Lead Project Manager

Description

SciPlay is a leading developer and publisher of digital games on mobile and web platforms, providing highly entertaining free-to-play games that millions of people play every day.

The Lead Project Manager will play a crucial role in optimizing the game development process, enhancing collaboration, and ensuring the team's efficiency and effectiveness. This role requires proactive leadership, strategic thinking, and a commitment to continuous improvement to drive our projects toward success. Additionally, the Lead Project Manager is responsible for the dotted line management of the development organization’s pod scrum masters and other process owners.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive adoption of tools and best practices for efficient, rapid, and predictable program execution using contemporary tools and practices such as Agile
• Serve as a thought partner to scrum masters, team leaders and other process owners.
• Oversee workflow across all tracks of production development work – anticipating gaps and identifying synergies and dependencies between teams and disciplines
• Provide guidance on prioritization of tasks across teams to avoid or minimize the impact of resource conflicts
• Work with teams to identify and proactively manage development risks and issues that could impact game cost and schedules across each game; ensure solutions are successfully implemented by removing technical and/or organizational roadblocks
• Design and facilitate broad interventions to resolve difficult team or organizational performance issues
• Cultivate a high-performing organization which fosters teamwork and collaboration; lead by example through authentic communication and a solution-oriented approach
• Act as the Subject Matter Expert on Agile and Project Management Methodologies and be able to apply the right methodology to the right team
• Act as the Coach and Teacher for the Agile Roles in the teams
• Identify ways to measure and improve the effectiveness of the teams, their ceremonies and on-going processes
  
  

• 10+ years of project management experience in game product development – from concept development through live support
• Proven record of accomplishment in the management of cross-functional teams in a matrixed organization
• Program Management Professional (PgMP) or Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred
• A passion and strong instincts for connecting strategy to detail and follow-through
• Ability to identify priorities and shift focus between the big picture and details of complex game development projects
• Proactive problem solver and gifted multi-tasker with the ability to drive teams to success
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Hands-on Experience in different Agile and Project Management Methodologies with experience in continuous improvement