
<li>Demonstrated ability to create a long term planning solution and put it into practice; able to create a schedule for an entire content pipeline laying out capacity for all departments and clearly identifying and visualizing critical paths</li>
<li>Strong communication skills and attention to detail</li>
<li>Expertise with Google Sheets and/or Excel</li>
</ul>
<h3>Preferences</h3>
<ul>
<li>Experience working with remote studios and contractors</li>
<li>PMP Certification or similar</li>
<li>Passion for games, especially cooperative FPS</li>
</ul>
<h4><strong>Benefits</strong></h4>
<p>Some of the benefits and perks our employees get to enjoy, include:</p>
<ul>
<li>100% Medical, Dental, Vision Coverage for you and your family</li>
<li>401k Matching</li>
<li>Student Loan Repayment Plan / College Savings Plan</li>
<li>Career Improvement Plan</li>
<li>Flexible Work Arrangements - In-House, Hybrid, and Remote</li>
<li>Generous Time Off Policy</li>
<li>Company Events - In-Person + Virtual Events</li>
<li>Fully Stocked Kitchen + Sponsored Food Trucks</li>
</ul>
<p>The estimated base pay range for this role is: $115,000 - $175,000 USD</p></div><div><p><em>We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.</em></p></div></div>