As a Release Manager at Bungie you will play a critical role in operating a live service game, managing our digital storefront presence, and releasing our games and updates on multiple gaming platforms. You'll work with teams across the studio and with our external partners to schedule and shepherd products through their entire release lifecycle, ensuring high quality and on-time delivery.
As we learn from each release, you will recommend and implement operational changes to continually improve experiences for our team, other Bungie teams, and the players of our games.
- Work with internal and external partners to create products, bundles, and offers in platform stores
- Ensure on-time and successful store and game updates through planning, prioritizing, scheduling, and coordinating all necessary work within the studio and with external partners
- Coordinate and communicate status of releases
- Run build processes to produce releasable packages and archives
- Support internal teams as needed for release info, builds, packages, environment access, and investigations
- Build effective relationships with development, operations, and publishing teams within Bungie and our gaming platform partners
- Coordinate ordering, distribution, and management of digital game codes
- Find ways to improve our current processes, making them more efficient, reliable, sustainable, and adaptable
- Create and update documentation as release processes changes
- Experience with release management or a similar role in the game or software industry
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely in both verbal and written skills with team members across the studio and with external partners
- Ability to coordinate with internal teams and effectively prioritize tasks
- Impeccable organization and time management skills
- Detail-oriented, focused, and composed under pressure
- Ability to quickly solve or seek the solution to problems in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment
- Passion for continuous improvement
- Highly adaptable to a variety of situations
- Flexibility with schedule during game and patch release windows, including some on-call work
- Proficiency with Microsoft Windows and Office (Excel, Outlook)
- Enthusiasm for and knowledge of the games industry
- Experience managing digital storefronts, digital supply chains, metadata management, and/or game publishing
- Experience shipping titles for PlayStation, Xbox, PC
- Experience supporting a Games as a Service (GaaS) title
- Experience working within an Agile environment
- Knowledge of certification/release processes for gaming platforms
- Experience with SDK tools for console/PC platforms
- Scripting experience to automate repetitive tasks
Listed below are the two base pay ranges associated with this role at multiple levels. In other locations that Bungie has approved for remote work, this pay range may be adjusted up to +/- 10% and some roles may be classified as non-exempt (hourly).
This range is determined by an array of factors, including training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, and market demands. Additionally, it is subject to change and may be modified in the future.
In the journey to make incredible worlds, Bungie employees don't simply do meaningful work - they receive meaningful support. Competitive salaries and discretionary bonus opportunities are just the start. We offer comprehensive healthcare coverage, generous 401(k) matching, flexible time off policies, paid parental leave, social clubs, and so much more. Check out our benefits page: Benefits - Bungie Careers to see all the perks that come with joining Bungie.
Bellevue Pay Range I
$118,000—$149,000 USD
Bellevue Pay Range II
$146,000—$164,000 USD
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What We Do
Bungie is an independent, employee-owned game development studio dedicated to creating hopeful worlds that inspire passionate player communities and lifelong friendships. For nearly thirty years that purpose has led to the creation of some of the industry's most celebrated gaming franchises, including Marathon, Myth, Halo, and Destiny. Today, Bungie is focused on developing the next highly-anticipated release in the Destiny universe and new worlds to come.
