Development Director

Created by Monsters. Built for gamers.™

TLM, an Endava company, is a world-class video game company focused on development for some of the biggest games in the industry. Our mission is to break down barriers in the video game industry and make game tech available to all game developers regardless of size.

We are looking for good humans with incredible talent to make great games.

Position Summary: Development Director

We are looking for an experienced Development Director who is passionate about both process and gaming, to provide daily production leadership to the project and its teams.

• 100% Remote position & other cool benefits
• You will work with an international team on AA or AAA games
• You will report to a Senior Development Director on one of our games.
• You will manage project and resource planning, balance scope with capacity, track progress, implement and improve processes, mentor people, and manage risks and mitigation.
• You have experience with content pipelines and feature development.
• You understand the iterative nature of creative processes and how to empower them.
• You have experience working with external vendors.
• You are a force multiplier for the team.

Qualifications:

• Candidates should be accessible either during the core hours of the EST time zone or for at least of 4 hours within those core hours.
• You are passionate about managing creative teams.
• Incredibly high degree of ownership and accountability
• Experienced with different project management methodologies, their use and implementation
• Agile certification or multiple years of experience driving, owning and navigating teams through scoping, planning & delivering iterative, measurable improvements
• You have 3+ years of experience using Jira
• You have 3+ years of experience working in AAA game development, and you have released 1 or more games while seeing them through all phases of the development life cycle.
• Experience managing cross disciplinary / functional teams through different aspects and components of game’s development.
• You have experience managing internal and external teams; you have proven conflict resolution tools in your tool belt.
• You are comfortable talking across all levels of an organization; you always know the status of your team(s) and can visualize that status for any audience.
• You have a strong understanding of the complexities and requirements of game production and how to manage them.

Responsibilities:

• Be a leader. Own and be accountable for every aspect of a project's execution.
• Establish direction & strategy for one or more teams within a project while ensuring alignment with internal & external leadership.
• Monitor & adjust capacity plans for your team(s) to address skill gaps and identify funding needs.
• Be the point of escalation for conflict management and problem solving for your team(s).
• Partner with junior Development Directors to train them and provide mentorship.
• Help Establish and maintain team health standards through team leaders.
• Help Identify and implement process improvement initiatives across a project.
• Anticipate and solve project-wide dependencies between your team(s) and external groups.

*Because our company is international with a variety of first languages among management, please submit an English resume along with your application.

#LI-remote

#LI-JL

#tlmna

#tlmlatam

#tlmcanada

#tlmusa