Job Duties:
Financial & Performance Accountability
• Ensure the project achieves or exceeds financial targets, maintaining profitability and sustainable growth.
• Continuously evaluate performance metrics and adapt strategies to optimize results.
• Present clear, high-quality reports and updates on project progress, roadmap, and key decisions to stakeholders.
Stakeholder & Team Alignment
• Communicate business goals, priorities, and decisions to the team effectively, balancing assertiveness with respect.
• Proactively seek clarity and alignment with executive leadership on objectives and expectations.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration to ensure alignment between business, design, development, and marketing.
• Keep stakeholders informed of any risks, challenges, or issues with a solution-focused approach.
Leadership & Team Development
• Ensure team alignment and engagement, fostering a shared vision and ownership of success.
• Balance team morale and motivation with business needs, providing clear direction and support.
• Exhibit strong emotional intelligence to navigate complex interpersonal dynamics with professionalism and patience.
• Coach and mentor team members through challenges, difficult behaviors, and conflicts, fostering a positive and productive work environment.
• Seek and incorporate feedback constructively to improve leadership effectiveness and project outcomes.
• Take full accountability for project successes and failures, demonstrating resilience and adaptability.
Decision-Making & Problem-Solving
• Make challenging, sometimes unpopular decisions in the best interest of the business, while maintaining team trust and engagement.
• Use data and insights to justify and drive project decisions.
• Stay proactive in identifying potential risks and challenges, ensuring timely resolution and alignment on necessary actions.
Industry Awareness & Continuous Improvement
• Stay informed of industry trends, competitive landscape, and player expectations, applying relevant insights to product decisions.
• Identify opportunities to enhance processes, efficiency, and team structures based on evolving needs and constraints.
• Support peers and seek opportunities to deliver value beyond immediate project responsibilities.
Skill Requirements:
• Proven Experience in Game Production
• Demonstrated success in shipping multiple AA or AAA titles, from concept through launch and into live operations.
• Proven experience working on and successfully shipping console titles on platforms such as Xbox and/or PlayStation, with a strong understanding of the unique development, performance, certification, compliance, and platform
requirements involved.
• Deep understanding of the complexities of large-scale production pipelines, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and publisher/developer relationships across PC and console development.
• Ability to apply lessons learned from past projects to anticipate challenges, mitigate risks, and improve delivery efficiency across multiple platforms.
• Strong credibility with both internal teams and external partners, drawing on a proven track record of delivering high-quality releases across PC and console platforms.
Desirable Skills and Attributes:
- Experience with task management software (Jira).
This is a full-time permanent position, with the requirement to work from our office three days per week. The typical salary range for this position is $100,000 - 125,000 CAD per year and is subject to change. The final agreed upon salary is based on work location and may vary depending on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
This role offers:
- Extended health and dental benefits
- Wellness and health spending accounts
- Retirement savings plan
- 3 weeks of paid vacation and 2 weeks of paid studio shutdown over the December holiday period
- Wonderful colleagues!
If you meet the above qualifications, and Offworld sounds like the kind of company you want to be a part of, please apply now with a copy of your resume.