Senior Development Manager

4 weeks ago

Chatham, Kent, United Kingdom Dovetail Games Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly organized and experienced Senior Development/Project Manager to join our team at Dovetail Games. As a key member of our development team, you will be responsible for managing multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring timely delivery, and maintaining high-quality standards.

Key Responsibilities
  • Project management of various development disciplines and content teams, including risk management, communication strategy, and documentation.
  • Collaborating with team leads to establish timelines and deliverables.
  • Managing a team of Development Managers and Junior Development Managers across concurrent projects.
  • Monitoring change requests and reporting significant changes in scope to senior team.
  • Managing processes, including feature development, bug logging, and triage, ensuring reviews take place.
  • Actively identifying potential risks, working to mitigate them, and making long-term improvements to safeguard against more risk.
  • Collaborating with the Director of Product Development to develop and plan schedules based on business objectives.
  • Dealing with production challenges and coordinating staff towards a resolution.
  • Jira and Confluence strategy/management.
What We Look For
  • Development/Project Management or Production experience in a games software development capacity.
  • Exceptional knowledge of software product life cycles, tools, processes, and execution planning, having led at least one game title through to public release in a project management capacity.
  • Experience in keeping complicated, multi-disciplinary projects on schedule, whatever the fires.
  • The passion, self-motivation, and courage to not accept the status quo and instigate process improvement across a development team where it would benefit the end product or the wider business.
  • A good working knowledge of JIRA and Confluence applications and workflows.
  • Project Management Qualifications in at least one recognized methodology are beneficial (e.g., Agile, Scrum, Prince2, etc.).
Why Work for Us?
  • You will have a direct and significant impact on the future of our games.
  • You'll experience an environment where you will be challenged but supported.
  • We have an industry-leading work-life balance.
  • Opportunity to work fully UK-based remote.
  • VISA sponsorship available on qualifying roles.
  • Explorer policy, allowing you to roam up to 4 weeks of the year without using your leave.
  • Half Day Pay Day holiday – adding 6 days to allowance.
  • My Rewards benefits package including health cash plan, eyecare, and GP Anytime.
  • Cycle to work and tech scheme.
  • Green Car benefits scheme provided by Tusker.
  • Gymflex membership.
  • Amazon Voucher on your birthday.
  • Branded merch and swag.
  • Access to funded fitness events and health checks.
  • Regular social and sporting activities, including charity fundraising.

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