Development Manager

6 months ago

Chatham, United Kingdom Dovetail Games Full time

Development Manager

Role: Development Manager Team: Development Location: UK Remote / Office Based, Chatham

The Role

Dovetail Games is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all, regardless to gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, religion (or lack thereof) education background and game preferences as we seek to recruit the very best from a diverse talent pool. We are committed to promoting diversity, and all applicants will be considered on their merit, qualifications, competence, and talent regardless of any protected characteristics. At the individuals request all roles will be considered for part time, term time only and job shares.

Our people can be based “where they do their best work” from either our HQ or from their home (UK based only / VISA sponsorship available on qualifying roles). However occasional travel to HQ office will be required for key meetings and events.

At Dovetail Games we are passionate about empowering our people to build beautiful worlds, craft breath-taking games and do the best work of their career to deliver our vision: “By Enthusiasts, For Enthusiasts”.

Our studio is situated in a river-front building in the heart of the Historic Dockyard in Chatham, Kent, UK. We are growing fast, developing our games using cutting-edge technology and delivering these on multiple platforms: PC, PlayStation 4 and 5 and Xbox One and Series S/X

We are looking for a highly organised Development/Project Manager reporting into the Director of Product Development, to assist with the task tracking and reporting of progress on Train Sim World and Train Simulator titles. 

The successful candidate should thrive in a quality focussed and fast paced development environment. As an DM within Dovetail Games you’ll be responsible for working with the trains development and QA teams in delivering add-on content and annual core title releases. Assisting with the task breakdown, tracking and reporting of simulation content; maintaining game schedules of both internal and external resources; and supporting release deliveries on a day to day basis. 

Responsibilities

Assist in the project management for various development disciplines and content teams Collaborate with team members to establish timelines & deliverables Monitoring change requests and reporting significant changes in scope to senior team Liaising with internal QA and customer support teams to review and triage issues requiring response from the development team Managing the creation and release of content builds for external review  Help determine potential production/process problems or improvements Collaborating with the Director of Product Development to develop and plan schedules based on business objectives Deal with minor production challenges and coordinating staff towards a resolution

What We Look For In You

Project Management Qualifications in at least one recognised methodology beneficial Development/Project Management or Production experience in a software development role Good knowledge of software product life cycles, tools, processes and execution planning Experience keeping complicated,multi-disciplinary projects on schedule  Extremely organized, able to manage multiple projects concurrently, able to adapt quickly to new tools, processes and challenges

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. Two volunteer days contributing to our CSR efforts. Regular social and sporting activities, including charity fundraising.

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