Senior Project Manager

Ghost Story Games is a self-publishing game development studio founded by Ken Levine and former Irrational Games developers. They are seeking a Senior Project Manager to drive project execution across disciplines for their upcoming game Judas, ensuring teams stay focused and milestones are met.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and coordinate planning and delivery efforts across design, engineering, art, audio, QA, and publishing teams
• Collaborate with team leads and studio leadership to build and maintain project roadmaps, feature schedules, and milestone plans
• Track progress on key deliverables, anticipate bottlenecks, surface risks, and drive proactive solutions
• Run daily standups, sprint planning sessions, milestone reviews, and retrospectives to maintain accountability and clarity
• Manage build schedules and release readiness — including certification timelines, QA coordination, and launch preparedness
• Serve as a point of contact between cross-functional teams, ensuring goals and expectations are clearly aligned across departments
• Support the studio's development culture by continuously improving workflows, documentation, tooling, and communication processes
• Assist with vendor and partner coordination, including platform holders, localization teams, and other external contributors

Requirements:

• 4+ years of experience as a Project Manager, Producer, or Program Manager in the game industry or a closely related field
• Mastery experience with Jira
• Familiarity with Unreal Engine (4 or 5) and version control systems (e.g., Perforce, Git)
• A strong understanding of game development workflows, pipelines, and production challenges
• Experience managing complex projects with multiple teams and overlapping dependencies
• A proactive, adaptable mindset with strong follow-through and problem-solving instincts
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a focus on clarity and alignment
• Ability to thrive in a small, fast-moving, hands-on team environment
• A passion for games and an interest in participating across the full game development lifecycle
• Experience with live game operations, release pipelines, or patch scheduling
• Familiarity with console and platform certification (Xbox, PlayStation, Steam, etc.)
• Exposure to publishing or marketing workflows, including community management and storefront coordination
• Interest in improving team efficiency through tooling, automation, or workflow optimization