About the company PTW is a boutique games services company powered by a global team of passionate, hard-working, and ambitious gamers. For nearly three decades, PTW has expanded rapidly, now boasting 40 sites in 12 countries. Our family of companies, including SIDE, 1518, OR Esports, and Entalize, enables us to offer a comprehensive range of services from dialogue production and localization to art services and esports management.
We have been dedicated to perfecting the gaming experience for players worldwide, recognizing them as integral members of our community. Our commitment to providing industry-leading solutions has allowed us to work on over 1,500 titles across all genres and platforms, solidifying our reputation in the games industry.
We believe that great work is achieved by teams who love what they do. By leveraging the strength, creativity, and passion of our global workforce, we approach every solution with an all-minds-on-deck strategy - an approach that ensures that we consistently deliver innovative and effective solutions to our clients, helping them accelerate innovation across the globe.
We connect and bring fun to the world!
About the role The Localization Project Manager is responsible for managing multiple projects from initiation to completion, ensuring specified deliverables are met. This role involves defining project scope, performing file analysis using memoQ, creating schedules and quotes, and effectively allocating resources to ensure profitability. The manager oversees project operations, maintains customer relationships, and ensures projects are delivered on time and within budget while acting as the main point of contact. Additionally, the position includes enforcing company policies within teams, managing team dynamics, ensuring financial control of project gross margins, and maintaining responsive communication and effective relationships with internal teams.
Key Responsibilities Managing LQA Teams on assigned projects across many platforms (PC, Console, and Mobile) to achieve high-quality results. Working directly with LQA Project Managers on strategic, budgeting and capacity planning and sometimes contract negotiations, ensuring optimal resource allocations across projects and studios. Daily management of allocated project resources and tester's day-to-day performance. Coordinating project management activities, resources, and equipment into manageable daily team actions and setting timeframes and milestones. Daily review of project priorities, risks and severities with the Project Manager. Engaging with LQA testing teams to proactively resolve project issues. Lead daily stand-up meetings and project planning meetings to relay progress and/or issues to the LQA Project Manager. Team mentoring and guidance to ensure high quality standards throughout including developing and reporting on key quality metrics and KPIs. Working closely with Project Managers on team structure, headcount resource requirements, performance and developing a training process for new and existing team members. Requirements Native level fluency in English, particularly reporting, reading & writing. (Another language highly advantageous). Extensive experience within a Quality Assurance role as a LQA Tester or similar (preferably within the gaming industry, but not essential). Experience running teams in either game development or software LQA, with proven leadership experience. Highly creative, proactive, enthusiastic, conscientious, and solution-oriented. Exceptional team management and mentoring skills. Strong understanding of LQA and Submission best practices for Console and Mobile Ability to mentor, guide and influence other members of the team to improve standards and an ability to lead by example Attention to detail with an inquisitive mindset, not afraid to ask difficult questions where required Ability to multi-task and prioritise tasks based on multiple sources of information, with excellent time management skills Problem solver with a "can-do" attitude, to ensure that the LQA team runs in an efficient way Aptitude for gaining understanding in new technologies and processes quickly Experience with bug databases administration (such as Jira) Knowledge of the current generation of games consoles and PCs, and the latest mobile platforms (preferred). An interest in, and understanding of, the video game industry would be advantageous. What we offer: You will be working for the pre-eminent global provider of specialist services to the games industry and provided with full training and the opportunity to work on some of the biggest game clients, titles, projects, and tech in the world. Attractive remuneration, holidays, regular team competitions with great prizes; and inclusion into an extensive social calendar. Our environments thrive with collaborative teamwork with people from all around the world, different nationalities, and languages. A supportive community inclusive of LGBTQ+, and any age, ethnicity, religion, or disability. We care about the wellbeing of our employees and have a dedicated employee wellbeing program. We empower our people and offer regular progression opportunities to ensure our employees flourish. Learn as you work and be part of something real that changes the face of gaming - forever. Working with a global multi-lingual workforce with superb training and promotion and progression opportunities. Working Condition: On-Site in our Studio in Braga, Portugal 8:00 to 17:00, Mondays through Fridays We are also regularly recruiting the following languages: Arabic, Burmese, Bulgarian, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (Australian), English (UK), English (US), Finnish, French (EU), French (Canadian), German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Luxembourgish, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (EU), Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian, Spanish (Latin), Spanish (EU), Russian, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese for current and future ad-hoc Quality Assurance, Localization, Localization, QA, and Player Support global Operations.
ALL APPLICATION MUST BE SUBMITTED IN ENGLISH For more career opportunities, visit our career page: https://www.ptw.com/careers
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