This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Program Manager – Games based in the United States.
This role serves as the operational backbone of a fast-scaling games division within a highly successful and rapidly growing entertainment franchise. You will act as the right hand to the General Manager of Games, owning the operating rhythm of the entire division and ensuring that information, decisions, and execution flow seamlessly across all teams. Acting as the central nervous system of the organization, you will consolidate updates across production, engineering, design, marketing, QA, product, and player experience into clear, decision-ready insights. You will also protect executive focus by managing priorities, structuring meetings, and ensuring only the most critical issues reach leadership attention. Beyond coordination, this is a high-trust role requiring strong judgment, the ability to challenge senior stakeholders when needed, and the confidence to make real-time decisions on what matters most. The environment is dynamic, creative, and high-stakes, where operational clarity directly impacts the success of major game development initiatives.
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Program Manager – Games based in the United States.
This role serves as the operational backbone of a fast-scaling games division within a highly successful and rapidly growing entertainment franchise. You will act as the right hand to the General Manager of Games, owning the operating rhythm of the entire division and ensuring that information, decisions, and execution flow seamlessly across all teams. Acting as the central nervous system of the organization, you will consolidate updates across production, engineering, design, marketing, QA, product, and player experience into clear, decision-ready insights. You will also protect executive focus by managing priorities, structuring meetings, and ensuring only the most critical issues reach leadership attention. Beyond coordination, this is a high-trust role requiring strong judgment, the ability to challenge senior stakeholders when needed, and the confidence to make real-time decisions on what matters most. The environment is dynamic, creative, and high-stakes, where operational clarity directly impacts the success of major game development initiatives.
Accountabilities
- Own the operating rhythm of the Games Division by managing leadership cadences, reviews, and executive-level meetings, ensuring every session is structured, purposeful, and outcome-driven.
- Build, maintain, and enforce GM meeting agendas, pre-reads, decision points, and follow-ups, ensuring clarity before, during, and after all key discussions.
- Act as the central hub for information flow by aggregating updates across all game development functions into clear, concise, and actionable executive reporting.
- Track, document, and drive completion of decisions, action items, and risks across the division, escalating issues and ensuring accountability across teams.
- Manage the GM’s calendar and priorities by filtering, consolidating, or redirecting meetings and requests to protect strategic focus time.
- Produce executive-ready materials including OKR updates, QBR inputs, board-level summaries, and cross-functional briefing documents.
- Identify operational inefficiencies and continuously improve how the division runs through better systems, reporting structures, and decision-making processes.
- 7–10+ years of experience in program management, business operations, chief of staff, or similar senior operational roles supporting executive leadership.
- Proven experience working directly with VP-level or senior executives in fast-paced, high-growth environments.
- Strong ability to exercise independent judgment, including prioritizing, declining, or redirecting requests from senior stakeholders when necessary.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to distill complex, multi-threaded information into clear executive summaries.
- Exceptional organizational skills with a track record of building scalable systems for tracking work, decisions, and cross-functional initiatives.
- Comfort operating in ambiguity and translating loosely defined problems into structured plans and actionable outputs.
- Proficiency with modern collaboration and productivity tools such as Jira, Confluence, Slack, and Google Workspace.
- Experience in gaming, entertainment, or creative production environments is highly desirable, particularly with an understanding of development cycles and milestone-based delivery.
- Competitive compensation package with performance-based considerations.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance for eligible employees.
- Paid time off, sick leave, holidays, and parental leave.
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer support.
- Profit sharing and equity participation opportunities.
- Flexible remote work environment aligned with U.S. time zones.
- Opportunity to work on a globally recognized entertainment franchise with massive audience reach.
- High-impact role with direct influence on executive decision-making and product outcomes.