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R&D Director - Relocation to Warsaw

Description

Playtika Holding Corp is a leading mobile gaming company and monetization platform with over 35 million monthly active users across a portfolio of games titles. Founded in 2010, Playtika was among the first to offer free-to-play social games on social networks and, shortly after, on mobile platforms. Headquartered in Herzliya, Israel, and guided by a mission to entertain the world through infinite ways to play, Playtika has over 3,700 employees in 19 offices worldwide including Tel-Aviv, London, Berlin, Vienna, Helsinki, Montreal, Chicago, Las Vegas, Santa Monica, Newport Beach, Sydney, Kyiv, Bucharest, Minsk, Dnepr, and Vinnytsia.

Playtika is looking for an R&D Director with relocation to Warsaw!

We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Senior Director to lead multiple product lines. This is an opportunity to be a key member of the division’s executive team and play a critical role in structuring the roadmap and building strategy for one of Playtika’s leading mobile games and lead future innovation and changes. Our global R&D unit is spread across multiple locations.

Responsibilities

• Lead 2-4 Developer Groups (each group 3-5 teams of around 10 professionals)
• Take full responsibility for your product area's technical domain – architecture, integrations, technical governance, methodologies, and best practices
• Have full ownership over the delivery of multiple, development projects (through whole SDLC) from design through release and ongoing production support
• Ensure issues and risks are identified and managed early and keep high-quality standards
• Effectively manage 3rd party dependencies to reach the project target
• Closely collaborate with the Product team to influence strategy, build a long-term roadmap and a short-term execution plan
• Research and initiate new technologies to improve scale, performance, automation and enable product improvements
• Take care of people management activities, including managers coaching, team building, workforce planning, hiring, and training

Requirements

• Experience in leading managers in large R&D groups of highly skilled developers & testers (5+ years, 50+ people)
• Strong leadership skills that include recruiting, building, coaching, providing guidance, and inspiring teams
• Working in a multicultural, global environment
• Solid technical skills and ability to understand microservices architecture, high-scale solutions, CI/CD (10+ years of development experience)
• Proven Experience in applying Agile/Scrum development practices
• Experience in leading and managing the delivery of large software development projects, while meeting key milestones and resolving bottlenecks - both technical and structural
• Experience in the Mobile app development/gaming industry is a huge advantage
• Ability to oversee technical coordination while promoting collaboration to resolve dependencies and slowdowns
• Hands-on approach with the ability to see the big picture whilst being knowledgeable with the product details
• Experience creating and monitoring annual R&D budget plans
• Have a customer-centered approach and results-driven mindset
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment and a can-do attitude
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with various levels in the truly global organization
• Not to forget to have fun in the process

We offer:

• An exciting and challenging job and talented guys around
• Comfortable lounge style office
• Professional Trainings
• Substantial bonuses
• Salary review once a year
• Corporate English lessons
• Partial payment of sports
• 26-calendar days paid vacation
• Medical insurance

Come play with us!