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Business Operations Director
2 years ago
Location: Work from home (UK only) or from our brand-new studio in Cambridge, UK.
Level: Director
About us: Ninja Theory is a five-time Bafta award winning games company based in Cambridge, UK and part of Xbox Game Studios. Our Mission is: To Craft Life-changing Art with Game-changing Tech and we are building the team that will help us fulfil that promise.
Your Role: We are looking for someone with business operations understanding of the games or other creative industry to spearhead the business functions of the studio in an efficient and effective manner. You will:
- Own and strategically drive towards our goal of achieving maximum value from studio budgets.
- Partner with creative and strategic leadership to ensure that business functions drive toward our ambitions whilst managing risk.
- Take responsibility for co-ordinating studio and project legal matters, liaising with both internal and external counsel.
- Report regularly to the studio head and have your finger on the pulse of studio’s business position.
- Take the lead on business development across creative and development partnerships.
- Manage relationships with inter-company partners, across finance, legal and business development.
Requirements
Your Skill: You will be results driven with a meticulous eye for detail. As part of Ninja Theory’s Director group, you will be good at building and maintaining rapport across the studio. You will demonstrate a dynamic and proactive approach to business analytics and be a creative problem solver.
Your Experience:
- Experience in a similar role, ideally in a creative industry.
- A strong history of directing effective and efficient business operations.
- Have played a fundamental role achieving the ambitions of several products.
Our Values: Greatness through Excellence, Teamwork & Integrity.
We offer great pay, wide-ranging benefits and flexible working arrangements so you can focus on what matters. For those based in the studio, we offer complimentary catered lunch from our on-site pub, The Bird or Worm? We avoid hierarchy, egos and crunch, preferring trust, talent and experience to see us through. You will be part of an inclusive group of ninjas who know what it takes to succeed, and who will encourage and support you to do the same.
Our Process: We are an equal opportunity employer. Equality, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) is a crucial and permanent part of our business strategy. To help us ensure a fully equal, diverse and inclusive working environment, we carry out anonymised screening. Our anonymised screening automatically obscures your personal information from your application and encourages a more inclusive hiring process by mitigating unconscious bias from the start.
Where possible, we kindly ask that you submit anonymised reels/portfolios to support our ED&I commitments.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a BAFTA Award winning studio in the Xbox Game Studios Group and be part of pushing the boundaries of interactive entertainment.
Please note, this advert closes on Sunday 10th October 2021.
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