Job Description

***Remote in Burlingame, CA, Seattle, WA, Los Angeles, CA***

- only apply if you currently live within 200 miles of one of these locations

Job Description: Our client's team is responsible for exploring the potential of virtual reality's role in the future of social media. We are designing new ways for people to connect, explore and share using the unique qualities of augmented reality and virtual reality (ARVR). Our goal is to launch experiences that put people first and introduce how virtual reality contributes to a more open and connected world.

This role organizes multi-team projects focusing on customer-facing activity development. Key projects for the role are the ongoing development of social games & activities. We are seeking talented individuals with a solid background in game and entertainment product development who can coordinate, execute and report on these projects by using skills in project management.

In this position, you will facilitate the creation and ongoing improvements of entertainment experiences, enabling our client to release applications in the VR domain. You will work with some of the world's most talented designers, products, art, and entertainment professionals.

You will apply your communications skills to capture priorities, your organizational skills to rally the team around a roadmap, your execution skills to deliver against a timeline, and your coordination skills to keep everyone aligned around the goal.

Job Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product, TPM, Design, and Engineering to develop and drive reliable execution plans
• Support Team Sprint operation including coordinating leadership reviews
• Help teams understand and improve their execution velocity
• Setup product development processes for technical teams
• Collaborate with multiple teams to complex develop product features
• Track and assess progress, report risk, triage new work (bugs/features)
• Build & manage dashboards for tracking product and product pillar's status and velocity
• Be adaptable and able to manage ambiguity
• Ability to be effective working autonomously in a fast-paced environment

Skills:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, attention to detail
• Proven knowledge and application of techniques to maximize effective software development
• Knowledge of principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, and production methods
• Demonstrated cross-functional leadership skills
• MS Word, MS Excel, MS Project, Visio, Agile etc.

Minimum Qualifications

• 4+ years of project and program management experience in the technology domain
• Understanding of software product development process in technology company and managing technical work of multiple teams
• Experience in virtual reality products and services, Networked 3D Interactive games (or similarly complex networked entertainment product)
• Experience of working on project management tools and frameworks
• Cross-functional leadership skills. Working with designers and project managers
• Proven experience with agile project management