Release Manager

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Description

Motorsport Games, a Motorsport Network company, combines innovative and engaging video games with exciting esports competitions and content for racing fans and gamers around the globe. The Company is the officially licensed video game developer and publisher for iconic motorsport racing series including NASCAR, INDYCAR, 24 Hours of Le Mans and the British Touring Car Championship (“BTCC”). Motorsport Games is an award-winning esports partner of choice for 24 Hours of Le Mans, Formula E, BTCC, the FIA World Rallycross Championship and the eNASCAR Heat Pro League among others.

A publicly listed company on the NASDAQ, Motorsport Games is headquartered in Miami, Florida, with additional offices located in the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Australia, and Russia.

Motorsport Games is looking for a Release Manager to join our growing video game portfolio. From product creation and configuration to certification submission and release, you will own all aspects of the release pipeline, providing visibility and clear communication around release plans, and ensuring each release is as smooth as possible.

 

Responsibilities

  • Maintain and champion a comprehensive Release Calendar to aid in cross-team and cross-org release communication.
  • Manage the creation and maintenance of all products within First Party portals, from product code to feature setup
  • Manage user access in all First party portals for users throughout the organization on all products.
  • Own the submission process from front to back, including the communication and escalation path for FQA reports, waiver requests, and resubmissions
  • Ensure quality releases by reviewing code submissions, deployment plans, storefront content, metadata, and physical packaging for compliance with submission guidelines.
  • Maintain and champion a comprehensive Release Calendar to aid in cross-team and cross-org release communication
  • Facilitate Go/No-Go decisions.
  • Implement scalable processes to accommodate variable release size and complexity.
  • Maintain release documentation and manage key information such as build and release procedures, dependencies, and notification lists. •
  • Maintain awareness of all team projects and major initiatives/goals.
  • Contribute to improvements with our release procedures, to make them more repeatable, consistent, and less error prone
  • Keep up to date with our platforms' submission portals and certification requirements through review of store portals, and direct communication with external store partners. Communicate any upcoming deadlines to our internal development teams.
  • Collaborate with internal partners, and seek out opportunities to leverage knowledge and share best practices when it comes to release procedures

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience required.
  • 3+ years of experience as a Release Manager, Producer, or related experience.
  • Experience with submission process, certification requirements, store portals for one or more partner platforms (Xbox, Windows, iOS, Android, Switch, PS4, Amazon)
  • The ability to coordinate effectively in a multi-team environment.
  • Must be detail-oriented, highly organized, and self-directed.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, able to convey appropriate level of detail for each target audience.
  • Strong time-management skills with the ability to handle fluctuating priorities and projects in a consistent manner
  • Excellent problem resolution and decision-making skills

How you will be successful
 

  • Communication: You have impeccable written and verbal communication with the ability to translate technical information in a non-technical format.
  • Bias for Action: You have an eagerness to take initiative and persist in accomplishing objectives despite ambiguity, obstacles, or setbacks. You work to resolve requests and incidents with a high sense of urgency and ownership.
  • Great people skills: You know the “how” is as important as the “what” and you aim to build effective relationships across the organizations, as well as externally with 3rd parties. You are mindful of diverse perspectives and engage clients in a professional manner.
  • Passion and Pride in your work: You love what you do and how you can add value to your clients; You ensure consistency and quality of your work and take a methodical approach to troubleshooting and resolution.
  • Logical and analytical: You’re able to distill and synthesize complex ideas into concise, meaningful information to clients. You’re adept at prioritization and project management with attentiveness to detail and consistent follow-through.
  • Growth mindset: You thrive in a dynamic and fluid environment because you are a self-starter who is eager to learn, grow and build something great together; building and enhancing programs appeals to you. You have a desire to stay current on technology trends and Information Technology concepts.

Benefits

Competitive salary, corporate benefits and the opportunity to define the future of racing from within an exciting, growing and friendly international games company

Organization: 
Motorsport Games