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Job Description
Company
Our client is a well-established, premium games provider based in the United Kingdom, and they’re currently on the lookout for a experienced, creative and motivated Game Design Team Lead to effectively manage a team that create, development ready, new game packages.
Responsibilities
- Managing through a ‘light touch’ approach thus providing focus and guidance where appropriate.
- Fostering and assisting in a healthy collaborative relationship across teams, both within the studio and the wider business.
- Facilitating proactive issue and blocker resolution though effective problem solving and communication skills.
- Effectively allocating appropriate resources to projects, under the direction of the Head of Product, to ensure that project deadlines and requirements are met.
- The provision of regular feedback to the Head of Product, regarding team performance and project progress.
- Assisting the Head of Product and all other team leads in continually improving the game Design Team processes to support business objectives.
- Managing the creation/revision of all product documentation.
- Managing, mentoring, and coaching the team.
- Participates in the recruitment of new staff along with the Head of Product, when necessary.
- Ensure that company issues, policies and procedures are communicated to the team within 7 days.
- Ensures that the team members are equipped with the requisite skill set required for both current and future projects by developing a training and career development plan for each team member.
- Documents the performance appraisal results and maintains a portfolio of evidence for each team member.
Requirements
- Professional experience in the management of software development (Scrum Master, Project Management, Software Delivery Management)
- Experience in various SDLC methodologies.
- Experience of managing a multi-skilled creative development team.
- Casino vertical industry experience