Lead Release Manager

What We Need:

Firaxis Games is currently seeking a Release Manager to help coordinate releases across multiple platforms for upcoming titles. You will be working closely with development, QA, Publishing and platform holders to ensure players are getting a reliable and quality experience.

What You Will Do:

• Release Planning & Coordination.  Develop and maintain release plans; timelines, milestones & deliverables.
• Coordinate release activities across development, production, publishing QA, community management and player support.
• Experience in Risk Management. Work across teams to identify risks with upcoming builds across multiple platforms and properly escalate to help mitigate them to ensure smooth and timely releases.
• Be Firaxis touch point for any external certification process, build relationships with first party and understand their timelines and process.
• Develop documented, sustainable process and tools to manage everything from emergency, single platform hotfixes to major expansion releases.
• Own the strategy for monitoring releases via telemetry, QA, first party dashboards and other tools to ensure a clean roll-out.
• Help support any unplanned releases due to issues in Live - focusing on a quick resolution for players and minimizing risk.
• Own the Incident management process, follow up and drive action items to resolution.
• Ensure that what we are shipping has been signed off on by all stakeholders, both internal and external.

What We Need (Requirements/Must Haves:)

• 7 Years minimum developing and shipping Live Service PC/console games, including the following:
  • Experience shipping and supporting Live software, continuous integration especially games.
  • Experience with build certification and release processes across PC, Console and Mobile platforms.
  • Experience managing multiple branches and releases simultaneously.
• Ability to plan and implement an effective branching strategy and process, as well supporting integration requests across those branches. You will be expected to be merging CLs!
• Top notch communication skills.
• Project management experience to understand, implement and improve the right sized process for the team and product.
• Technical mindset - ability to understand how various pieces of our infrastructure work together and their dependencies.
• Expertise with Perforce, JIRA and build submission.
• Passion for Video games, especially strategy.

Who We Are:

MAKE LIFE EPIC

Founded in 1996, Firaxis Games is a world-renowned game development studio with an unwavering mission to “build games that stand the test of time”. The name Firaxis, a fusion of “fiery” and “axis,” communicates the company’s dynamic development process that results in the creation of ground breaking titles with unparalleled gameplay delivered to gamers around the world. Under the creative direction of industry legend Sid Meier, Firaxis has released dozens of hit games on multiple platforms and is recognized as an industry leader in game development.

CORE VALUES

GAMEPLAY FIRST

Let gameplay drive decision making

BE ACCOUNTABLE

Deliver great work for the studio, the team & yourself

PEOPLE FOCUSED

Maintain an environment where people are happy

EMBRACE ENTHUSIASM

Find opportunities to contribute and collaborate

WORK SMART

Put effort where it pays off the most

STUDIO LEGACY:

Named World’s #1 Developer of the Year by Game Informer Magazine in 2012, Firaxis is very proud of its legacy of developing award winning titles. We have won multiple BAFTAs, D.I.C.E Awards, Game of the Year titles, and category awards (from “Best Strategy Game” to “Best PC Game”) across our products.

Additionally, our company was also featured in SmartCEO’s “Best-Run Book” for company culture and praised for a focus on “family, fun and flexibility.” Firaxis was also named a finalist in SmartCEO’s Healthiest Company Awards for 2016.

Firaxis Games prides itself on maintaining a quality of life inside and outside the studio – when our team members are happy and healthy, creativity can flourish. We offer boot camp fitness and yoga classes at the office, a free gym with shower, regularly catered lunches and breakfasts, biweekly Friday Happy Hours, company events and parties, and a “FunZone” complete with billiards, foosball, video games, and tabletop gaming space. We are also a philanthropic studio and offer employees the chance to volunteer with local charities and nonprofits throughout the year.

Full Time employees can also take advantage of Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage, 401K retirement savings, a wellbeing initiative with the opportunity to earn cash rewards, an Employee Assistance Program, and paid time off and paid holidays.

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