Project manager / Business operations manager
Finance & Strategy
Helsinki or Stockholm
Permanent
04.05.2023 Finance & Strategy Permanent Open position Apply here
Are you looking for a career in gaming - one of the hottest industries in the
world? Would you like to work in a company that brings joy to millions of
people everyday? Would you like to play a key role in defining what the
company should do in the future?
We are seeking an experienced Project manager / Business operations Manager to
support our games business with focus on new games and portfolio management.
In this role you would have an operational ownership of our new game decision-
making and investment process known internally as “Flightpath”. You would
facilitate our new games development, making sure new game teams are adhering
to the agreed process and investment budgets, while supporting them by helping
remove obstacles.
This is a pivotal strategic role for Rovio's games business, where you will
play a key role in supporting games portfolio management. As a key member of
Rovio's Strategy Team, your efforts will help new game teams to better succeed
in their journey to craft and develop new hit games. You would also be part of
Rovio's Portfolio Management Group who owns the Rovio level games portfolio
including capital allocation and investment decisions.
What you will be responsible for:
Operational ownership of Rovio's new game decision-making and investment
process known internally as “Flightpath”
Track development of new game projects including agreed investments, KPIs
and timelines to identify possible issues and solutions
Provide tools for guidance and coaching to new game projects to navigate
the Flightpath process in terms of investment requests, KPI measurements,
timelines, etc.
Support new game teams on their investment proposals to Portfolio
Management Group to ensure the proposal includes all requested information
Make sure that new game teams are stick to objectives, budget allocation,
KPIs, timing and deliverables
Participate in the Portfolio Management Group meetings as facilitator
Monitor budget spending, progress and focus of the new game teams, making
sure they are following the plan
Identify potential obstacles in the way that could slow down or block the
new game team's progress and support them with potential solutions
Collect feedback from stakeholders to actively develop Flightpath process
further
Regularly report to the Portfolio Management Group on the progress and
bottlenecks, helping the projects to move forward while staying on target
Who we think will do great in this role has:
5+ years of project management (e.g. management consulting, project
management office, portfolio management)
Strong organisational skills
Ability to oversee budget expenditure and roadmap delivery
Strong emotional intelligence, communication skills and relationship
building experience
An understanding of the deeper reasons why a process isn't working, and
are able to roll out effective improvements
High degree of self motivation and initiative taking
Basic understanding of free-to-play mobile gaming
We'd love if you have some of these:
Deep understanding for free-to-play game business model
Experience in game development and/or portfolio management
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