Intermediate Producer / Project Manager

We are looking for an Intermediate Producer/Project Manager to join our team in a remote/hybrid position. The successful candidate will have experience in project management, people care, and client relationship building. They will lead software developers, designers, artists, and testers to work on game development projects, manage risks, and provide visibility internally and externally.

Requirements

• Client Care: 4+ years of leadership experience in gaming production, game project management, or consumer-facing software application development for external stakeholders
• Project Management: 4+ years of project management experience, including various development methodologies: Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, Kanban, etc.
• People Care: 4+ years experience supporting and growing medium-sized teams of 5 or more people with a high level of autonomy
• Experience with multiple project management and product management tools for task tracking and documentation: Jira, Confluence, ADO, Excel, Miro, Figma, Trello, etc.
• Has an understanding of cross-discipline workflows and pipelines (art, engineering, design, QA, animation, etc.)
• Has managed scope, resource allocations, financials and has written contracts
• Built and executed processes that keep projects on track, including risk management and dependency tracking
• Has developed recovery strategies when projects fall behind or change direction
• Experience supporting and growing medium-sized teams of 5 or more people with a high level of autonomy
• Experienced with providing mentorship, guidance, and constructive feedback to help team members with career growth in a variety of disciplines
• Has taken a 'people first' mentality when making decisions to support their team's work-life balance
• Fosters open communication, clarity, and cross-discipline collaboration
• Identified team needs early and took proactive steps to resolve interpersonal issues or performance gaps, coming from a place of emotional intelligence and compassion
• Helped create a positive team culture by managing morale, motivating others, and supporting healthy work habits
• Experienced in creating a psychologically safe space for new ideas
• Direct reports and experience leading their annual performance evaluations
• Comfortable contributing to pitches and contract discussions
• Experience managing distributed development with multiple cultures in different timezones
• Education or background in an IT, interactive media, digital art, software testing, game design or software development field

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package that covers Dental Care, Health Care (including out of country coverage), Vision Care, Long Term Disability, Physio, Massage etc.
• Generous leave policies including 4 weeks paid vacation (plus 1 week over the Holiday Season), unlimited sick leave and 2 paid personal days and 1 paid volunteer day
• Parental leave top-up
• Employee and Family Assistance Plan that offer 24/7 free and confidential help with your physical and mental health
• RRSP Matching