Senior Technical Project Manager

Job Summary:
The Technical Program Manager (TPM) will manage and guide the Game Development Kit (GDK)  development teams throughout the development life cycle and communicate status, dependencies, and risks to the internal GDK stakeholders. The primary focus of Senior TPM is to be accountable for translating GDK stakeholder requirements into a tangible development deliverable and ensuring the team has the appropriate environment to develop and test their GDK solutions across the UK, US, social and web product environments. They will provide program guidance to the Chief Architect and Senior Director Software Engineering to ensure GDK development efforts are delivered on time and within scope.

Our studio is located in Raleigh, North Carolina.  
This role requires full-time on-site presence, with plans to move to a hybrid structure as the studio matures.

Essential Job Functions:

• Responsible for all aspects of the Game Development Kit (GDK) development effort from conception to release.
• Focus on delivering new products or upgrading existing products. Monitors the project from initiation through delivery, including planning and directing schedules and monitoring budget
• Collaborate across the organization, from the CTO, key organizational stakeholders to the individual development teams. 
• Responsible for coordinating with other organizations, as well as third party resources, to ensure development deliveries are on time and at quality.

Qualifications:

Training and/or Experience

• 8+ years in program management required
• Experience in gaming preferred
   

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Thorough understanding of Software Design Life Cycle (SDLC) and leading-edge technologies
• Understanding of modeling and design software, development software, and databases
• Solid organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to work under pressure on high visibility programs.
• High aptitude for problem solving.
• Self-directed and highly motivated.
• Ability to multi-task and work independently with little or no supervision.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Integrity, lead the teams by example.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in related field required
• PMP certification preferred

Light & Wonder and its affiliates (collectively, L&W) are engaged in highly regulated gaming businesses. As a result, certain L&W employees may, among other things, be required to obtain a gaming or other license(s), undergo background investigations or security checks, or meet certain standards dictated by law, regulation or contracts. In order to ensure L&W complies with its regulatory and contractual commitments, as a condition to hiring and continuing to employ its employees, L&W requires all of its employees to meet those requirements that are necessary to fulfill their individual roles. As a prerequisite to employment with L&W (to the extent permitted by law), you shall be asked to consent to L&W conducting a due diligence/background investigation on you.

This job description should not be interpreted as all-inclusive; it is intended to identify major responsibilities and requirements of the job. The employee in this position may be requested to perform other job-related tasks and responsibilities than those stated above.

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