Especially when you do it with people who share the same idea of what makes a good workplace great. King, which is part of the Activision Blizzard group since its acquisition in 2016, employs nearly 2,000 people in game studios in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona and Berlin, and offices in San Francisco, New York, and Malta. Candy Crush is the top- grossing franchise in US app stores, a position it has held for the last two years, and King’s games are being played by 245 million monthly active users as of Q3 2021. King is the game developer behind the world- famous Candy Crush franchise, as well as mobile game hits including Farm Heroes, Bubble Witch and Pet Rescue. Hands on experience with project tracking tools (eg.Experience working in game- as- a- service environment, being able to balance live services as well as game development activities.Experience working with outsourcing or distributed teams/development.Experience in game development crafts such as art, game design, engineering, QA/QC.Demonstrated analytical and data- informed decision making.Able to receive feedback openly and adjust leadership style and way of working.Able to work in and foster a team culture of trust and respect, where open feedback, accountability, and courage to fail fast and learn are the norm.Experience in leading delivery of features through a cross- functional team.Have contributed to the development, release and/or service operations of at least one mobile game, or worked on a live mobile/ digital product.Collaborate with other Producers on the improvement of your craft.Provide support, input and feedback towards product performance and growth.Encourage and support a positive, creative, feedback- focused culture in your teams and help identify and resolve morale or engagement issues.Ensure your team is healthy, motivated, and high performing.Overall responsibility for Roadmap features from kick- off to release.Ensure Roadmaps are correctly resourced in alignment with your Soda stakeholders, our vision, and our strategy.Identify and engage collaborators, both internal and external to the Soda team, at the right times throughout production.Collaborate to identify and plan for short- term and long- term Product improvements.Coordinate the team to deliver ongoing maintenance activities (ex: bug fixing, ad hoc requests, releases).Lead your feature team to proactively identify and mitigate known and emerging problems, and promote team- wide visibility.
Coordinate and align backlogs, and manage production dependencies.
Provide production and product management overview and status to stakeholders and leads.Track progress throughout production to learn and adjust in order to successfully deliver on expectations.Create and maintain your sub- team’s plan in partnership with the team and leads, then work with the team to execute on it.