Through creativity, collaboration, and trust, we empower our teams to push boundaries and turn bold ideas into experiences that resonate with fans around the world.
Do you want to craft games that challenge expectations and inspire players? Come build something extraordinary with us.
Skydance Games is seeking a Senior Project Manager to partner with our Core Tech engineering team in order to deliver the foundational technology that powers our games. This role will work closely with engineering leadership, technical directors, and cross-functional stakeholders to drive planning, execution, and delivery across engine, tools, infrastructure, online services, platform, and other core technology initiatives.
The ideal candidate combines strong project management skills with a solid understanding of software development processes and technical production. You excel at organizing complex workstreams, managing dependencies, mitigating risks, communicating across all levels and helping project teams maintain focus on their games.
Why You'll Love Working Here
You'll play a key role in enabling engineers to solve challenging technical problems while helping build the foundation for world-class gaming experiences. This is an opportunity to work alongside talented developers and contribute to the technology that powers the next generation of interactive entertainment.
Currently for this role, we can hire remote candidates with legal residence in the following states: Arizona, California, Florida, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Texas and Washington.
Responsibilities
- Establish, refine, and scale project management processes that provide visibility into Core Technology initiatives, milestones, risks, and dependencies.
- Partner closely with engineering leaders, producers, and cross-functional stakeholders to understand technology roadmaps, align priorities, and ensure successful delivery of strategic initiatives.
- Own the intake, prioritization, and maintenance of the Core Technology backlog, balancing business needs, technical requirements, and team capacity.
- Collaborate with the Core Technology Engineering Lead to plan and staff initiatives, helping optimize team allocation while balancing scope, schedule, and technical complexity.
- Develop and deliver clear project status reporting, roadmap updates, and risk assessments to studio leadership and key stakeholders.
- Facilitate project planning, milestone reviews, dependency management, and cross-team coordination across multiple technical workstreams.
- Partner with project teams to define goals, success metrics, and delivery criteria for Core Technology initiatives.
- Proactively identify risks, blockers, and resource constraints, driving resolution and alignment across internal and external stakeholders.
- Champion operational excellence by improving workflows, communication practices, and development processes that enable teams to execute effectively.
Qualifications
- 3–5+ years of project management, technical production, or program management experience supporting engineering-focused teams.
- 3–5+ years of experience in game development or a related software development environment.
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex technical projects involving multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to tailor messaging to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience presenting project updates, risks, and technical concepts to leadership and executive stakeholders.
- Proven ability to negotiate scope, timelines, and priorities while building alignment across diverse teams.
- Familiarity with all phases of the game development lifecycle, from pre-production through launch and live operations.
- Experience using project management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Airtable, Smartsheet, or similar platforms.
- Experience supporting engine, tools, rendering, online services, platform, infrastructure, or other Core Technology teams.
- Familiarity with Agile development methodologies and software development best practices.
- Experience working on AAA game development projects.
- Passion for games and building technology that empowers developers to create exceptional player experiences.
Preferred Qualifications
We realize that skills and expertise can come from many different experiences and paths, and we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all of the requirements as written in the job description.
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Skills Required
- 3-5+ years of project management, technical production, or program management supporting engineering-focused teams
- 3-5+ years of experience in game development or a related software development environment
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex technical projects involving multiple stakeholders and competing priorities
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, able to tailor messaging to technical and non-technical audiences
- Experience presenting project updates, risks, and technical concepts to leadership and executive stakeholders
- Proven ability to negotiate scope, timelines, and priorities while building alignment across diverse teams
- Familiarity with all phases of the game development lifecycle, from pre-production through launch and live operations
- Experience using project management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Airtable, or Smartsheet
- Experience supporting engine, tools, rendering, online services, platform, infrastructure, or other Core Technology teams
- Familiarity with Agile development methodologies and software development best practices
- Experience working on AAA game development projects
- Passion for games and building technology that empowers developers
What We Do
About Skydance Media Skydance is a diversified media company founded by David Ellison in 2010 to create high quality, event-level entertainment for global audiences. The Company brings to life stories of immersive worlds across its feature film, television, and interactive platforms. Its feature films include Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Annihilation, LIFE, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Star Trek Beyond, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Terminator Genisys, World War Z, Star Trek Into Darkness, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Jack Reacher, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, and True Grit. Skydance’s upcoming film releases include Top Gun: Maverick, Gemini Man, The Old Guard, 6 Underground and the nwe untitled Terminator film. In 2017, Skydance formed an animation division to develop and produce a slate of high-end feature films and television series in partnership with Spain’s Ilion Animation Studios. Skydance Television launched in 2013. Its current slate includes Emmy-nominated Grace and Frankie on Netflix, Altered Carbon on Netflix, Jack Ryan on Amazon, and Condor on AT&T Audience Network. Skydance Interactive launched in 2016 to create and publish original and IP-based virtual reality experiences and video games. Skydance Interactive recently debuted its first original title – Archangel, a story-driven VR shooter. About Skydance Interactive Skydance Interactive creates and publishes original and IP-based virtual reality games. The division of Skydance Media was launched in 2016 through the acquisition of The Workshop Entertainment. Skydance Interactive’s first VR offering is Archangel, launched on July 18th 2017. Skydance Interactive in 2017 partnered with Skybound Entertainment to develop a number of original virtual reality video games based on the expansive world of The Walking Dead universe. The Walking Dead VR game will be the inaugural co-developed title from both companies. The studio is located in Marina del Rey, CA. About Animation In 2017, Skydance formed an animation division to develop and produce a slate of high-end feature films and television series in partnership with Spain’s Ilion Animation Studios. Skydance’s first three animated features are Luck, Split (working title), and Powerless (working title). Luck, directed by Alessandro Carloni (Kung Fu Panda 3) and written by Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger, is a comedy that pulls back the curtain on the millennia-old battle between the organizations of good luck and bad luck that secretly
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