Position: General Manager
Company: RecruitGarden
Experience required: 5y
English level: intermediate

As a Studio Manager, you will guarantee the development of high-quality mobile games. You will define and implement a sustainable development strategy and ensure the team’s performance and studio profitability.
As Studio GM you will work closely with С-level to drive the planning, organization, and control of key operational activities. You set and monitor operational targets for your studio and drive activities that achieve the studio’s strategic objectives. You will also play an integral role in building studio culture.

**Responsibilities:**

Lead the site opening project, presenting a project plan defining all needs for the studio set-up (staff, investments, communication strategy, administrative and logistics…).
Develop and manage the business plans required to grow the studio, ensuring the profitability of your studio’s mandates and projects.
Implement best-practice methodologies, production processes and efficient tools to promote and foster a gamer-centric culture, an innovation mindset and effective collaboration with other studios associated on the projects.
Recruit the best skills around you and foster a culture that promotes the constant development of expertise across the studio.
Provide leadership that will have an impact on future projects and Studio roadmap.
Develop, maintain, and publish Studio KPI’s that track project quality, delivery, and financial status and risks.
Develop and provide oversight and execution around key game development processes, including the Studio’s title planning and green light processes.
Participate in Studio operational/business reviews by presenting key metrics and critical risks/mitigation for projects.
Conduct operational reviews with development teams, advise on best practices and partner to design innovative solutions to challenges that arise.
Create project plans and track milestone dates.
Effectively manage priorities.
Handle and coordinate resource planning.
Measure progress and suggest top-level actions to address progress shortfalls.
Manage the studio’s operating and capital budgets, resource budget, quality, and on-time predictability targets.

**Required skills:**

Strong experience of operations and leadership experience in a game development environment.
Strong production know-how. 
Strong co-development mindset.
Entrepreneurial skills are key to implementing a sustainable development strategy.
Significant management experience is required.
Gamer and consumer-oriented, you have a deep knowledge of mobile games market.
Exceptional leadership skills with the ability to challenge and influence a variety of partners.
Self-starter who is able to identify and solve problems.
Commit to predictable delivery and risk management.
Collaborative communicator, customer-focused with exceptional decision making and leader of teams.
Present a strong knowledge of development methodologies and an understanding of when to use or adapt each one.