Development And Project Management Leader (AAA Console/PC Games)

Company

hirify.global is a Finnish PlayStation Studios game developer known for Returnal and SAROS, with a focus on gameplay, technical excellence, narrative, and audiovisual feedback.

What you will do

• Lead project management for a large-scale console game from planning through key milestones and deliverables.
• Partner with Product, Creative, and Game leadership to translate goals into achievable development plans.
• Manage project scope, capacity, resources, timelines, budgets, risks, and forecasts.
• Improve workflows, production processes, and organisational structures for effective delivery at scale.
• Coordinate dependencies across internal teams, external partners, and co-development studios.
• Report project health, priorities, risks, and trade-offs to studio leadership and stakeholders.

Requirements

• Significant experience leading production, development management, or project management for large-scale AAA console or PC games.
• Experience guiding complex game projects through multiple development stages, ideally through launch.
• Strong expertise in managing schedules, budgets, resources, scope, risks, and dependencies across multidisciplinary teams.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build trust and align creative, technical, product, and production stakeholders.
• Experience working with distributed teams, co-development partners, outsourcing, or external vendors.
• A continuous improvement mindset and the ability to introduce structure without unnecessary overhead.

Nice to have

• Experience coordinating development across multiple studios or international teams.
• Experience establishing or significantly evolving production processes in a growing or changing studio.
• Experience with portfolio-level capacity planning, resource management, or production forecasting.

Culture & Benefits

• Nordic work-life balance with sustainable growth.
• Time and support for personal and professional development during work hours.
• Inclusive workplace with a commitment to equal opportunity and mutual respect.
• Background checks are conducted at the offer stage for new employees.