Project Manager – Exterminauts
- Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Minimum of 6 years of experience in the video game industry with at least 3 in production coordination.
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
The role
Are you ready to dive into the world of cutting-edge video game development? Headquartered in Montreal, Behaviour Interactive is at the forefront of the gaming industry, crafting unforgettable experiences across PC, console, and mobile platforms. We’re a dynamic, independent studio of over 1200 passionate employees, with studios in Toronto (Behaviour Toronto), Rotterdam (Behaviour Rotterdam) and in the UK (Behaviour UK–North & South). Our day to day revolves around two core business focuses: Services and Original Games. Our Services team collaborates with gaming and entertainment giants like Disney, Sony, Activision, and Nintendo, delivering exceptional work-for-hire development and pioneering immersive location-based entertainment (LBE). Meanwhile, our Original Games unit pushes our creative limits, with our signature IPs, including the iconic Dead by Daylight. Join us and be a part of the future of interactive entertainment!
At Behaviour Interactive, we believe in giving everyone a fair shot. We embrace a diverse and creative environment where everyone is celebrated. We value folks of all ages, sex, ethnicity, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, civil status, disability, or any other protected characteristics as per applicable law.
Exterminauts is a co-op third-person PvE shooter using weaponized power tools and mad-science gadgets to exterminate alien pests. Take on MegaCorp contracts amid energy supremacy clashes, while aliens' thirst for Polymorphic Plasma disrupts plans. Punch In. Clean Up. Get Paid.
As a Project Manager on our unannounced project, you will contribute to the effective management of the various planning and execution phases of a project, as well as team management, while ensuring rigorous task tracking, coordination, and communication across multidisciplinary teams.
In this role you will :
Are you ready to dive into the world of cutting-edge video game development? Headquartered in Montreal, Behaviour Interactive is at the forefront of the gaming industry, crafting unforgettable experiences across PC, console, and mobile platforms. We’re a dynamic, independent studio of over 1200 passionate employees, with studios in Toronto (Behaviour Toronto), Rotterdam (Behaviour Rotterdam) and in the UK (Behaviour UK–North & South). Our day to day revolves around two core business focuses: Services and Original Games. Our Services team collaborates with gaming and entertainment giants like Disney, Sony, Activision, and Nintendo, delivering exceptional work-for-hire development and pioneering immersive location-based entertainment (LBE). Meanwhile, our Original Games unit pushes our creative limits, with our signature IPs, including the iconic Dead by Daylight. Join us and be a part of the future of interactive entertainment!
At Behaviour Interactive, we believe in giving everyone a fair shot. We embrace a diverse and creative environment where everyone is celebrated. We value folks of all ages, sex, ethnicity, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, civil status, disability, or any other protected characteristics as per applicable law.
Exterminauts is a co-op third-person PvE shooter using weaponized power tools and mad-science gadgets to exterminate alien pests. Take on MegaCorp contracts amid energy supremacy clashes, while aliens' thirst for Polymorphic Plasma disrupts plans. Punch In. Clean Up. Get Paid.
As a Project Manager on our unannounced project, you will contribute to the effective management of the various planning and execution phases of a project, as well as team management, while ensuring rigorous task tracking, coordination, and communication across multidisciplinary teams.
In this role you will :
- Participate in planning discussions by identifying dependencies and risks, and proposing contingency plans when needed.
- Track tasks in JIRA and Confluence, in collaboration with leads and stakeholders, to maintain a clear and up-to-date production plan.
- Support the team in day-to-day activities, remove blockers, and follow up as needed to maintain production momentum and efficiency.
- Ensure clear and effective communication across teams, fostering a shared understanding of game design, development processes, and expected deliverables.
- Keep the team aligned on the right priorities throughout production, promoting motivation and timely delivery of milestones.
- Lead and support individual contributors in achieving their goals.
- Keep stakeholders informed of progress, risks, and issues, and produce appropriate documentation, plans, and status reports.
- Minimum of 6 years of experience in the video game industry with at least 3 in production coordination.
- Experience with multidisciplinary teams and managing individual contributors within the video game.
- Already shipped at least one relevant game.
- Strong understanding of production planning, schedules, and project management.
- Experience with tools such as JIRA, Confluence, etc.
- Strong organizational and follow-up skills with multidisciplinary teams, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in parallel and identify and escalate risks.
- Excellent communication skills and fluency in both French and English
- Experience with operating a live game.
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Responsibilities
Coordinate planning and execution across multidisciplinary teams, track tasks and dependencies, remove blockers, and keep production priorities and milestones on course. Lead and support individual contributors, communicate progress and risks to stakeholders, and maintain project plans, documentation, and status reports.
Requirements
Requires at least six years of video game industry experience, including at least three years in production coordination, experience managing multidisciplinary teams and individual contributors, and at least one shipped relevant game. Candidates should understand production planning and project management, be proficient with tools such as JIRA and Confluence, have strong organizational and communication skills, and be fluent in French and English.
Skills
- Project Management
- Production Coordination
- Production Planning
- Schedule Management
- Task Tracking
- Risk Management
- Contingency Planning
- JIRA
- Confluence
- Team Coordination
- Stakeholder Communication
- Team Leadership
- Prioritization
- Milestone Delivery
- Live Game Operations
- French and English Fluency
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Categories
- Management & Leadership
- Software
- Creative & Media
- Technology
Keywords
- Video Game Development
- Project Management
- Production Coordination
- Production Planning
- Project Schedules
- JIRA
- Confluence
- Multidisciplinary Teams
- Task Tracking
- Dependency Management
- Risk Management
- Contingency Planning
- Stakeholder Communication
- Team Leadership
- Individual Contributor Management
- Blocker Removal
- Prioritization
- Milestone Delivery
- Status Reports
- Game Design
- Live Game Operations
- Co-op Shooter
- PvE
- French
- English