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Group Manager

Description

Playtika is a leader of innovation and excellence in interactive entertainment. From humble beginnings as a startup in 2010, and with cheetah-like instincts, we’ve grown to become an industry leader with more than 9 million daily and 31 million monthly active users across our portfolio of games.

At Playtika, we are on a mission to continue creating infinite ways to play. We remain committed to pushing the boundaries of what's possible. We leverage our talent and the latest technology to create even more immersive and engaging experiences for our players, delighting them with our award-winning and category-leading games.

We offer a space where people from all walks of life can come together, share their experiences, and build lasting connections. Playtika has more than 3,500 employees worldwide, headquartered in Herzliya, Israel with sites in: Ramat Gan, Berlin, Vienna, Helsinki, Chicago, Las Vegas, Newport Beach, Sydney, Bucharest, Warsaw, Kyiv, Minsk, Dnipro and Vinnytsia.

Ready to bring infinite ways to play into people’s lives? We want you, come join us!

Group Manager leads a group of scrum teams. Directly manages Team leads. Creates an environment that encourages and supports business-oriented productiveness and technology excellence. Involved in the professional activity and invests in developing the team: directs, educates, brings ideas about process improvements and specialisation.

Responsibilities

Project management:

• Leads game development projects within the Group;
• Cooperates closely with Product Managers to assure development focus and target delivery;
• Ensures proper risk management;
• Improves the achievements of his group;
• Manages and prioritises the team’s tasks, while balancing business thinking with the team’s needs.

People management:

• Defines challenging goals for himself and his group;
• Helps his/her employees in getting the best out of themselves. Encourages the autonomy and independence of the employees;
• Runs performance management and performance improvement processes within the group;
• Is Involved in the professional activity and invests in developing the team: Directs, educates, brings about process improvements and specialisation;
• Takes full accountability for the continuous improvement of his group;
• Committed and accountable for the professional development of his group members;
• Coaches and supports his employees;
• Invests in team building and motivation within the group;
• Help the team to identify and resolve risks and impediments, resolve bottlenecks and conflicts.

Process:

• Lead continuous improvement in process and engineering practices on the company level;
• Encourages “best-practice” sharing through the participation and promotion of meetings, newsletters, knowledge sharing programs, and all other initiatives.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in managing development teams;
• Result-driven;
• Open-mindedness to changes within a dynamic environment;
• Experience working with SCRUM and Kanban methodology;
• Managerial skills;
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, highly motivated, assertive;
• Ability to perform under pressure and changing priorities;
• Working with reporting systems: (e.g. Jira);
• Conflict management and resolution skills;
• Good English, ability to communicate fluently.

Advantage:

• Development background
• Managing development teams in gaming area;
• Managing big scale projects with many different stakeholders.

Key skills for the role

• Strong analytical skills;
• Visioning;
• Communication skills.

What does it mean to work at Playtika?

• You’ll join a team of leaders in the field, and enjoy amazing benefits, some are listed below:
• A competitive salary and performance-based bonuses;
• Hybrid working mode: Two days from our office, located in the heart of Warsaw (Browary Warszawskie), and three days from anywhere, per week
• All you can eat! Breakfast, lunches, desserts, snacks and much more in our Playtika-only cafeteria
• Access to PlaytiCafe where all of your coffee (and other refreshments) dreams come true;
• Six “Power Up” long weekends for all, and additional day off for your birthday month;
• Private medical healthcare and three additional sick leave days;
• A wellness program in the office: yoga classes, massage chairs and zerobody room;
• Gaming room with a variety of activities;
• Flexible working hours and monthly happy hours;
• Work permit assistance for employees;
• Corporate celebrations, team buildings, and fun activities.

Come play with us!

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