Senior Technical Project Manager- Gears of War - The Coalition

The Coalition is a flagship first-party studio within Xbox Game Studios and the home to one of gaming’s most critically and commercially acclaimed series, Gears of War. We are a group of diverse and talented individuals working for a common purpose to push the limits of Microsoft's entertainment platform and devices. As a studio, we lead from our values and work together to promote respect and inclusion, a growth mindset and grit, all while putting our team first. If you have the fire to work with our driven team, then come work with us.

The Coalition is looking for a Senior Technical Project Manager to collaborate with our Engine and Online team to deliver best in class gaming experiences for our players while hitting quality, schedule, and business targets.

The Coalition’s Engine team is made up of the following teams; Builds, Tools, Automation, Systems, Rendering, Audio Engineering, and Machine Learning. They work as a central team and provide infrastructure, tools, workflows and features for our internal teams as well as others across Xbox. 

The Coalition’s Online team builds the multiplayer and online experiences in our games, including in-game economies and commerce, session management,  player statistics, user generated content, matchmaking, and game content management just to name a few.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years experience in production roles in gaming, cloud services/technology or entertainment industry, or other multi-disciplinary leadership
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Experience in development and shipping of at least one product release.
• 3+ years experience managing relationships with stakeholders, clients, and/or customers.
• 1+ year of technical background or hands-on experience in software development

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2+ years of technical background or hands-on experience in software development
• Experience with a variety of project management methodologies (Scrum, Agile, Waterfall etc.).
• Clear communication and presentation skills.
• Effective project management leadership experience.
• Experience working with game engines (e.g. Unreal, Unity, proprietary engines) and/or infrastructure teams (e.g. Builds, Tools, Automation, Systems, Rendering) is a plus.
• Experience working with cloud technologies (e.g. Azure, AWS, Google Cloud).

Game Producers IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $108,100 - CAD $199,700 per year.

Find additional pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until January 29, 2025.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

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• Working with Online and/or Engine team to coordinate efforts that span both teams to deliver operational functionality and features
• Communicating goals to the team and motivating them to execute on time and at a high-quality level while fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment
• Creating roadmaps, milestone planning, execution, and evaluation
• Collaborate with key partners across larger Xbox/MS organizations
• Gather and clarify requirements from various sources and help team create a plan around Security and Compliance
• Executing against plans by working with the leadership team to prioritize deliverables, manage risks, react quickly to challenges, report regular status, and evaluate their group against deliverable completion and quality success criteria
• Connecting with stakeholders to identify requirements as well as keep them informed
• Identifying processes to improve efficiency
• Focusing on project development with an emphasis on team empowerment