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External Development Manager
Warner Bros. Discovery. Own and manage a portfolio of external development partners, acting as the primary point of contact and ensuring delivery of high‑quality content across multiple disciplines.
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Own and manage a portfolio of external development partners, acting as the primary point of contact and ensuring delivery of high‑quality content across multiple disciplines.
- Lead coordination between internal teams and external partners, ensuring clarity of requirements, timely feedback, and alignment with project goals.
- Assist with documentation and contract preparation, liaising with legal and finance teams.
- Own and refine the onboarding process for our external partners so that we’re providing a high quality and seamless onboarding experience, working closely with our IT team.
- Assist with cost tracking for your portfolio, providing accurate reporting to the Lead External Development Manager.
- Maintain regular communication with our Production and external teams to track progress of our external partners deliverables and flag issues proactively.
- Facilitate communication between our development team and external vendors, ensuring clarity and timely responses and helping flag and resolve issues where needed.
- Pro-actively identify and help resolve risks to both the project and outsource pipeline and ensure that all security measures are in place.
- Maintain delivery pipelines, including asset tracking and review workflows.
Requirements
What you’ll need- Experience working as a External Development Manager, Producer or Project Manager in game development, VFX or similar fast paced environment.
- Familiarity with project management tools (Jira, Shotgrid/Flow preferred).
- A solid understanding of waterfall and Agile methodologies is advantageous.
- Knowledge of asset creation workflows and tools is advantageous.
- Proficient in the Office Suite and similar applications.
- Very strong communication and organisational skills.
- Detail-oriented with a proactive approach.
- Experience with project budgeting and cost tracking.
- Ability to work under pressure and handle multiple priorities while driving towards a deadline.
- Proven ability to work as part of a team.
- Able to think strategically and balance short term needs vs long term studio goals.
- Passion for games and a collaborative mindset.
Benefits
Comp & perks- TBD
- Hybrid Working - This role is advertised as a Hybrid work model, that combines remote and in-office work, following our current company policy and to be agreed with your Line Manager.
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Hard Skills & Tools
project managementcost trackingasset creation workflowswaterfall methodologyAgile methodologybudgeting
Soft Skills
communicationorganizational skillsdetail-orientedproactive approachability to work under pressureteam collaborationstrategic thinking