Project Manager (World of Tanks: HEAT) (m/f/i)

Job Overview

About the Project

World of Tanks: HEAT is a cross-platform (PC and consoles) tank MMO shooter currently in development. We're building on the legacy of one of the most successful free-to-play games while creating something fresh for a new generation of players.

About the Team

The Meta team owns the backend systems and meta game features that shape the player's experience outside of battle - progression, economy, collections, social features, and more. We're a team of 25+ developers and QAs who collaborate closely with game designers, UX designers, and UI artists. We hold ourselves to a high technical bar and care deeply about both craft and delivery.

As we grow, we need more support on the managerial side. You'll join an existing Delivery Manager who will support your onboarding and partner with you as we scale.

The Role

• As a Project Manager, you work with the team to turn product vision into deliverable iterations, balance competing priorities, and keep everything moving. You're not here to push tasks, but you're here to build a system where a talented team can do their best work and ship reliably.
• This role requires a servant leadership mindset. You enable teams rather than direct them. You create visibility, remove impediments, and empower people to self-organize and collaborate productively. You're a force multiplier. When you're doing your job well, everyone around you is more effective.

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Reports to

Development Director

What will you do?

Planning & Delivery

• Run the estimation process and shape quarterly roadmaps, monthly releases, and bi-weekly iterations
• Plan iteration and release scope with the team and Product Manager based on team capacity
• Work with Tech Leads to find the best implementation paths for product requirements
• Break down PRDs and initiatives into epics, user stories, and tasks with the team and Product Manager
• Maintain a sustainable development pace, identify risks early and adjust workload accordingly

Process & Facilitation

• Define and evolve team processes within our broader framework
• Facilitate refinements, plannings, and preparation sessions for monthly and quarterly cycles
• Run retrospectives at both team and system levels, turning feedback into real process improvements
• Track delivery metrics (throughput, cycle time, defect’s number, velocity) and use them to drive decisions
• Optimize the flow of work across multiple delivery pipelines, identifying and resolving bottlenecks
• Continuously improve work systems to push toward development best practices

Coordination & Communication

• Facilitate cross-team synchronization between teams, ensuring alignment without creating overhead
• Balance requests from stakeholders against team capacity
• Manage dependencies with external teams
• Keep stakeholders informed on progress, risks, and tradeoffs
• Help stakeholders refine priorities based on what's realistic
• Manage expectations from both internal and external teams and stakeholders

Team Health

• Resolve conflicts within the development team
• Identify and mitigate risks before they become blockers
• Remove impediments, create visibility, and enable teams to self-organize

Build and maintain high performance collaborative team environment

What are we looking for?

• Engineering background - you've worked as a developer or in a technical role and understand how software gets built
• Understanding of scalable cloud architectures and high-load distributed systems, so you can have informed conversations with engineers about backend challenges, microservices, and cloud infrastructure
• Proven experience as a Delivery Manager, Producer, or Project Manager on software or game development teams (5+ years preferred)
• Strong stakeholder management skills - you can navigate competing interests, set expectations, build trust, and maintain alignment across teams and leadership levels
• Strong facilitation skills - you can run a planning session that people find useful
• Worked with agile frameworks and you have the judgment to adapt them to your team's reality
• Experience managing distributed or hybrid teams working across different locations or time zones
• Ability to communicate clearly with both engineers and non-technical stakeholders
• A servant leadership mindset - you