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Chief Technology Officer
1 year ago
Job Posting Title
Chief Technology OfficerWhy Big Fish Games?
Big Fish Games is the home of some of the biggest hit mobile casual games including EverMerge, Gummy Drop!, Cooking Craze, Fairway Solitaire, and many more.
- We are curious and constantly seek improvement in all we do because that’s what our business demands
- We operate with good intentions, confidence, and humility
- We welcome diversity of background, thought, and experience
- We listen actively and value each other
- We foster a fun environment that inspires creativity
Overview
Big Fish Games is investing in building a world class game development and publishing business. To do so requires the right mix of talent, creativity, and technology to make it all work. As the Vice President, CTO for Big Fish Games you will be a part of the Big Fish Games senior leadership team, reporting to the President of Big Fish Games, overseeing Platform, Cloud, SDK, Unity and Automation engineering. In this role you will own the strategic decisions related to software investments, engineering practices and development workflow to support our game development and publishing services. You will oversee the effectiveness of our technology resources and modernize our systems. You will be a change agent and a champion for internal, external and player stakeholders. You have demonstrated an intuitive sense of customer focus as well as a passion for nurturing talent and developing and training the next generation of senior leadership within the company. This is a unique and exciting opportunity for a senior software engineering professional to join an innovative and fast-moving games company.What You'll Do
- Talent Management – to build and maintain a world-class engineering organization.
- Project Management – to lead the delivery of large and complex projects across the business units and in partnership with other engineering leaders across the broader Aristocrat organization.
- Priority Management – to articulate the priority of work items across your own teams and in partnerships with other parts of the organization to maintain existing systems as well as deliver new features for players.
- Quality Management – to lead effective design, architecture and code reviews that set a standard for the engineering organization as to developing long-term and flexible solutions.
- Investment Management – to drive ROI in build versus buy decisions and in the technical diligence of 3rd-party partners.
- Strategy Management – to develop a long-term technical strategy that aligns with organizational objectives. You map business goals to appropriate technology investments. Your decisions have bottom-line impact on the business and its competitive position.
What We're Looking For
- A people first leader with a minimum of 12+ years of relevant engineering experience
- 7+ years of experience as a people manager, preferrable leading leaders
- Significant experience within the video game or similar high velocity online industry
- Global Leadership Experience
- Knowledge of latest technological advances that could benefit the organization
- Demonstrated effective communication and change management
- Commercial acumen to deliver results in a fast-paced environment
- Demonstrated ability to coach and influence others
- Excellent organizational skills, including an ability to manage multiple projects to tight deadlines
- High degree of initiative, problem solving, and effective decision-making abilities
Benefits And Beyond
Employees constantly rate Big Fish Games highly for its leadership, flexibility, well-being, diversity and inclusion through quarterly surveys.
FLEX-Forward work environment: Customize the when, where, and how you work while delivering goals
Health & More: Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, Teladoc services, employee assistance program (EAP)
Work-Life: Wellness Friday (half-days), paid time off, parental leave, flexible work policy, studio holiday closure (Enjoy the week between Christmas and New Year!)
Wellbeing: Wellness fairs, weekly virtual workout classes, 24/7 access to mental health and wellbeing support, free therapy and counseling sessions for you and your family
Wealth Care: 401k matching, flexible spending account (FSA), employee discounts, employee stock purchase program
Learn & Grow: LinkedIn Learning subscription, mentorship program, career development, individual development plans, educational assistance on job-related professional development
Community & Fun: Company social events, employee impact groups, company swag, volunteer opportunities
About Big Fish
Building upon our 20-year legacy as a leader in the biggest gaming categories in the world, we are innovating and developing new products within the casual space to add to our extensive portfolio. Big Fish is dedicated to delivering amazing experiences for players to connect, compete and discover play, anywhere and on any device. This means games for broad global audiences in genres that are easy to learn, and difficult to master. Be a part of the team from the start.
Big Fish is part of Pixel United, the free-to-play, mobile-first video games business of Aristocrat Leisure Ltd (ASX: ALL)!
Big Fish Games is an equal opportunity employer. We bring unique talents together to build something special that’s why we welcome and encourage diversity in the workplace regardless of race, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.
Location
Quebec, QC, CAJob family
SoftwareContract Type
RegularTime Type
Full timeCompany
Aristocrat Tech Canada Inc
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