Project Manager

Nekki is a game development studio with over 20 years of experience. We create games for mobile, PC, and consoles, focusing on product quality and player experience.

The Shadow Fight series and Vector have been downloaded over 1 billion times, and we continue to grow and support these franchises. At the same time, we’re building new titles: SPINE and Fight Me.

We are currently looking for a Project Manager to join the development team of our flagship project, Shadow Fight 4: Arena.

Shadow Fight Arena is a fighting game with real-time synchronous PvP on mobile devices, unparalleled in the world. The project team adheres to a meticulous approach to art, animation, UI, and game design. We are not afraid to utilize serious and complex tools where they help solve challenges. For instance, to achieve seamless PvP, we developed a rollback system, and PBR ensures console-quality visuals even on mobile phones. Additionally, for animation creation, we use our proprietary software, Cascadeur, enabling the development of realistic action animations without the need for motion capture. All of these efforts have helped the team create a game that has been downloaded over 10 million times with an average rating of 4.7, gaining recognition from players and industry experts alike.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate development teams (programmers, QA, designers, game designers) on a daily basis

• Help team leads plan sprints and keep teams focused on their immediate goals

• Take part in version (release) planning

• Diagnose development processes and suggest ways to improve them

• Implement changes and track their results

• Set up and maintain dashboards and other tools for monitoring process quality through metrics

• Provide up-to-date development status to stakeholders, manage expectations, and escalate issues on time

What we're looking for:

• 2+ years of experience as a Project Manager or Scrum Master

• Excellent coordination and communication skills

• Strong hands-on skills with Jira, Google Sheets, Miro (or equivalents)

• Experience diagnosing processes and working with metrics

• Experience implementing tools and automations in Jira

• A genuine desire to work in game development and support creative people

Will be a plus:

• A technical higher education degree

• Experience working in both mono-functional and cross-functional teams

• Game development experience

• Experience applying and implementing AI tools

We offer:

• A great team with a friendly and informal work environment (we share colleagues' interests, play video games together, and organize internal game jams)

• Support of professional development, participation in specialized conferences and educational events

• Remote work from all over the world

• Working hours from 10 AM to 7 PM (GMT+3) with possibility of adjustment

• Competitive salary (depending on professional qualifications)