IT Project Manager

Scorewarrior is a game developer and publisher from Limassol, Cyprus. The company is focused on the 4X strategy genre with an ambitious goal to grow it’s hit game Total Battle to become the No.1 strategy game in the world. Our team consists of 140+ passionate, talented, self-demanding, and constantly developing professionals who love making high-quality games.

Our mission: unite and excite people all over the world.

Role: We’re looking for an experienced Project Manager to work with several IT teams. The Project Manager's task will be to ensure that the IT teams work as efficiently as possible — and to contribute to the overall effectiveness of the IT department. 😎

Our IT department currently consists of six teams: Infrastructure (Production + Office), Web, Framework, Developers Experience, Data Platform, IT Project managers, and CTO. The Project Manager will be responsible for 3-4 teams, 10-12 people. We plan to grow the teams to 16–18 people in total.

Our infrastructure consists of more than 100 services, most of which are cloud based.

Tasks to be solved:

• Plan sprints and epics and allocate resources
  
• Monitor team focus and risks, and react to blockers and changes
  
• Facilitate effective meetings
  
• Foster team motivation and engagement
  
• Propose and oversee the continuous improvement of soft skills among leaders and team members
  
• Hold regular action-oriented 1:1s with leaders; hold occasional skip-level 1:1s with team members
  
• Organize regular team activities like planning, retrospectives, reviews, grooming, etc.
  
• Manage one cross-team epic
  
• Continuously identify key team performance issues and drive their resolution
  
• Provide metrics of team health, sprint health, etc.; propose solutions derived therefrom
  
• Organize backlog and prioritize external tasks
  
• Work with external requests to the team
  
• Ensure that team processes are executed; propose new ones if needed

The ideal candidate would:

• Have 3+ years of project management experience
  
• Be able to demonstrate past successes in managing 3+ teams simultaneously
  
• Be an excellent facilitator of meetings
  
• Have outstanding verbal and written communication skills
  
• Show exceptional self-organization skills
  
• Demonstrate the ability to deliver constructive, actionable feedback consistently
  
• Have a proven track record implementing Agile methodologies
  
• Have had success implementing one or several task tracking tools
  
• Have a proven track record in resolving planning and development challenges
  
• Be able to propose and make data-driven decisions

The following would be to your advantage:

• English to B1 level
  
• Experience of projects with Cloud-based infrastructure
  
• PMI, PRINCE2 certification
  
• Knowledge of how to create analytical reports
  
• A technical background with experience in QA or Release Management

What we offer:

• The best team in the world!
• An excellent remuneration package, including a 13th salary.
• Full-coverage relocation for you and your family to Cyprus (Limassol).
• A modern and sunny office space close to the sea.
• Private health insurance for you and your family members.
• A monthly pre-school, school, and university allowance for employees' children.
• Lunch compensation.
• A sports and fitness allowance.
• Personal development opportunities paid for by the company: professional and language courses, books, etc.
• Bonuses for outstanding results, years worked, getting married, and the birth of a child.
• Friendly monthly office parties and epic, annual offsite company birthday and Christmas parties.