External Development Manager

Warner Bros. Discovery

External Development Manager at Rocksteady Studios managing relationships and content delivery for next AAA title. Leading coordination with internal teams and external partners for high-quality game development.

Posted 5/22/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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