Technical Project Manager

We are a mobile game company, based in both Helsinki and Berlin, creating world-class entertainment by building a portfolio of hit games. Since our launch in 2020, our first chart-topping game Merge Mansion has been entertaining over 60 million players worldwide, and we have grown into a team of over 250.

Our mission is to entertain hundreds of millions of people for decades, with our games, and also through our creative marketing, community, and beyond – while having fun with it. 

We’re ordinary people crafting extraordinary games with passion and ambition, united by our culture of trust, psychological safety and wellbeing.

We are looking for an experienced Technical Project Manager to help us streamline our development processes, manage cross-team collaborations, and establish robust project management standards. This position combines project management expertise with technical understanding to drive efficient planning, execution, and tracking of development projects. Joining the Merge Mansion Tech Team, you will focus on facilitating effective communication between teams, implementing data-driven KPIs, and ensuring predictable delivery while maintaining our high-quality standards.

More about Metacore crafts: https://metacoregames.com/our-crafts

Responsibilities

• Facilitating planning, execution, and follow-up of development tech projects
• Driving collaboration and alignment with stakeholders across the organisation, including status reporting
• Supporting different teams and individuals in project management topics, ensuring our initiatives, projects, and tasks communicate on-going work with clarity
• Creating and managing high standards for project management practices, enabling teams to work with minimal overhead
• Ensuring clear tracking of our projects and introducing KPIs integrated into our workflows to enable data-driven improvements in efficiency
• Building a clear understanding of team capacity and velocity, executing effective, predictable long-term planning, ensuring teams have roadmaps

Requirements

• Extensive experience in project management including project management tools and processes
• Previous experience in project management/development methods and software development
• Strong data-driven mindset with experience in tracking and analyzing project metrics
• Excellent written and verbal skills – you are able to understand and communicate with a variety of disciplines and teams
• Creative, innovative and a problem-solving mindset combined with systematic thinking to ensure our practices and solutions are long-term focused
• Quick to learn and understand different ways of working and concepts
• Strong technical background with understanding of development processes and technical requirements
• Deep understanding of project management tools and practices, with a mindset for continuous improvement
• Excellent prioritisation skills, with the ability to identify and focus on the most impactful projects across the organisation

In addition to these, it would be nice but not mandatory for you to have some of these as well:

• Experience working on game projects
• Experience working with Linear project management tool

What We Offer

• Workplace where we aim high, without taking ourselves too seriously
• Autonomy and accountability with support to foster professional development
• Great opportunities to grow with the company
• Work-life balance and strong emphasis on wellbeing
• Approachable leaders with low ego
• Flexible hybrid workplace where people enjoy working at the office

Basics

• Location: Helsinki, Finland
• Relocation: Relocating to Finland expected, full support provided
• Work model: Mix of office and remote work
• Working language: English

Our equal opportunity statement

To entertain hundreds of millions of people for decades, we need diverse teams that understand our diverse audiences. The key to unleash our creativity is a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture of trust where Metacoreans from all walks of life can be themselves. We celebrate our differences and believe they are the strength that drives us forward.

We are committed to offering equal opportunities for all, regardless of background, age, race, color, ethnicity, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation, family status, education, socioeconomic status or any other characteristic. We build and maintain a workplace and industry free of harassment and discrimination.

We also aspire to have DE&I as a fundamental part of our game design process to enable us to create even better and more inclusive games, communities and entertainment.

If you require any support or have specific needs during the application process, please don't hesitate to let us know. We look forward to hearing from you!

Our culture

Our culture is based on trust, psychological safety and wellbeing. At Metacore, autonomy and accountability go firmly hand in hand, and we cultivate a diverse and inclusive workplace where you can be yourself.

We are collaborative and humble, and think “we” before “me”. We enable focus through transparency and ownership. We aim high, and aspire to be nothing less than the best game company in the world to work for.

To create even better games, communities and entertainment, we welcome talent with diverse experiences, who are passionate about their roles and bold in their ambition. 

We have collectively defined our culture and values, and we uphold them together, every day.

Read more about our culture: https://metacoregames.com/culture