Senior Project Manager

  • Barcelona
  • Smilegate Barcelona

What we need : Smilegate Barcelona is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to be part of a new IP. You will make sure the team performs in the most effective way, fostering a culture that balances productivity, innovation, learning, and healthy communication.

What the role involves :

  • Help define and refine clear priorities, expectations, and commitments and measurable progress points against those.
  • Consistently track and confirm that desired progress against milestone and sprint goals is being achieved.
  • Help streamline and adjust our project management processes to suit this team's specific workflow needs.
  • Ensure that the various planning, communication, and tracking tools are properly implemented and updated.
  • Assist in defining deliverables and distribution of the team's cycles for sprints and longer-term roadmaps.
  • Clearly communicate project highlights and overall status with both the internal teams and a wide array of audiences around the company.
  • Responsible for putting together documentation packages required to go through all the approval & certification process phases.
  • Coordinate and create the means required to ensure the proper flow of information throughout the project (e.g. meetings, newsletters, mailing lists, etc.)
  • Manage certain aspects of production and special projects (e.g. organize playtests, follow-up on legal questions & approvals, etc.) whenever necessary

Report to : Executive producer.

Role requirements :

  • 5+ years of experience in project management.
  • Previous experience in working in AAA videogame.
  • Fluent in English.
  • Exceptional, clear and effective communication and negotiation skills.
  • Flexibility and initiative, together with excellent organizational and multi-tasking skills.
  • Knowledge of agile project management techniques and best practices.
  • Able to generate, explain, and present detailed project metrics, schedules, milestone objectives, status reports, and other documentation clearly and accurately.
  • Proficiency in multiple software tools to manage projects and facilitate related communication, including and not limited to JIRA and Microsoft tools.
  • Passion for the video game industry.

Skills :

  • Excellent presentation, organization, time management, and cross-department communication skills
  • Ability to quickly adapt to changes and work effectively under pressure
  • Strong negotiation, mediation and conflict resolution skills.

YOUR LIFE AT SMILEGATE BARCELONA (and PERKS)

  • Breakfast in the Office.
  • Restaurant Tickets: approx 180 € per month (2.160€/year).
  • 23 vacation days per year + Christmas to the new year (the office is closed from 24th December to2nd January).
  • Develop your career working in a super exciting environment with a great working atmosphere, international work environment
  • Fully stocked studio kitchen (Nescafe coffee, organic fruits, snacks, and beverages).
  • Beer Thursdays
  • Flexible Working Hours & Flexible Friday.
  • Flexible working conditions of Work From Home.
  • Private Health insurance, including dental coverage.
  • Team Building Events.
  • Relocation Package/assistance and VISA support.
  • Much more still to come

**Are you ready to join our Smile-family? We are already excited to have you!