Turbine, Inc. is a premier creator and operator of massive, persistent online worlds that foster powerful social gaming communities.
A team of entrepreneurs formed Turbine over a decade ago with the vision of becoming the leading provider of online entertainment. Since then, the Company has grown to over 300 employees and become the largest privately-held online gaming studio in North America. Turbine has created some of the most popular and exciting game worlds on the Internet, like the award-winning Asheron's Call®, Dungeons & Dragons Online™: Eberron Unlimited™, and The Lord of the Rings Online™: Siege of Mirkwood™.
Today, Turbine is recognized globally for its industry-leading technology platform, groundbreaking graphics and its unique ability to create and operate massive and persistent online worlds that power thousands of concurrent interactive social gaming experiences.
Do you thrive working in creative environments? Do you love taking the helm on complex projects? Do you love gaming?
Turbine is growing our Program Management Office. We are looking for bright, enthusiastic, experienced Project Managers to help us better organize and deliver as we grow and expand our product lines, global partnerships, and the company as a whole.
As a member of our Project Management Office, the Project Manager is expected to manage cross-departmental projects, to champion project objectives, provide a framework for communication and to enthusiastically lead in the continuing evolution of Turbine’s Project Management & Process Improvement process, procedures, and tools. Projects can be for new titles, acquisition and retention programs for existing titles, and improvement initiatives.
Essential Functions: 1. Lead project teams to deliver expected results on time, with intended scope and quality, and on budget 2. Coordinate effective communication across all project resources 3. Own, maintain and publish high quality & appropriate project documentation 4. Create process & business flow documentation 5. Proactively identify potential problems and implement creative solutions to eliminate roadblocks or other project delays and drive issues to resolution 6. Deliver timely and accurate reports concerning project status to executives 7. Coordinate with other project managers to eliminate resource conflicts 8. Perform analysis of current state processes, lead teams to identify & implement process change resulting in measurable gains 9. Implement on-going measurement systems to ensure process gains are sustained 10. Matrix -manage all necessary resources and staff for the project 11. Other relevant duties as assigned by the manager
Required Background, Experience and Skills: • Bachelors degree - Management, Engineering, or Science preferred • 3-5 years of project management experience with successful completion of at least 10 successful projects • Expertise and hands-on experience with project management fundamentals • Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite of applications
Pluses: • MMO experience • Game studio experience • Console experience • E-Commerce / micro-transaction experience • International project experience • Advanced degree in Management • PMP certification • Six Sigma experience • SCRUM experience • Teleportation or cloning skills • Passion for creating and playing great games
Effective communication skills with a variety of personalities and staff roles (from artists to engineers, marketing to execs) Ability to identify creative solutions for complex issues Ability to quickly adapt to business demands Superb organization skills Experience in matrix management Familiarity with Microsoft Project, Visio and similar project tools
If you are interested in this role and meet the above qualifications please go to www.turbine.com , click on the career tab and apply directly to the role.
