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Senior Release Operations Engineer

At NaturalMotion, we make games that WOW people. We innovate to create experiences that previously were impossible and that would not exist without us. We take pride in making titles that reach a large audience and in creating communities that last.

For 3 years running NaturalMotion Studios were named one of the Best Places to Work in the UK games industry by gamesindustry.biz!

We are looking for new talent to join our Release Operations team. Your main responsibility will be to manage the release of Zynga's games to our players around the world. You will be part of a global group working with multiple projects and teams reporting to the Manager, Release Operations.

Main responsibilities:

• Manage the releases of Zynga's global game catalogue to our users via the different publishing platform development portals.
• Build and maintain relationships with product teams to ensure smooth delivery of graphical assets, metadata and builds to publishing partner store fronts
• Use custom tools and services that automate, facilitate and improve the distribution of products to various platform storefronts
• Drive submission and release best practices with game teams by identifying areas of improvement and rolling out new processes
• Provide clear and concise information to stakeholders and the leadership team to reduce risks for app releases
• Work closely with the other members of the release team in Zynga across North America, India, and the UK

Examples of tasks include

• Conduct professional written and verbal communication with key stakeholders with a service-minded approach
• Maintain a historical archive of submitted data using GitHub
• Troubleshoot and resolve build and submission issues and failures
• Understand the risks present in any planned submission and release
• Identify platform changes that may affect the business and highlight risks as needed
• Review and document retrospectives of submissions to improve and streamline the process
• Managing provisioning profiles, app signing and development certificates
• Provide additional assistance for other Release Operations tasks such as documentation, submissions and the administration of the publishing partner development portals

Experience:

• Excellent communication skills; ability to collaborate and build relationships with multi-functional, multi-regional teams is essential
• Excellent organisational and time management skills; ability to prioritise workload effectively and in line with business needs
• Strong team player; ability to work with a team spread across different locations
• Proven ability to work independently and create informative documentation
• Proven ability to learn new skills quickly, work efficiently and keep a cool head at busy times
• Ability to read and edit existing Json scripts
• Experience with JIRA/Confluence or similar
• Understanding of app/game development life-cycles
• Mobile & non-mobile platform submissions & releases
• Ability to create clear and concise JIRA workflows
• Good understanding of mobile & non-mobile ecosystems
• Prior use and knowledge of mobile & non-mobile developer portals
• Source control experience; GitHub, Perforce
• Working with Agile methodologies

What Do We Offer?

• Competitive salary, discretionary annual bonus scheme and Zynga stock allowance
• Contributory pension scheme
• 25 days holiday, plus public holidays and Christmas shutdown
• Private medical care and healthcare cash plan
• Life insurance and critical illness insurance
• Discounted gym membership and free weekly yoga and exercise classes
• Flexible working hours
• Free fruit, snacks & soft drinks provided daily, as well as free lunch on Fridays
• Annual season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme
• Summer and Christmas parties and Happy Hour every Friday

NaturalMotion is an equal opportunity employer. We are proud of our broad community; we do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, disability, or any other class or characteristic protected by applicable law. We welcome job-seekers, players, employees, and partners from all backgrounds. Join us!

NaturalMotion is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need an accommodation during the interview process, please let us know.