Full-Time Development Manager

The OpportunityAs a Development Manager at Hyper Hippo, you will lead projects to ensure teams have the resources for engaging gaming experiences. You will organize, clarify, and drive the development process, working closely with Producers, Team Leads, and leadership to align goals, balance workloads, and optimize workflows. Your ability to keep things running smoothly is key to delivering high-quality games on time.

You will play a crucial role in communication and collaboration across the company, keeping leadership informed on project status and integrating Data and Marketing requests into development, ensuring their needs are met without disrupting production. If you enjoy turning complex challenges into smooth workflows and helping teams thrive, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

A Development Manager's Impact

• Collaborate with the team and leadership to define and maintain a 4-6 month roadmap, ensuring high-level scoping, validated capacity analysis, and milestone tracking in Jira.
• Oversee sprint planning, backlog grooming, and task management, ensuring tasks are well-defined, estimated, and properly assigned to maintain development efficiency.
• Monitor team workload daily to prevent over- or under-allocation, unblock team members, and identify high/low performance for producer escalation.
• Work with the team to define release schedules, track progress, and conduct postmortem reviews after challenging sprints/releases to drive continuous improvement.
• Champion the team's Agile methodology, promote best practices, and ensure relevant KPIs are collected and shared with stakeholders.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to team members, fostering growth and leadership within the organization.
• Leverage AI tools to automate manual and repetitive tasks.

Your Track Record Includes

• Significant experience in project management, development management, or related field within the mobile gaming industry.
• Proven experience managing roadmaps, sprints, and milestone tracking in an Agile or Scrum environment.
• Expertise with Jira, Confluence, and other project management tools.
• Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to align cross-functional teams.
• Experience working with game development teams (engineers, designers, product managers).
• Passion for fostering a positive, transparent, and balanced work culture.
• Preferred: Prior experience in a live-ops gaming environment.
• Familiarity with data-driven decision-making and integrating marketing requirements into development cycles.
• Certification in Agile, Scrum, or other project management methodologies.

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