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Technical Program Manager

At Improbable, we believe that the next revolution in entertainment and society will come from massive virtual worlds. They will create new economies and opportunities globally, changing not just how we play, but how we work and relate to each other. That’s why we’ve made it our mission to build the next generation of technologies for online multi-user games and simulations.

At Improbable, you are surrounded by people who want to improve everything and everyone around them, and who compel you to improve yourself. We’re motivated by the fulfilment of solving hard problems to achieve something profound and transformative.

Program Management lives within the Improbable Engineering Operations function, sitting cross-functionally across our engineering, marketing and customer-facing teams in the Games Business Unit.

It’s our responsibility to empower teams to support the delivery of multiple projects and to help teams anticipate and mitigate risks, track and communicate timelines to the wider business and Executive leadership, while continuously evolving teams’ roadmaps to align with the company-wide strategy.

As a Technical Program Manager in the Games Tech Unit, you will be accountable for the and alignment of our tech integration projects with globally distributed partner studios, devising strategies and tactics aimed at expanding and maximising the success of our portfolio of projects built on our gaming platform.

Working across our Networking and Operations product lines, you are responsible for the direction and delivery of 20+ cross-functional integration teams build tech to provide better ways to make multiplayer games, managing strategic direction, executive reporting and budgeting across all.

As you engineer, battle-test and iterate on groundbreaking technologies, you will also work with product and marketing to package up our solutions into global market releases for prospective customers.

We’d like to hear from you if you identify with the following:

• Ability to manage resource planning for the program, in terms of budgeting and driving sustainable efficiencies
• Experience facilitating and leading continual planning processes in a technically and commercially complex and exciting environment
• Proven experience in achieving goals and hitting deadlines, based on company-wide objectives, regardless of the obstacles
• An ability to facilitate, catalyse and lead organisational change and transformation, drawing on change management, organisation culture, organisation development and systems thinking
• A deep understanding of Program Management Lean / Agile frameworks and principles, at the level of the principles and values, enabling appropriate application as well as innovation
• A strong ability to understand complex systems, relentlessly managing the technical and business risk landscape, anticipating and mitigating emerging issues
• A high level of emotional intelligence, excellent communication skills, ability to listen with empathy and enable people to act by increasing insight
• You’re excited to be part of the vibrant Program Community at Improbable, challenging and improving processes to increase the effectiveness of a team or division

While we think the above experience could be important, we can’t predict the future and so we’re keen to hear from applicants that believe they have valuable experience. If you identify with the team & mission, but not all of the suggestions, then please still apply!

The best ideas are often the least expected and require new ways of thinking; that’s why our teams at Improbable are made up of an incredible range of talented people. Improbable is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, colour, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any other legally protected status.