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Senior Release Manager
4 months ago
Day in the life of a Senior Release Manager:
As our Senior Release Manager here at Sumo Leamington, you’ll lead the way in preparing and delivering builds across an array of platforms including console, PC, handheld, and mobile. You'll craft release schedules, ensuring smooth communication with stakeholders, documenting project status, and collaborating closely with key project figures to meet Release Acceptance Criteria. As the primary link between our studio and 1st party partners, you'll oversee submission and release matters, tracking schedule changes and driving adherence to internal timelines. Your expertise in submission processes and platform requirements will be crucial in ensuring timely releases while continually refining and improving our Release Management Processes. Hosting weekly release planning meetings, you'll also be at the forefront of fostering excellence in our delivery processes.
Please note, this role can be done remotely within the UK.
What you need to do this job:
• Proven experience submitting titles & content updates.
• Experience with Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony, PC/Steam, PC/Epic Game Store release and submission processes.
• Experience with App Store and Google Play submissions processes a plus.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Proven understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle.
• Ability to manage multiple projects under tight deadlines.
• Previous experience in QA a plus.
• Previous experience in Build Engineering (branches, streams, merges, tagging, archiving, etc.) a strong plus.
• Proven version control (Perforce, Git, etc.) and configuration management experience.
• A proven and high degree of accountability.
The Interview Process:
At Sumo Leamington, we want a holistic and engaging interview process that allows us to get to know you, your skills and your potential. For this role, we have a 3 stage interview process:
1st Stage: One hour with 2 of our Technical Directors. This is a chance for us to discuss technical aspects of the role. Here we will talk with you about your experience and ask some competency based questions.
2nd Stage: One hour with our Lead Producer and Lead QA. This is a chance to find out more about the role, culture of the studio and for further discussions around experience.
3rd Stage: One hour with our Studio Director and Development Director. Here we will talk about your experience, our expectations for the role and talk about what it's like to work at Sumo Leamington.
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