Game Release Manager

Company Description

Ubisoft Toronto Inc.
224 Wallace Avenue. M6H 1V7
Toronto, Ontario

Location of position: Toronto, Ontario

**Our Mission**

Ubisoft’s 19,000 team members, working across more than 40 locations worldwide, are bound by a shared mission to enrich players’ lives with original and memorable gaming experiences. Their dedication and talent have brought to life many acclaimed franchises such as Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Just Dance, Rainbow Six, and many more to come. Ubisoft is an equal opportunity employer that believes diverse backgrounds and perspectives are vital in creating worlds where players and teams can thrive and express themselves. If you are excited about solving game-changing challenges, cutting-edge technologies, and pushing the boundaries of entertainment, we invite you to join our journey and help us create the unknown.

**Our Studio**

Ubisoft Toronto is one of the most significant development studios within Ubisoft, employing talented developers worldwide. We create worlds and tell stories that grip you, inspire you and challenge you. Since opening in 2010, we have shipped innovative game projects on Ubisoft’s most prominent brands: Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, For Honor and Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell.

We recently launched Far Cry 6, the most ambitious Far Cry game to date, featuring the talented Giancarlo Esposito as Anton Castillo. Our studio has also led the development of the newest game in the Watch Dogs franchise - Watch Dogs: Legion (2020), a stand out for its tech and design work, play as anyone gameplay in an open world, and rich and detailed rendition of a future London. Starlink: Battle for Atlas (2018) was Ubisoft Toronto’s first new IP, which seamlessly blended physical and digital gameplay. Splinter Cell Blacklist was the first title released by Ubisoft Toronto in 2013. We have an exciting roadmap of projects for the future and can’t wait to share more details.

Are you looking to work with enthusiastic experts who are tackling industry-changing challenges in entertainment and beyond? At Ubisoft Toronto, we constantly strive to get better, be better and do better - embracing innovative ideas, exploring new technologies, and working together courageously and collaboratively.

**Job Description**:
**On being a Game Release Manager at Ubisoft Toronto**
As the Game Release Manager, you will have the responsibility of managing game deliveries. This includes release calendar proposals, timely closing, overall quality and deployments planning. You will be involved in the evolution of the delivery pipeline with a continuous delivery mindset, using both process and technology at your disposal.

**Type of Position**: Permanent, full-time.

**Responsibilities**:
The main and routine tasks of this position are to ensure on time delivery and quality of major and continuous game version deliveries.

**Planning / Process**
- Define, document, and maintain the release plan roadmap and uphold quality of game content and player experience
- Ensure releases have passed all required checks and approvals and ensure releases documentation timely delivery and quality; (ex: patch notes, known issues, error codes)
- Design and implement mitigation and contingency plans in collaboration with the release management specialist/release coordinator
- Actively participate in the performance assessment and the evolution of the delivery pipeline
- Facilitate release planning meetings and communicate/document product release status with key stakeholders
- Collaborate with teams in different areas to highlight and resolve issues
- Oversee the work of the release management specialist and/or release coordinator when applicable

**Problem solving**
- Ensure that risks and issues are identified, understood, and dealt with in a manner that mitigates risks to scope and schedule
- Propose mitigation and contingency plans
- Improve closing process
- Collaborate with multiple disciplines to surface and resolve issues
- Carry out all other related tasks

**Qualifications**:
**Training**:
Degree in management or equivalent training or the equivalent combination of education, training or work experience.

**Experience**:

- 3 to 5 years of gaming industry expertise
- 2 to 3 years of experience in release management and operations of online games
- Proven ability to conduct releases with cross-functional stakeholders in organization.

**Skills and Knowledge**:

- Excellent knowledge of game publishing schemes on different platforms (PlayStation, Xbox, PC)
- Capacity to make important decisions in highly stressful situations
- Rigorous & methodical
- Excellent sense of priorities & time management skill
- Excellent ability for problem solving
- Strong communication skills
- Proven knowledge of areas of expertise in game production process
- Good understanding of game publishing scheme.

Additional Information
**We Offer**:

- **A hybrid, flexible work model**:

- **Six