Project Manager

Description

Acony is an independent and privately-owned game development studio located in the beautiful town Villingen, Germany – surrounded by the famous Black Forest and the Bodensee. Founded in 2004, Acony is committed to creating only high quality online titles. Comprised of industry veterans with a shared passion for creating fun, innovative gameplay, Acony is now developing original properties for the next generation of cross-platform multiplayer games.

We encourage applications from foreign nationals. If you sign a contract, we will organize visa and work permit for you and your family. You will be fully supported in finding a nice place to stay, organizing health and other insurance as well as a bank account, and you'll be equipped with an extensive survival guide about life in Germany.


Position Summary

The Project Manager is responsible for maintaining and improving effective means of communication, scheduling, asset sourcing, and budgeting. This person will track and coordinate the development processes of the team and all involved development parties, ensuring deliverables are met in a timely and costly manner. He will closely work together with the Game Director and directly report progress, risks and obstacles to management. He will need a very good understanding of the software production process and current project management methodologies (e.g. PRINCE2, PMI Standards), coupled with first-class communication skills and the ability to lead and motivate a team.

Position Responsibilities

- Responsible for a proper goal (Time, Budget, Quality) and milestone setting by management as well as requirements break down with and by the departments and leads in coordination with the Game Director.
- Responsible for adequate tool and process set-up to fulfill general project managements needs (eg. Plan- / Tracking- /Risk- / Requirement-/ Change Management). Consistently improve and maintain the task planning and tracking system.
- Analyze the needed resources and conditions for goal achievement according to plan and negotiate that with management (Goal Adjustment: Time, Budget, Quality). Manage and allocate production resources, ensuring production timelines and resource constraints are met in the most efficient way.
- Check and report project progress by tracking and controlling task and subproject fulfillment. Improving and maintaining the working structures for successful coordination and scheduling of the development team.
- Responsible for conflict handling within team and with externals. Escalates conflicts to the needed levels and is responsible that correction methods are set up.
- Manage publisher / operator requests and establish working structures to meet publishers needs like quality assurance, marketing and PR, localization and production etc.
- Analyze, build up and regulate the communication and information structures between all involved stakeholders and development parties.
- Support departments, team and management to optimize team and production processes and pipelines. Deal with outsourced resources in collaboration with the outsourcing managers.
- Moderate and protocol lead and lead development meetings. Compile and update management reports and other documents that ensure the availability of correct project data within our company.