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Lead Development Manager

England, United Kingdom (On-site)

Lead Development Manager

2 Hours ago • All levels • Game Production • Undisclosed

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Job Description

As Lead Development Manager at Creative Assembly, you'll play a pivotal role in the development of a sequel to Alien: Isolation. Responsibilities include mitigating risks, improving processes, leading production planning, and mentoring a team of producers. You will facilitate communication across disciplines, manage development managers, balance scope and capacity, track progress, and ensure quality standards are met. The role demands excellent project and people management skills, strong problem-solving abilities, and a proactive approach to tackling scope and estimation challenges. You'll be responsible for planning and prioritizing tasks, facilitating communication, optimizing work methods, and handling day-to-day production issues. Staying abreast of industry standards is also crucial.

Must have:

Significant development management experience
Excellent project & people management skills
Strong problem-solving & critical thinking
Team-oriented mindset & positive attitude
Production management software expertise

Good to have:

Experience with fast delivery cycles
Passionate gamer

Perks:

Work from Anywhere (temporary)
Enhanced holiday allowance
Maternity/Paternity benefits
Flexible core hours
Relocation package
Private medical & dental insurance
Life insurance
Health care screening
Generous holiday allowance
Studio closure over Christmas
Season ticket travel loans
Cycle to work scheme
Wellbeing support

Description

Position at Creative Assembly

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

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.

We are located in Horsham, UK in Newcastle, UK and Sofia, Bulgaria.
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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