Senior Release Manager, King
Shared Technology
1-4 days a week in office
Mobile games developer
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Mobile games developer
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1-4 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
At King, we’re Making the World Playful. Heard of Candy Crush? We’re the creators behind it. But we aren’t just crushing it with candies, we’re also behind Farm Heroes, Bubble Witch, Pet Rescue and loads of other sweet games.
Role
Who you are
- Have contributed to the development, release and/or service operations of at least one mobile game or live mobile digital product
- Managed releases of multiple products / services towards multiple stakeholders and a rapid moving environment
- Advanced knowledge of software development lifecycle
- Able to work in and foster a team culture of trust and respect, where open feedback, accountability, and courage to fail fast and learn are the norm
- Ability to see a bigger picture and passion to remove roadblocks in a complex system
- Demonstrated analytical and data-informed decision making
- Hands-on experience with CD/CI tools, Jenkins, github, …
- Hands on experience with project tracking tools (eg. Jira)
- Strong organizational skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
Desirable
- Experience in other game development crafts such as art, game design, engineering, QA/QC
- Develops scripts and automation tools used to build, integrate, and deploy software releases to various platforms
- Passion for games
What the job involves
- Candy Crush Saga is one of the biggest games in the world, entertaining millions of players every day, and we are looking for people who are as excited as we are about making it even bigger and better
- Working in a talented cross-functional team, you will play a key role in the development and delivery of new and exciting software for our game teams and players
- We’re currently looking for a Senior Release Manager to join the Shared Tech Game Production team
- You will bring an excellent track record of setting and executing quality and release processes, liaising and supporting software development teams, as well as developing and managing release practices to ensure the successful delivery of multiple projects
- You will collaborate with the Shared Tech, Game Production Engineering, Product team and multiple Shared tech and game teams, to ensure Shared Tech and Game releases are timely and safe
- You’ll champion our values and lead by example with your mindset of collaboration, rapid iteration and continuous improvement
- Accountable for Integrated Release strategy in alignment with the Game Production’s engineering long term vision
- Lead and coordinate the release activities including the execution of the deployment plans including release go/no go decisions
- Maintain and adapt the release schedule for all core services and ensure alignment across key partners, aligning release windows and cycles across a portfolio of teams and products
- Drive coordination for key release commitment and changes including requirement, scope and schedule. Collaboration with QA teams
- Manage risks and resolve issues that affect release scope, schedule and quality
- Deliver and maintain critical and customer centric KPI/SLAs, measuring and monitoring progress to ensure safe releases. Leverage critical data and metrics with stakeholders for continuous improvement
- Continually work towards making improvements in the release processes, driving Release verification and collaborating with Quality Assistance across teams
Application process
- Applications need to be in English
Our take
Gaming is one of the world’s fastest-growing industries, but many still view gaming as inconvenient, inaccessible, or niche. King solves that problem by designing mobile games with broad market appeal.
Since its launch, King has released more than 200 titles in 14 languages, including Candy Crush, Farm Heroes, Bubble Witch, Pet Rescue, and more. The company pioneered in-game spending, which allows it to monetize user interactions without charging them to buy the game. Titles such as Candy Crush are designed to be highly accessible to demographics that wouldn’t usually define themselves as “gamers”, including older users. King now boasts more than 200 million monthly active users, making it a clear market leader.
In 2016, King was bought by gaming giant Activision Blizzard, which has since been purchased by Microsoft. While the company still operates with a high degree of independence, it has greatly profited from the financial and marketing support of its parent corporation. This support has been instrumental in enabling King to maintain its competitiveness in the constantly evolving mobile gaming industry.
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Focus on employee wellbeing
"There is an amazing worklife balance that the company puts an emphasis on. On top of that there are amazing benefits to take part in, for example in..."
Funding (2 rounds)
Sep 2005
$43m
SERIES A
Jun 2005
$41m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $84m
Company benefits
- 🏥 Private medical, dental, critical illness and pension plans
- 🌴 Generous paid holidays, with additional time off close down between 25th December and the New Year
- 🥯 Next-level offices that provide numerous creative spaces as well as free breakfast, snacks, and drinks
- 🎒 Exclusive, free goodies
- 🏳️🌈 Four employee-led diversity-focused networks and other community groups that raise awareness
- ❤️ Reimbursements for both physical and mental health-related activities. Some offices also have their own onsite gyms.
- 🏅 Community Day, charity donation matching, free and discounted Activision Blizzard games, and our Royal Recognition Awards rewarding commitment of long-serving Kingsters
Company values
- Fun & Friendly 🧡 We create an inclusive environment where everyone can belong. We build trust, we're supportive and demanding in everything we do, and we're not afraid to have fun along the way
- Care & Craft 🤗 We put our heart and soul into everything we do - and we do it for our players. It takes all Kingsters, contributing in different ways, to craft and operate brilliant mass-appeal games
- Humble & Open 📖 We treat each other as equals. We seek and give feedback, we listen, we learn, and we're honest with ourselves and others
- Fast & Fluid ⏩ We are responsive and embrace change. We take smart risks, are always ready to dust ourselves off, learn fast, and try again
- Creative Champions 🏅 We are curious about our players and we drive innovation in big and small ways to delight them every day. We boldly seek new ways of thinking to unleash creativity
- Passion & Performance 📈 Our passion guides us to set ambitious goals for ourselves and each other. We hold each other accountable, see things through, and contribute to our sustainable growth
Company HQ
Soho, London, UK
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Leadership
Tjodolf Sommestad
(President )President from February 2022. Previously served as King’s Chief Development Officer.
People progressing
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at King
Vikki Leach (Senior Director, DE&I)
- A great saga needs all sorts of heroes. At King, we share a passion for making the world playful. To achieve this, it takes people with different skills, experiences, and world views to work together.
- There’s no such thing as a typical gamer. That’s why we embrace and celebrate what makes us different rather than what makes us the same
- Our Employee Networks help us to stay connected as individuals and as a company; Kaleidoscope (ethnic, cultural, and national diversity), Royal Unicorns (LGBTQIA+), Women@King (crushing bias and equal opportunities) and CAN (collective abilities).
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