Lead Development Manager
Job Summary
Job Description
The Lead Development Manager will oversee production planning, risk mitigation, and process improvement for the sequel to Alien: Isolation. Responsibilities include facilitating communication across development teams, managing other Development Managers, balancing scope and capacity, tracking progress, and implementing improved processes. The role requires strong project and people management skills, critical thinking, problem-solving abilities, and excellent communication. The successful candidate will proactively address scope and estimation challenges, optimize work methods, and ensure the team adheres to industry standards and quality.
Must have:
- Significant development management experience (multiple launched titles)
- Excellent project & people management skills
- Strong critical thinking & problem-solving
- Excellent communication skills
- Knowledge of production management software
Good to have:
- Experience with fast delivery cycles
- Passionate gamer
Perks:
- Work from Anywhere (temporary)
- Enhanced holiday allowance
- Relocation package
- Private medical & dental insurance
- Life insurance
- Hybrid working
2 skills required
Job Details
Description
We have an incredible opportunity on our Survival Team, to be part of something extraordinary with our new project, a sequel to Alien: Isolation, and a dream position for the right candidate. As Lead Development Manager, you will focus on mitigating risks and improving processes, while leading production planning and team efforts. You will inspire, mentor, and support a stellar team of producers on their goal of creating unforgettable thrilling and immersive experiences players will love.
We’re looking to add an experienced Lead Development Manager to facilitate communication and support our development teams. You will work with cross-discipline Leads and manage other Development Managers to balance scope vs capacity, track progress, implement and improve processes, help with people management, and mitigate risks while upholding and maintaining a quality bar.
This role is based in the UK and would require successful candidates to be able to relocate to the country of employment.
Key Responsibilities
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 our teams and assigned key processes
- Plan and consistently deliver against project schedules, identify production risks or constraints, and troubleshoot dependency problems
- Challenge teams to proactively deal with scope and estimation problems
- Plan and prioritise tasks that are clearly communicated to the teams you are responsible for
- Facilitate communication between the project teams, leads and other producers
- Actively optimize and improve work methods and best practices to drive team efficiency
- Handle day-to-day production issues and improve work methods and best practices 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.
Knowledge, Skill and Experience
Essential
Essential
- Significant experience in development management (multiple launched titles &
development on console) - Excellent project and people management skills
- Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Positive attitude with a team-oriented mindset
- Excellent knowledge of production management software tools
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Desirable
- Experience with fast delivery cycles and always playable software
- 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.
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 in Newcastle, 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:
- Work from Anywhere for a temporary period each year (restrictions apply such as VISAs)
- Enhanced holiday allowance, maternity and paternity breaks, flexibility with our core hours, and no-notice holidays
- Bespoke relocation package for you and your dependents
- Private medical and dental insurance, life insurance, permanent health insurance, critical illness cover and free health care screening
- Generous holiday allowance plus full studio closure over the Christmas and New Year period, and all Bank holidays
- Join our Diversity and Inclusion Network – an employee-led group
- Season ticket travel loans and cycle to work scheme with free bike servicing and discounted car valet service on site
- Wellbeing support and virtual confidential counselling
- Community activities including parties, football and more.
- Our studio sites have disabled access.
- Hybrid working
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.
Note to Recruitment Agencies: SEGA Europe Limited and our studios do not accept unsolicited candidate introductions from unauthorised third parties. For the avoidance of doubt, SEGA Europe is not liable for any fees, compensation or any other costs associated with the introduction of a candidate or recruitment services unless and until an agreement has been duly executed. Further details can be found here.
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Creative Assembly is one of Europe's leading games development studios, founded in 1987 and located in West Sussex, UK, Newcastle, UK and Sofia, Bulgaria.
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