Project Manager (Games)

Streamline is a creative development studio specializing in full video game development, game publishing, interactive digital assets, and metaverse creation. We provide experienced professionals to help bring the most demanding projects from concept all the way through production with our technical knowledge of established industry standards for high-performance results along every step. That means when you come to work at Streamline, expect to be challenged like you’ve never been challenged before.

We are a games company, a creative company, and people who work fast under pressure—a productive attitude is critical to a high-functioning team. Our goal is to keep the process straightforward.

Streamline Values

• Responsibility: We understand the significance of our role. Every promise, deadline, and milestone reflects our deep responsibility to our clients and the privilege of over two decades in the industry.
• Accountability: We take ownership of our work and our mistakes. Accountability fosters teamwork and ensures the quality of our deliverables. It also builds trust between us and our clients.
• Discipline: Making games is fun, but it demands rigorous discipline. Our strict adherence to workflows, processes, and schedules is what sets Streamline apart.
• Hard Work and Teamwork: We believe in finishing together. Our commitment to high-quality work is matched by our dedication to supporting each other and our clients to the very end.
• Communication: Clear and thorough communication is key at Streamline. We ensure everyone—from team members to clients—is aligned and informed.
• Mastery: Our expertise is built on years of experience with the world’s leading games, engines, and platforms. We are committed to kaizen—continuous improvement—ensuring we remain at the forefront.
• Curiosity and Continuous Learning: The video game industry is ever-evolving. We are perpetual learners, always adapting and applying the latest knowledge to stay ahead.

Description

In a gaming studio, a project manager's job is to set and adhere to goals and timelines for many projects. They oversee daily project management and are ultimately in charge of achieving the project goals. Project managers create strategies for achieving objectives and implement procedures to guarantee the expected caliber of the job.

Performance Metrics

Project Managers will be measured according to the metric below, on a six (6) score rating scale:

• Project Scheduling and Timeliness:
  • Leading: Percentage of project milestones on schedule
    Lagging: Client-facing bids vs actuals
• Budget Management:
  • Leading: Resource consumption vs project progress
    Lagging: Final budget variance (finance bids vs actuals)
• Team Productivity and Efficiency:
  • Leading: Burn-down rates (sprint or bids vs actuals)
    Lagging: Bids vs actuals
• Risk Management:
  • Leading: Number of new identified risks that have mitigation plans in place per week out of total new risks identified
    Lagging: Number of risks mitigated vs total risks identified
• Stakeholder Satisfaction:
  • Leading: stakeholder satisfaction surveys
    Lagging: Post-project stakeholder feedback scores

Job Skills

Project Managers will possess the following competencies:

• Communication skills: Excellent written and spoken English. Effectiveness in communicating with both internal and external stakeholders. Understanding and respecting cultural and linguistic differences when dealing with different clients and team members.
• Risk Management: Competence in identifying potential risks and collating risks from the control departments before they become issues, working with relevant members to mitigate them.
• Financial Acumen: Understanding and managing resources and budgets effectively.
• Technical Knowledge and Curiosity: Having an understanding of development, and curiosity about our business and how we make games.
• Leadership and Team Management: Ability to motivate and manage a team to achieve project goals. Includes conflict resolution, delegation, fostering a positive environment and being the proponent of Streamline’s 5 core values.

Additional Skills

Every Project Manager must also demonstrate at least two (2) additional competencies at Production-ready proficiency:

• Understanding or hands-on experience with Unreal, UEFN etc.
• Understanding or hands-on experience with Unity or other game development engines.
• Understanding or hands-on experience with software surrounding art, dev, design.
• Understanding or hands-on experience with QA and compliance processes.
• Understanding or hands-on experience with game dev languages (eg: C++, C#, Python, Verse, etc).
• Experience with at least 3 different configurations of projects (eg: art, art+dev, AR/VR/XR, porting, co-dev, full-dev, beyond games).
• Usage of AI in project management processes and data management.
• Change management - implementation of new systems and processes for Global PMO.
• Understanding of the games and game-adjacent industries (eg: industry news, financial/economy news, latest tech, etc).
• Written and/or spoken Japanese language competencies.