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Senior External Development Manager

Housemarque
Helsinki, Finland
Posted 11 hours ago
Last seen 5 minutes ago
Active
full-time
Housemarque

Job Summary

Lead external development for AAA games at Housemarque, a PlayStation Studio known for Returnal. This senior role offers a chance to shape co-development strategies, manage key partnerships, and contribute to groundbreaking projects in a studio that values work-life balance.

About this job

As a Senior External Development Manager, you will lead the planning, execution, and successful delivery of external development for AAA projects at Housemarque. This role involves strategic partner management, forecasting project needs, managing budgets, and improving collaboration processes with external teams. You will report to the External Development Director and contribute to the evolution of development practices.

Requirements

- Experience leading External Development, Outsourcing, Co-Development, Production, or Project Management efforts within AAA game development. - Proven ability to manage external partners and build productive, long-term working relationships. - Strong understanding of game development pipelines, production methodologies, and project delivery. - Experience managing budgets and making financial decisions that support both project goals and business objectives. - Ability to build alignment across stakeholders from different disciplines and levels of seniority. - Comfortable working with international teams across different cultures and time zones. - A collaborative approach to solving complex production challenges and driving work forward. - Experience contributing to the successful shipment of at least one AAA PC or console title as a developer, content creator or as a member of a quality assurance team.

Benefits & Perks

- Competitive salary, benefits, healthcare & Nordic work-life balance - Tailored immigration and relocation package to help you get settled into Finland - State-of-the-art studio facilities in the heart of Helsinki - Freedom, flexibility and openness in a collaborative culture - Brilliant, diverse and empathetic colleagues to work with - Exciting and ambitious projects executed with the best tools - Access to PlayStation Studios collaboration, games and more!

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