Middle Project Manager with Game Dev Experience

About the Role

As a Middle Project Manager at Stepico, you will work on short-term Fixed Price projects in the GameDev domain, joining the team to support future and upcoming projects as they start.

Requirements

• 3+ years of relevant experience in project management.
• Hands-on experience managing Fixed Price projects, including scope control, estimations, risk management, and delivery within fixed constraints.
• Experience working with short-term projects and managing multiple projects in parallel.
• Proven experience in the Game Development domain (art production, animation, or full-cycle game development projects).
• Good knowledge of Scope Management and Schedule Management.
• Confidence in people management and team coordination.
• Practical knowledge of different software development methodologies and frameworks (Agile, Scrum, Kanban, etc.).
• Solid experience using different estimation techniques.
• Excellent communication and meeting facilitation skills.
• Upper-Intermediate or higher level of English, both written and spoken.

Will be plus

• Understanding of Art/Animation creation processes;
• PMP or Prince2 Certificate;
• Being a gamer.

Personal Characteristics

• Excellent organizational and time-management skills;
• To be result-oriented (using the Getting Things Done system);
• Good leadership skills;
• Strong conflict resolution skills;
• Being a self-motivated and proactive person is a must.

Main Responsibilities

• Project planning – define, estimate, schedule, and document all the work required to achieve the customer’s goals;
• Project control – manage, monitor, and forecast the project to ensure successful delivery within the given constraints, including project scope, cost, and quality;
• Manage communications with the customer and internal stakeholders, ensure customer’s satisfaction;
• Support the entire software development, drive the team to be result-oriented;
• Drive and support the continuous improvement of the project;
• Risk management;
• Resource management;
• Develop, manage, and keep up to date the project management documentation;
• Tailor traditional and agile tools and methods to suit each unique project.

How will you grow professionally with Stepico

• You will work in the game domain, which has shown its stability in recent years and continues to develop;
• We have both full-cycle development projects and art production;
• You will have the opportunity to participate in building transparent and efficient processes;
• We have minimal bureaucracy, so there is a wide area of influence and implementation of ideas.

What will you get with Stepico

• Competitive salaries are regularly reviewed based on professional growth;
• Flexible working hours and remote working;
• 18 working days of paid time off;
• 5 paid sick leaves (without doctor’s notes);
• Compensation for external conferences/ workshops/ events;
• Full employment;
• Fun corporate events.