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Head of Co-Dev

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Techland

Competitive

Warszawa, Poland

Poland

Web Development

ASAP

05/04/2024

Director

Permanent | Full Time

No

Company Description

Techland is one of the biggest and best-known Polish game developers with studios in Wroclaw and Warsaw. For over 30 years, we've carried a tradition of providing gamers with unforgettable experiences. We're an international team of over 400 highly-skilled professionals driven by a passion for gaming, always striving for the best quality. 

We're fueled by the support of our global community built on the foundation of successful AAA franchises such as Call of Juarez, Dead Island, or Dying Light. The gamers' trust in our games has resulted in our newest project, Dying Light 2 Stay Human, selling more than 5 million copies across all platforms within the first month after release. 

On top of continuously growing the world of Dying Light through a robust post-launch support plan for Dying Light 2 Stay Human, we're also working on an unannounced AAA Open World Action RPG set in a brand new fantasy universe; our biggest project to date. 

Techland's mission strictly determines every aspect of our work: we want to create unforgettable experiences.

Job Description

The goal of successful candidate will be to proactively increase efficiency and reduce resource limitations for in-house projects through strategic co-dev partnerships.

  • having ownership of co-development initiatives across the company, consolidate processes around them, manage partnerships and report results to stakeholders on executive level,
  • driving the studio's capacity planning and optimization across our portfolio of in-development projects,
  • advising on capacity planning issues and challenges faced by the development teams, as needed,
  • serving as a partner across the ecosystem of co-development and outsourcing vendors within and outside of Portfolios/Affiliates, helping to coordinate resources across the business. 

Qualifications
  • 10+ years of professional experience in the video games industry, preferably on a global basis and with a focus on PC/Console games
  • proven track record working on co-development and outsource management, ideally for a large video games company,
  • experience assessing and optimising capacity planning across multiple game production lines, and driving coordination across outsourcing or co-development vendors globally,
  • experience in project management and managing budgets for large scale projects,
  • ability to build relationship with partners and address challenging situation in terms of project schedule and scope,
  • experience in cooperation with support functions when initiating and leading co-development initiatives (legal, security, procurement, compliance, IT),
  • experience in writing good quality procurement related documents like statement of work, request for proposal etc.,
  • strong organisational skills, initiative, and a collaborative approach,
  • great interpersonal skills, and can navigate cross-cultural work environments,
  • very good command of English,
  • knowledge of game industry market in terms of co-development partners is a big plus.
     

Additional Information

What we can offer:
  • a wide array of benefits: private medical care, life insurance, relocation support, pro-health campaigns, psychological support, gifts for different occasions, bonuses,
  • an outstanding work atmosphere in a highly-skilled team of professionals, with flexible working hours, no dress code, and full support of the dedicated HR Business Partner,
  • a constant stream of company newsletters, PR & project updates so you will always be in the know,
  • many opportunities for personal development: a dedicated development budget for each employee, extra two paid days for training and CSR, stable career paths, extensive internal and external training, and financing of English and Polish language classes,
  • state-of-the-art offices filled with chillout zones, a fully equipped kitchen, a gym (Wrocław office), and a free underground car park (Wrocław office).



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