Job Description

***NOTE: This role requires a candidate that can be FULL-TIME ONSITE at our studio in Marina Del Rey, CA***

People make games great. And at Survios, we know we can’t grow from an acclaimed VR studio to the world’s premier game developer and publisher without them. That’s why our most valuable investments aren’t in the next-generation technology we use to make our games or the new HQ we’re building in Marina Del Rey, but in creating a hybrid workplace that seeks out talent across the globe, nurtures its people, and encourages fun. A workplace where every team member knows they’re respected and cared for. If you want to join a passionate team of developers driving toward the future of immersive gaming, we’d love to hear from you!

Responsibilities:

• Manage day-to-day development of one or more teams to deliver project objectives throughout the development lifecycle.
• Drive continuous alignment on scope, dependencies, and deliverables to deliver work on time and on budget.
• Report on project status & health to senior leadership, identifying blockers and challenges, and resolving issues whenever possible.
• Foster a positive team culture and rituals based on individual responsibility, trust, learning, and communication.
• Ensure all known work is tasked in the backlog, prioritized, and up to date.
• Work closely with QA, participating in test plan creation, running bug triage meetings, etc.
• Lead and rally your team, mediate conflict and contribute to overall studio culture.
• Work with project leadership to ensure quality while working within project constraints.
• Provide mentorship to associate producers and junior developers.
• Work closely with external vendors, ensuring they have what is needed and that their work is getting reviewed by appropriate parties.

Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience producing AA or AAA video games for consoles, PC, or VR
• Experience producing 20-40+ member teams.
• Knowledge of various project management methodologies including Agile methodologies.
• Excellent communication and people management skills with the ability to influence a range of audiences.
• High-energy with willingness to be creatively disruptive.
• Strong analytical, diagnostic and problem solving skills.
• Proficient user of Confluence, Jira, G-Suite, Microsoft Office.
• Passionate gamer.

Pluses:

• Experience with VR/AR development.
• Experience working on IP-based titles.
• Experience with shipping games for multiple platforms simultaneously.
• Experience with first party submissions for Sony, Nintendo, and/or Microsoft.
• Experience with performance capture, VO recording, and localization pipelines.

Base salary range between $90,000 USD - $110,000 USD (Base salary range for applicants located within the United States)

Please note that the compensation information provided is a good faith estimate for this position only and is provided pursuant to the California Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements Law.

Survios takes into consideration a candidate’s education, training, and experience, external market and internal value, including seniority and merit systems, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees. In compliance with the California Law, a potential new employee’s salary history will not be used in compensation decisions.