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PMO Coordinator
11 months ago
About Splash Damage
We believe that games play better with friends. For more than 20 years, we’ve been creating team-based multiplayer experiences that have entertained tens of millions of players all over the world and forged countless new friendships along the way.
Our studio culture is rooted in our open, friendly, and collaborative environment. Our games are made by people from all over the world, from our entry-level Fresh Talent hires to industry veterans, and we believe that fostering that diverse culture is the best way to build both our games and our studio. We have won numerous awards, including a ‘World-Class’ accreditation by Best Companies and being named one of the UK’s 100 Best Large Companies to work for.
Our offices are based in Bromley, UK, and our teams have access to working patterns that work for them.
Benefits
We offer a comprehensive benefits package for you and your family, including:
- On-site and Hybrid working patterns help us spend the right amount of time together
- Substantial performance-related pay system on top of your basic compensation, along with enhanced pension contributions and our life assurance scheme
- Bespoke VISA and relocation packages for you and your family, with support from our team throughout the whole process
- 25 days of holiday and 8 Bank Holidays a year, plus our annual studio closure between Christmas and New Year’s
- Private Medical and Dental Cover for you and your family, along with a 24/7 digital GP service
- Extensive Mental Health support, with Line Manager Mental Health training, a group of Mental Health First-Aiders, and on-site or remote counselling
- Our bespoke Learning and Development course framework to help you grow as an employee, manager, and leader
- Industry-leading fully paid 30 weeks maternity leave & 10 weeks paternity leave
The Role
As a PMO Coordinator, you will be joining our Project Management Office (PMO) and be responsible for supporting our department in a variety of administrative and project management-related tasks.
You will be assisting the studio development director in planning, coordinating, and driving activities between our PMO, Project teams, Studio Leadership to ensure smooth rollout and improvement of studio initiatives.
This is a great opportunity for someone looking to start a career in game development management.
Responsibilities
Department Support:
- Maintenance of PMO initiatives scrum board.
- Maintenance of the central studio confluence site as a wiki for central studio processes and PMO documentation.
- Maintenance of both our Milestone and Stage Gate delivery calendars.
- Assist the studio development director in co-ordination of studio initiatives
Project Support:
- Coordination of each project’s Milestone Submission, Review, and Assessment (checkpoints within a Development Phase).
- Assist in the organisation of each project’s Stage Gate Delivery, Review, and Assessment (greenlight junctures to the next Development Phase).
- Maintain an action tracker and report regular status updates for every milestone and stage gate against our studio projects.
Oversee and maintain our submission repositories to ensure artefacts are tracked, provided, and secured.
Essential Skills and Experience
- Keen interest in the games industry.
- Excellent excel skills with demonstrable ability in Microsoft project
- Capable of establishing rapport effectively across the organisation at all levels.
- Interpersonal team player, as well as the ability to work independently.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Solid planning, organisation, and coordination skills.
- Being detail and deadline-orientated.
- Strong research and follow-through ability.
- Demonstrate knowledge of project management tools such as Atlassian’s Jira.
- Proficiency in Microsoft applications.
Splash Damage is an equal opportunity employer. We believe our teams create better work when they have a range of perspectives to draw from, and we are committed to creating an inclusive working environment that celebrates diversity.
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