Your life at Ubi:
Part of Ubisoft Production, the Online Services team develops and operates Ubisoft's online services platform which is leveraged by all of its games to enable rich and innovative live player experiences.
The team's scope spans a wide range of activities: from Ubisoft Connect to live management, from standard services to multiplayer technology. Online Services is home to hundreds of developers located around the world, anchored in twelve Ubisoft production studios.
As Online Services Site Director, your mission will be to modernize our production strategy and maximize its efficiency to make room for innovation and the creation of value-added features on the platform, to support the growing ambitions of our games.
You’ll follow the advancement of projects and provide visibility on progress and issues. With a focus on alignment, sharing and reuse of processes, you’ll be accountable for increasing production efficiency.
As a member of Online Services' production management core team reporting to Online Services Director, you'll influence the group's goals and priorities, plus play an essential role in assessing mandates roadmaps with a long-term outlook.
Your main mission:
- Redefine our approach to production monitoring, favoring common processes and rituals across the site, and implementing the necessary tools for following progress (KPIs, dashboards, milestone meetings, OKRs, budget, etc.);
- In coordination with their Online Services Director, the Site Director takes responsibility for developing the local teams’ abilities and position, allowing them space to make larger contribution to the production process.
- Responsible for achieving and maintaining great team health and balance this against short term production needs, together with the Domain Director(s).
- Responsible for recruitment, promotions & salary, career progression, team growth, training and evolution, with input from the domain(s) leadership. The Site Director is the Online Services team culture & spirit ambassador
- Provide a high-level view of the overall Online Services development activity to support data-informed decision-making;
- Define KPIs to measure and track the health of site’s Online Services projects;
- Together with the Online Services Director accountable for a given project, review and advise on that project’s roadmap with respect to available resources and strategic objectives set by the Executive Director, anticipating and mitigating risks that are potential blockers to delivering on time and within scope;
- Develop a sharing based and sustainable strategy, working closely with the Online Services Director to identify areas of improvement within and across projects;
- Advise the Online Services Director on subjects related to production intelligence and optimization.
Qualifications
The professional value you bring:
- Engineer / Tech background (Gaming industry is a plus) (from Gaming tech or web/online tech)
- 10 years XP & Management XP of large team
- XP in multi-site culture company
- Fluent in English
The personal value you bring:
- Great interpersonal and communication skills; we work directly with teams around the world;
- Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines, handle and prioritize simultaneous requests;
- Very good problem solving & troubleshooting skills;
- Pro-active and self-motivated;
Additional Information
About us:
Ubisoft’s 19.000 team members, working across more than 40 locations around the world, are bound by a common mission to enrich players’ lives with original and memorable gaming experiences. This ambition is very much embedded into our work here, at Ubisoft Romania, where we create games that reach millions of people worldwide. We’re working with top global Ubisoft studios on creating worlds that shape the entertainment industry - from Assassin’s Creed and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, to Watch Dogs, Just Dance and other exciting projects, yet to be announced. We are driven by the work we do and inspired by the fun we have while doing it!
We’re an equal opportunity employer and we believe that diverse backgrounds and perspectives are key to creating worlds where both players and teams can thrive and express themselves.
The production team is very diverse in specialties, and this makes all the magic happen. Together, they create amazing worlds that take entertainment to the next level.
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