Project Manager, PlayStation
Contract
$53.71 - $80.53 USD
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
Open for applications
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$53.71 - $80.53 USD
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a gaming experience without barriers that fits the needs of players of all abilities.
Role
Who you are
- Insomniac is looking for a Project Manager
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
- Working knowledge of bug tracking database(s) is required- DevTrack, TFS, Jira or other industry standard
- Working knowledge of version control software
- Perforce is preferred
What the job involves
- In this role you will be responsible for anticipating production challenges and proactively drives solutions that enable teams to realize ideas without compromising quality or well-being
- The project manager regularly anticipates, forms a plan of action, and achieves buy-in with teammates
- A project manager's primary focus is to provide effective planning and structure - create, modify, and maintain assigned content schedules as a member of team leadership
- Drives production structure, process, and efficiency in overall game development
- Anticipates and proactively solves problems both independently and collaboratively
- Creates, modifies, and maintains schedules for assigned content or teams in partnership with assigned Leads. This includes:
- Establishes and tracks status of milestone goals
- Develops strategy with assigned Leads to ensure all deadlines are met in relation to project objectives and scope
- Ensures proper logging and tracking of assigned content in bug tracking database
- Maintains a constant awareness of game content status and quality levels through regular play sessions
- Anticipates scheduling overruns through effective analysis and presentation of measurable data. Initiates action to resolve scheduling issues and collaborates on workable solutions
- Proactively ensures project updates and changes are communicated to the development team
- Unblocks team members from dependencies of scheduled tasks and facilitates communication between team members
- Assists Senior Project Managers and Project Director in the creation of milestone deliverable documentation, collaborating with craft Leads to coordinate goals across diverse disciplines
- Contributes to the implementation of new or refined production methods
- Develops collaborative relationships across all peers and departments
- Regularly achieves and demonstrates Insomniac’s cultural leadership values
- Other duties may be assigned
Our take
Since the release of the PS1 in 1994, PlayStation has been a consistent leader in the video gaming market. Its consoles are iconic in the gaming community - Playstation has produced both the top-selling and fastest-selling console of all time - and the company is still pushing boundaries. Its current flagship - the PS5 - promises to revolutionize gaming, featuring new technology that will create improvements across the board.
As well as its consoles, PlayStation has also developed online services, connecting its users and giving them access to diversified media. A PlayStation can be used for a huge range of activities - from Netflix to guided workouts - which has led to the expansion of the company's audience over time and across generations.
PlayStation faces competition in its field from the likes of Microsoft, with its Xbox range, and PC gaming, which has been becoming more popular in recent years. Regardless, PlayStation shows no signs of slowing down. The upcoming implementation of in-game ads in free games looks to significantly increase revenue, and the wider PlayStation gaming experience also appears to be evolving from plans to launch live service games in upcoming years.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Private medical insurance
- Private dental insurance
- Flexible working policy (remote working, flexible hours)
- Free fruit every day in our offices
- On-site free gym (London & Liverpool)
- On-site subsidised cafés
- On-site bar (Thursdays & Fridays, London & Liverpool)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Eye care assistance
- x2 volunteering days each year
- Group pension plan
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Season ticket loans
- Life assurance
- Income protection
- 25 days holiday, plus Bank Holidays
- Discretionary days off over Christmas and summer
- Free giveaways of select first party products and services
- Discounts on PlayStation products
- Discounts on Sony products
- Access to other corporate discounts
Company HQ
East San Mateo, San Mateo, CA
Articles
Leadership
Jim Ryan
(CEO, not founder)Ryan joined Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe (SIEE) in 1994. Taking over as SIEE president in 2011, he later moved on to head of global sales and marketing at SIE in April 2016. Ryan has served as deputy president of SIE since January 2018, before being appointed CEO in February 2019.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at PlayStation
- We're proud to celebrate diversity at PlayStation
- Our Employee Resource groups, including Women@PlayStation, REPRESENT@PlayStation, Wellbeing@PlayStation, and our award-winning LGBTQ+ group, Pride@PlayStation, actively promote inclusion in the workplace and beyond
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