R&D Group Manager

Description

Playtika (NASDAQ: PLTK) is a mobile gaming entertainment and technology market leader with a portfolio of multiple game 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 offices worldwide and over 4,000 employees.

We are successfully applying our intuitive understanding of what players want. That's why we have over 35 million players.

As a digital entertainment powerhouse, Playtika processes more than 9TB of data daily. Our games are continuously evolving journeys, personalized to deliver new challenges and surprising thrills, at every twist and every turn.

At Playtika we don’t just build games, we bring them to life!

We are looking for a talented Group Manager to join Bucharest R&D Center and to be a part of our success story.

Responsibilities

Project management:

• Leads development projects within the Group
• Cooperates closely with Product Owners to assure development focus and target delivery; co- develops product roadmaps
• Encourages “best-practice” sharing through the participation and promotion of meetings, newsletters, knowledge sharing programs and all other initiatives
• Ensures proper risk management
• Improves the achievements of his group
• Promotes a culture of quality (zero defects approach) in his teams
• Manages and prioritizes 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 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 specialization
• 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
• Support and empower team growth in becoming a Scrum self-organized team, capable of execution according to plan and meeting commitments
• Continuously work with group efficiency
• Ensure that scrum is methodology is working in the team’s department collaboration
• Effective collaboration with other groups and departments

Technology leadership:

• Facilitate product technology innovation and improvement of Engineering practices
• Passion for best practices, re-use, knowledge sharing
• Promote a culture of a quality in all teams

Requirements

• 5+ years’ experience in managing teams
• 5+ years as experience as a server or client-side developer
• Good understanding of SCRUM methodology
• Experience of Driving scrum in teams
• Experience of work in matrix organizations
• Result driven
• Open mindedness to changes within a dynamic environment
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, highly motivated, assertive
• Ability to perform under pressure and changing priorities
• Conflict management and resolution skills
• Good English, ability to communicate fluently

Benefits:

• Quarterly & Performance Bonus
• Daily Breakfast
• Fresh Fruits, Yogurts, Ice-cream, Snacks, Drinks, Coffee etc.
• Meal Vouchers
• Holiday Vouchers
• Long Weekends
• 1 Day Off for your birthday
• Private Medical Subscription
• Private Dental Subscription
• Private Pension
• Budget for Wellness and Personal Development
• Wellbeing Plan
• Birthday Gift
• Bonus & Gift Cards for special events (Easter, 1st of June, 8th of March, Christmas)
• Transport Settlement
• Parking Facilities
• Exciting company events
• Games: pool table, ping-pong, fussball, air hockey etc.
• Central Location: Timpuri Noi

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Come play with us! :)

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