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VP, Project Management

At Arkadium our purpose is to have fun while creating fun - and that’s exactly what we’ve been doing for 20 years.

We’re the creators behind the world’s most-played games. From the Solitaire that came on your Windows machine, to hundreds of other games you’ve come to know and love - you can find our games on Arkadium.com, iOS, Android, and lots of other big sites worldwide.

As a proud Evergreen business our values of Fierce Drive, Positive Energy and Living Full Lives are the driving force behind how we run and the choices we make.

We’re privately held (aka stable and reasonable about growth), founder-led (aka passionate about our craft) and we consistently rank as a “Best Place to Work” (aka not your typical games company).

Overview

Arkadium is seeking a collaborative and solutions-oriented VP, Project Management to lead our team. This is an exciting opportunity to manage high impact projects, report to our CEO and drive our strategic initiatives forward. If you are passionate about mobilizing teams in order to hit milestones and thrive on collaboration, then we would love to hear from you!

Responsibilities:

• Directly manage a medium sized team of project managers and game producers, coaching, encouraging and inspiring their growth and abilities
• Facilitate communication between product teams, product owners and stakeholders
• Plan and consistently deliver against project schedules, communicate milestones, identify production risks or constraints, and troubleshoot dependencies
• Deliver project status updates with key metrics to the company's management team regularly
• Actively optimize and improve software production processes by introducing best practices and tools to drive teams’ efficiency
• Stay aware of industry standards, both in terms of methodology and quality
• Work closely with management and our SVP, People Innovation to resource plan multiple quarters in advance
• Facilitate discussion of project milestones between the development team, Product Owner and key stakeholders
• Track the development speed against Product roadmaps to ensure that team is hitting the target milestones
• Cultivate relationships with key partners at the organization to enable efficient development and coordination of projects

Requirements

• 8+ years of project/team management in creative, tech or games
• 3+ years management experience
• Exceptional, off the charts communication skills - clear, concise, positive
• Fun to work with, energetic, trustworthy and inspiring
• Deep knowledge of Agile/Scrum, Kanban and ability to apply it
• Experience with task trackers, enterprise-level software management tools - ADO experience a plus
• Experience working in an internationally distributed multicultural company
• Ability to organize thoughts and deliver them both verbally and in writing in a way that is understandable both to technical and non-technical audiences
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and work with others in pursuit of a common goal
• Solutions oriented leader with a track record of inspiring teams towards success
• Candidates for this role must have received or be willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccination (and be considered fully vaccinated) by date of hire to be considered. Proof of vaccination is required.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation with structured performance and career development check-ins
• Annual employee profit sharing program (because we're all it in together)
• Meaningful health insurance with subsidized medical, dental & vision plans (some covered at 95%!) starting on Day 1
• Personal development budget to fuel your passions and desire to learn (Arkadians are taking classes in not only Excel and leadership, but also interior design and even swimming!)
• Time off from Christmas Eve through New Year's Day to enjoy the holidays
• A unique culture of open, true teamwork and fun

WE'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED!

• Business Intelligence Best Workplace – 2020, 2021
• Great Place to Work Certified – 2019, 2020
• Inc Magazine's Best Workplace – 2016, 2017, 2019
• Forbes Small Giants – 2019