Player Engagement Operations Manager

3 Months ago • 2 Years + • Operations

Job Summary

Job Description

As the Player Engagement - Operations Manager, you will lead multiple projects, ensuring client satisfaction and operational profitability. Responsibilities include managing project timelines and budgets, collaborating with the Business Development team, overseeing client communication, implementing quality control, defining workflows, and preparing financial reports. You will mentor team leads and agents, addressing project and HR issues. A strong analytical approach, including identifying and correcting errors, and improving processes is essential. The ideal candidate possesses strong leadership, communication, and client relationship skills with at least 2 years of experience in project or client support management within the video game or customer support industry. Experience launching a support project/operation is required.
Must have:
  • Project Management experience
  • Client relationship management
  • Leadership and team management
  • Analytical skills
  • Excellent communication (written & verbal)
  • Experience launching support projects
Good to have:
  • Game industry experience
  • Formal Project Management training (PMP)
  • Experience with Zendesk or Helpshift
Perks:
  • Paid Time Offs
  • Non-taxable Allowances
  • HMO and Life Insurance
  • Annual Wellness Subsidy
  • Annual Corporate Bonus

Job Details

Description

By providing your information in this application, you understand that we will collect and process your information in accordance with our Applicant Privacy Notice. For more information, please see our Applicant Privacy Notice at https://www.keywordsstudios.com/en/applicant-privacy-notice.

Since 1998, we've been on a mission to reshape how players interact with their favorite games, growing into a global team of over 12,000 professionals spread across 70+ studios in 26 countries. 

We are always there to lend a hand to video games developers and publishers by offering a wide range of solutions: from art and audio to testing, localization and finally - Player Engagement - which is one of the fastest-growing Service Lines at Keywords Studios.  Player Engagement provides technical support, community management, and trust & safety services for a wide range of AAA and Indie studios in the gaming industry. 

Join us in our mission to build engaging player communities and offer outstanding experiences! 🎮🔥

Role overview

As the Operations Manager, you'll lead multiple projects towards success. Your leadership skills will be the driving force behind the projects' accomplishments, making a lasting impact on our organization's goals.

With a keen eye on project tracking and budget management, you will drive operational profitability, ensuring timely and accurate billing for all projects. Your proactive approach will help you successfully manage changes in project scope, spot potential risks, and craft strategic contingency plans, guaranteeing successful project outcomes with ease. 🚀📈

What are we looking for? Our Operations Manager has a knack for the following skills:

Leadership:

  • Manage assigned projects comprehensively, ensuring client expectations are met and processes adjusted as necessary.
  • Collaborate with the Business Development Management Team to assess new project scope, provide expert advice to clients, and agree on processes and timelines.
  • Maintain performance records of Team Leads and agents, offering continuous feedback and mentorship.
  • Coordinate schedules with Team Leads and facilities for optimal project execution.
  • Interact daily with clients, overseeing project-related communication and strategies.
  • Implement quality control procedures across projects.
  • Define workflow and responsibilities among project team members.
  • Ensure project financial success, delivering accurate reports and invoices to clients on time.
  • Timely address and resolve project or HR issues, escalating them if necessary.

Analytics:

  • A keen eye for errors/inconsistencies in both their own and others' contributions, highlighting or amending these as appropriate.
  • Ability to prepare, interpret, and effectively utilize management information reports.
  • Play a pivotal role in designing, enhancing processes, methodologies, and tools, while maintaining thorough documentation.

Communication:

  • Provide comprehensive briefings to Team Leads and agents, ensuring alignment with project strategy and client expectations.
  • Interact daily with clients, overseeing project-related communication and strategies.
  • Timely address and resolve project or HR issues, escalating them if necessary.

Business:

  • Awareness of the bigger picture, considering the project, client, company, and team when making decisions.
  • Ability to work effectively and decisively under pressure, handling multiple projects and multiple project types concurrently.
  • Ability to prepare and control a work schedule and deliver to budget, on margin, and experience with financial aspects of a project.
  • Ability to prioritize tasks, analyze problems, recommend and implement effective solutions.

Requirements

You'd be a great fit for this role if you have:

  • Minimum 2 years of experience in Project Management, or Client support management in the Video Games, Customer support or related industry.
  • Experience leading the launch of a support project / operation.
  • Strong client relationship management and negotiation skills
  • Leadership skills, capable of rallying teams to achieve common goals together and inspire success in others
  • A keen eye for errors/inconsistencies in both their own and others contribution, highlighting or amending these as appropriate
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English

Nice-to-haves:

  • Game industry experience
  • Formal Project Management techniques or training such as PMP
  • Experience with Zendesk or Helpshift or other major customer support tools

Benefits

What do we offer?

Keywords Studios is dedicated to following a well-established Equal Opportunities Policy. We endeavor to create a workplace which provides equal opportunities for all employees and potential employees.

Benefits:

  • Paid Time Offs
  • Non-taxable Allowances
  • HMO and Life Insurance
  • Annual Wellness Subsidy
  • Annual Corporate Bonus

Phases of the recruitment journey:

  • You send us your application with your updated resume.
  • After reviewing your candidacy, if you are selected, we invite you to an online initial interview with one of our Talent Acquisition Specialists to discuss your qualifications, professional background, and why you are interested in the role. It's a chance for us to get to know you better.
  • If the team believes you’d be a good fit for the role, you will be invited for a second interview, this time joined by either the Service Line Director, or a Senior Operations Manager, to discuss further about the role and alignment with our organization's values and culture.
  • At the end of our journey - hopefully you will receive an offer and become our new Keywordian!

 

Please be mindful that this role may take extra calls with other team members, depending on seniority, specificity and location for due diligence.

Our recruitment process is fully online and remote. We value each application and review every candidate individually. Our recruitment team will get back to you as soon as they can to inform you about the status of your candidacy. If you're interested in joining our team, we highly encourage you to apply.

That would be it from us - now we are waiting for your move!

#imaginemore

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Role Information: EN

Studio: KWM

Location: APAC, Philippines, Pasig

Area of Work: Player Engagement

Service: Engage

Employment Type: Full-time

Working Pattern: Hybrid

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