Release Manager, Amazon

Job Description

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management
- Experience managing cross-functional programs and release schedules
- Experience developing and executing/delivering product and technical roadmaps
- Experience engaging with, and influencing, stakeholders at all levels, and across multiple disciplines

DESCRIPTION

Amazon is all-in on games, and our mission is to be the most customer-obsessed company in the industry. We're supported by Amazon to pursue bold creative visions, 'find the fun' in our products, ship only when ready, and create extraordinary growth opportunities globally and across all platforms. We have one of the most exciting roadmaps in the industry, and are actively developing and publishing a portfolio of original IP and high-ambition games we hope players love and play for years to come.

We believe in a future where everyone is a gamer and everyone can create, compete, collaborate and connect through games, and we are looking for the right people to help us build that future.

Amazon Games is looking for a talented and driven Release Manager to join the live operations team. Are you passionate about advocating for the best customer experience through collaborative partnerships with various business teams? Do you thrive in a fast-moving culture where customer obsession and the ability to think on your feet are highly valued?

Key job responsibilities
• Collaborate with Game Producers, Development Partners, Technology Leads and Quality Assurance leads to shepherd new releases through our release management processes and to our players.
• Collaborate with peers to continuously improve our release management processes so they are as efficient as possible and result in high quality releases with minimal emergency updates.
• Generate detailed workflow documentation that articulates how to release a new version of the game to the players. This documentation will allow other release managers, producers and testers to better understand and participate in the release management process.

• Work closely with leadership and technical leads to determine when to deploy updates.
• Collaborate with our Quality Assurance team and producers to shepherd new builds through the release process and to our players.
• Constantly be looking for process and organizational improvements that increase efficiency and raise quality.
• Utilize your communication skills to effectively collaborate and influence peers and executives

About the team
Amazon Games applies the principles of Amazonian culture to the world of game design. We have a diverse team of talented, creative people pairing their love of making games with the unique strengths that come with being part of Amazon. Across all of our teams and locations, we are united by a common purpose: to share great gaming experiences with customers around the world. We believe in a future where everyone is a gamer and everyone can create, compete, collaborate and connect through games, and we are looking for the right people to help us build that future. With the power of Twitch and AWS at your fingertips, you will have the chance to innovate in gameplay, creativity, marketing, and technology, while working alongside some of the smartest and most creative minds in the industry.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

London, GBR

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in Games Industry (supporting title Development, Release, or Live Ops)
- Experience managing technical programs across cross-functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules

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