Release Manager

INSTINCT3

Release Manager overseeing storefront operations across PC, console, and mobile for game releases. Ensuring clear communication with developers and platform partners to meet deadlines and requirements.

Posted 7/31/2026full-timeSpandau • 🇩🇪 GermanyJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in game release management and platform operations, with a strong focus on coordinating submissions, compliance checks, and backend configurations across multiple platforms. Proven ability to manage relationships with developers and platform partners while ensuring successful game launches.

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Game Release ManagementSteamworks KnowledgeStorefront OperationsCompliance ChecksPlatform Approval Processes

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Hard Skills

Game Release ManagementStorefront OperationsCompliance ChecksBackend ConfigurationsLaunch ChecklistsPricing CoordinationMetadata ManagementDiscounting StrategiesSales Cycle PlanningRisk Tracking

Soft Skills

Structured Work ApproachReliable CommunicationStakeholder AlignmentPrecise DocumentationProblem-Solving

Tools & Technologies

SteamworksConsole Store BackendsMobile Store BackendsThird-Party Store Backends

Industry Keywords

Game DevelopmentIndie Game ShippingPlatform OperationsStorefront MechanicsAge Ratings

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage product pages, metadata, pricing, packages, regional settings, release dates, assets and backend configurations across PC, console, mobile and third-party stores.
Coordinate discounts, platform sales, bundles, featuring opportunities, first-party programs and other storefront activations across the portfolio.
Coordinate communication with platform holders, developers, porting teams, distributors and other external partners.
Coordinate submissions, certification requirements, age ratings, compliance checks and platform approval processes.
Coordinate builds, release candidates, branches, depots, launch checklists, go-live preparation and hotfixes.
Track blockers, dependencies and last-minute risks before they become launch-day surprises.

Requirements

What you’ll need

At least two years of experience in game release management, platform operations or a related games role, with hands-on responsibility for releases or storefront operations.
Strong Steamworks knowledge.
Experience with console, mobile or third-party store backends is a strong plus.
You understand storefront mechanics, platform events, discounting, featuring opportunities, key distribution and sales cycle planning.
You work in a structured, reliable and precise way, especially when dealing with backend settings, checklists, deadlines and documentation.
You can keep developers, platform partners and internal stakeholders aligned across several games, platforms and deadlines.
You have helped ship a successful indie game in the past two years and can tell us what you owned, what went well and what you learned.

Benefits

Comp & perks

30 days of paid time off (PTO) to actually switch off and recharge.
Legendary team events, plus access to concerts and events across the group.
Free keys for our games and titles from across our network.
A range of discounts and offers via our corporate benefits platform.
Access to our modern, dog-friendly office in Berlin-Spandau, with ergonomic workstations and a large shared team kitchen.
A VIP membership at the gym next door.
A subsidized BVG public transport ticket.