Medical Support Operation Manager
The University of Kansas Health System
External Development Manager
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
full-time
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Location: Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Ghost Story Games is a self-publishing game development studio founded by Ken Levine, focused on narrative-driven experiences.
- Outsourcing Manager role supporting Judas, a narrative-driven AAA game led by Ken Levine.
- Manage content production pipelines from initial planning through final implementation, ensuring deliverables meet quality standards and production goals.
- Seek out external development opportunities, build relationships, and ensure agreements are in place.
- Coordinate closely with internal teams and external partners to drive day-to-day communication and ensure clarity on tasks, priorities, and expectations.
- Track and report on asset or feature status, interdependencies, and risks to production and leadership teams.
- Support overall production efforts by managing schedules, tracking progress, and assisting with issue resolution and prioritization.
Requirements
- Minimum of 5 years of experience as an Outsourcing Manager or similar production leadership role in gaming.
- Proven success in shipping multiple AAA titles or equivalent large-scale projects.
- Strong communication, project management, and relationship-building skills. Deep understanding of the game development process and industry platforms.
- Skilled in creating and maintaining project schedules and tracking deliverables against milestones.
- Demonstrated experience managing internal to external development teams and processes.
- Familiarity with standard production management tools and practices.
- Excellent organizational, time management, and multitasking abilities.
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills.
- Ability to make sound decisions under pressure and adapt to changing priorities; leadership skills to maintain team motivation and focus in high-pressure situations.
- Solid problem-solving and critical-thinking capabilities.
- Proficiency with tools such as Hansoft, Jira, Confluence, Miro or similar project tracking platforms.
- Interest in narrative-driven or action-focused games is a plus.
