Release Manager, Lego Fortnite

7 months ago

Montréal, Canada Epic Games Full time

**WHAT MAKES US EPIC?**:
At the core of Epic's success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it's building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we're always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We're constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

**PRODUCTION**:
**What We Do**:
Whether it's driving a vision from start to finish or collaborating with teams to inspire and deliver projects of Epic quality, Epic's production teams take pride in consistently delivering world-class products and experiences.

**What You'll Do**:
Today we are growing the team which is forging the first adventures in LEGO Fortnite, blending the engaging and welcoming Fortnite universe with the creativity and playfulness of LEGO. In this role, you will be the primary production advocate for release readiness, acting as a key partner to the LEGO Fortnite dev team, and the centralized Release Management team.

The Release Management team are the guardians of builds before they get to players. They are looked upon to identify and mitigate risks associated with player experience, communicate timelines clearly, and set a path forward for each milestone.

**In this role, you will**:

- Working closely with dev production, QA, and Live Ops teams on identifying and resolving risks related to milestones and releases
- Developing new practices and structures to better scale release management and stabilization processes across our Fortnite ecosystem
- Owning the scheduling, coordination, quality control, and external certification process across multiple platforms and/or products
- Knowing the process for submitting builds to external partners inside and out, and is the expert on all things related to external build certification
- Working with QA Leads to establish and maintain bug triage process, determine and prioritize must-fix issues for release and work with appropriate team members to ensure bug fixes happen as planned
- Coordinating internal and external release notes, known issues, and knowledge base updates
- Ensuring releases have passed all required checks and approvals leading up to live deployment and effectively communicating approved exceptions to all necessary parties

**What we're looking for**:

- Strong project management and communication skills
- Demonstrated ability in right-sized process development and improvement
- Experience with build and release processes for Software or Games as a Service product
- Familiar with Perforce, Jira, Grafana
- Exposure to platform certification processes
- Technical orientation and a strong understanding of software development
- Knowledge of the game development process and exposure to working with shipped and live titles

**EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE**:
We pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), we also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.

**ABOUT US**:
Epic Games spans across 19 countries with 55 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

**Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic**:
Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.

**Note to Recruitment Agencies**:Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found here.

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