Hire Overseas
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ProductionManager(MobileGames)
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“Production Manager (Mobile Games) at Hire Overseas. Skills: Live Ops, Production Management, Mobile Games, Sprint Management, Cross-functional Coordination. Own the Live Ops calendar and coordinate event, offer, and content releases end to end. Ensure assets, builds, QA gates, and approvals are aligned before every launch”
What You'll Achieve.
Keep momentum high; ship updates on schedule; making sure work does not stall between disciplines; reduce last-minute risk; flag issues or optimization opportunities quickly; Keep workstreams aligned and moving across all disciplines; escalate blockers before they become delays; accelerate documentation, ticket writing, and process hygiene
Industry & Context.
Monitor event performance and flag issues or optimization opportunities quickly; Surface risks early and escalate blockers before they become delays
Availability during Central European Time with overlap into Pacific Time for cross-team collaboration.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
2 to 5+ years of experience in production or project management within mobile casual or free-to-play games, Hands-on Live Ops experience including scheduled events, content releases, and offer management, understanding of F2P fundamentals including events, retention loops, and monetization cadence, Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams in a fast-moving environment, Clear written communication and async collaboration skills across distributed teams, Experience using Linear or comparable project management tools, High ownership mindset with follow-through and a bias toward action
Nice to Have
Experience working on licensed IP or sports-related mobile games, Familiarity with build and release pipelines, Exposure to automated QA processes, Comfort reading analytics dashboards and validating event performance, Experience balancing feature development with ongoing Live Ops simultaneously
What You'll Do.
Own the Live Ops calendar and coordinate event
and content releases end to end
and approvals are aligned before every launch
Build repeatable checklists and release processes that reduce last-minute risk
Monitor event performance and flag issues or optimization opportunities quickly
and retrospective cadence
Translate product priorities into clear sprint scope with defined definitions of done
Maintain backlog clarity and ticket quality with acceptance criteria
Keep workstreams aligned and moving across all disciplines
Coordinate build readiness and own go or no-go decisions before each release
Support structured bug triage and prioritization
Maintain release documentation
and post-launch reviews
Operate inside Linear as the single source of truth for project status
and consistent documentation standards
Use AI tools to accelerate documentation
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional coordination across engineering, design, art, and QA; Drive dependencies and handoffs across engineering, art, design, and QA; Surface risks early and escalate blockers before they become delays; Maintain alignment across time zones and functions without creating unnecessary process overhead; Clear written communication and async collaboration skills across distributed teams
Communication Scope
Clear written communication; async collaboration skills
Process & Methodology
Sprint management, Sprint planning, execution, retrospective cadence, Backlog management, Ticket management, Release management, Workflow management
Full Job Description
We're looking for a **Live Ops and Production Manager** to own day-to-day execution and content delivery for a remote team building a mobile football game. This role combines sprint management, Live Ops calendar ownership, and cross-functional coordination across engineering, design, art, and QA. You are responsible for keeping momentum high, shipping updates on schedule, and making sure work does not stall between disciplines. If you have hands-on Live Ops experience in mobile free-to-play games and know how to keep a distributed team moving without losing quality, this role is a strong fit. ### Why You'll Want to Join * You will be paid in **USD** (bi-monthly: every 15th and 30th) * **Paid Time Off** in accordance with company policy * Observance of **Holidays** per company guidelines * **100% remote setup** so you can work wherever you're most productive * High ownership role embedded directly with product, engineering, and creative teams * Work on a globally licensed football gaming platform with real player impact **Timezone:** This role requires availability during **Central European Time** with overlap into **Pacific Time** for cross-team collaboration. ### What You'll Work On **Live Ops Execution and Planning** * Own the Live Ops calendar and coordinate event, offer, and content releases end to end * Ensure assets, builds, QA gates, and approvals are aligned before every launch * Build repeatable checklists and release processes that reduce last-minute risk * Monitor event performance and flag issues or optimization opportunities quickly **Sprint and Delivery Management** * Own sprint planning, execution, and retrospective cadence * Translate product priorities into clear sprint scope with defined definitions of done * Maintain backlog clarity and ticket quality with strong acceptance criteria * Keep workstreams aligned and moving across all disciplines **Cross-Functional Coordination** * Drive dependencies and handoffs across engineering, art, design, and Q
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