Rovio, a gaming company, is seeking an experienced Project Manager/Business Operations Manager to support their games business with a focus on new games and portfolio management. The role involves operational ownership of Rovio's new game decision-making and investment process, known as "Flightpath," and facilitating new game development while ensuring adherence to the agreed process and investment budgets. The successful candidate will be responsible for tracking the development of new game projects, providing guidance and coaching to new game projects, supporting new game teams on their investment proposals, monitoring budget spending, identifying potential obstacles, and collecting feedback from stakeholders. The ideal candidate should have 5+ years of project management experience, strong organizational skills, emotional intelligence, communication skills, relationship building experience, and a basic understanding of free-to-play mobile gaming. Experience in game development and/or portfolio management is a plus.

<div><div>Are you looking for a career in gaming - one of the hottest industries in the world? Would you like to work in a company that brings joy to millions of people everyday? Would you like to play a key role in defining what the company should do in the future? </div><div><br /></div><div>We are seeking an experienced Project manager / Business operations Manager  to support our games business with focus on new games and portfolio management. In this role you would have an operational ownership of our new game decision-making and investment process known internally as “Flightpath”. You would facilitate our new games development, making sure new game teams are adhering to the agreed process and investment budgets, while supporting them by helping remove obstacles. </div><div>This is a pivotal strategic role for Rovio’s games business, where you will play a key role in supporting games portfolio management. As a key member of Rovio’s Strategy Team, your efforts will help new game teams to better succeed in their journey to craft and develop new hit games. You would also be part of Rovio’s Portfolio Management Group who owns the Rovio level games portfolio including capital allocation and investment decisions. </div></div><div><div><h3>What you will be responsible for:</h3><ul><ul><li>Operational ownership of Rovio’s new game decision-making and investment process known internally as “Flightpath”</li><li>Track development of new game projects including agreed investments, KPIs and timelines to identify possible issues and solutions</li><li>Provide tools for guidance and coaching to new game projects to navigate the Flightpath process in terms of investment requests, KPI measurements, timelines, etc. </li><li>Support new game teams on their investment proposals to Portfolio Management Group to ensure the proposal includes all requested information</li><li>Make sure that new game teams are stick to objectives, budget allocation, KPIs, timing and deliverables</li><li>Participate in the Portfolio Management Group meetings as facilitator</li><li>Monitor budget spending, progress and focus of the new game teams, making sure they are following the plan</li><li>Identify potential obstacles in the way that could slow down or block the new game team’s progress and support them with potential solutions</li><li>Collect feedback from stakeholders to actively develop Flightpath process further</li><li>Regularly report to the Portfolio Management Group on the progress and bottlenecks, helping the projects to move forward while staying on target </li></ul></ul></div></div><div><div><h3>Who we think will do great in this role has:</h3><ul><ul><li>5+ years of project management (e.g. management consulting, project management office, portfolio management)</li><li>Strong organisational skills</li><li>Ability to oversee budget expenditure and roadmap delivery</li><li>Strong emotional intelligence, communication skills and relationship building experience</li><li>An understanding of the deeper reasons why a process isn't working, and are able to roll out effective improvements</li><li>High degree of self motivation and initiative taking</li><li>Basic understanding of free-to-play mobile gaming</li></ul></ul></div></div><div><div><h3>We’d love if you have some of these:</h3><ul><ul><li>Deep understanding for free-to-play game business model</li><li>Experience in game development and/or portfolio management</li><div><br /></div></ul></ul></div></div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>---</b></div><div>We welcome applicants to use the name they want to be addressed by in the application form, regardless of whether it is their legal name.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>What to expect when you join us</b></div><div><b>Meet the Rovians</b></div><div><b>About Rovio</b></div></div><div>Apply for this job</div>

The job is for a 3D Generalist to work with assets in Unity for one of Rovio's games in development. The focus of the position is to get assets to work correctly as they are integrated into the game and work with the Unity timeline for the animated characters in the game. The position is a paid internship for 3 months with a salary of 2300€ per month. The ideal candidate should have a great portfolio, be proficient in spoken and written English, be fluent in Unity and Maya, and have the ability and willingness to learn new things. The recruitment process includes a call with the Talent Partner, a meeting with the hiring manager, an art test, and a final round with the team lead and team member(s). Rovio's Puzzle Studio aims to create a true emotional connection with players through their games.

<div><div>We are looking for a passionate and talented 3D Generalist to join us for the summer of 2023. In this position you would be working with assets in Unity for one of our games in development working as a part of the game’s art team. The two areas of focus for this position would be getting assets to work correctly as they are integrated into the game and working with the Unity timeline for the animated characters in the game. This is a paid internship for <b>3 months</b> with the salary of <b>2300€</b> per month. Unfortunately we are unable to provide relocation support for internship roles.</div></div><div><div><h3>What your days will look like:</h3><ul><ul><li>Creating 3D models, textures and shaders</li><li>Importing assets into the Unity game project</li><li>Testing and debugging assets in Unity</li><li>Using Unity timeline to build sequences of character animations</li></ul></ul></div></div><div><div><h3>Who we think will do great in this role has:</h3><ul><ul><li>Has a great looking portfolio that demonstrates the skills needed for this position</li><li>Proficient in spoken and written English </li><li>Ability to work independently as well as a part of a larger team</li><li>Fluent in Unity and Maya </li><li>Ability to learn and willingness to learn new things</li></ul></ul></div></div><div><div><h3>We’d love it if you have some of these bonus skills:</h3><ul><ul><li>Experience with procedural and PBR materials</li><li>Prior game art experience</li><li>Experience with character animation for games</li><li>Experience with Git or other version control system</li></ul></ul></div></div><div><div><h3>Recruitment process:</h3><ul><ul><li>Call with the Talent Partner: This is a call to talk about your motivations and interests in general and to get to know a bit about Rovio.</li><li>First meeting: You will meet the hiring manager. Before diving deeper into your skills, we want to know who you are and what motivates you. This is also an opportunity for you to learn more about Rovio and the specifics of the role.</li><li>Art Test: You will receive a test. We send it to all candidates who get through our initial screening process. This screening is done primarily based on your Portfolio, CV and Cover letter.</li><li>Final round: You will be invited to meet the team lead and team member(s). Our aim is to get a clear overview of your skills, how you would fit with our working culture, your ambitions and where we can help you develop. </li></ul></ul></div></div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Rovio’s Puzzle Studio has their sights set on becoming the most successful casual puzzle game studio in the world. Exploring new and emerging trends in puzzle games, the studio has built a deep understanding of the puzzle genre and its players since its founding in 2014. The studio has introduced innovations in puzzle game core with the free-flowing Angry Birds Dream Blast, several match 3 games such as Angry Birds Match and Small Town Murders as well as slingshot games like Angry Birds Friends and a great newcomer Angry Birds Journey. With their games, Puzzle Studio aims to create a true emotional connection that stays with players even when they’re not playing.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>---</b></div><div>We welcome applicants to use the name they want to be addressed by in the application form, regardless of whether it is their legal name.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>What to expect when you join us</b></div><div><b>Meet the Rovians</b></div><div><b>About Rovio</b></div></div><div>Apply for this job</div>

Rovio is seeking an Audio Intern to join their award-winning audio team for a 3-month paid internship. The successful candidate will work closely with game audio industry veterans to learn how to create world-class audio for games. The role involves assisting the audio team in their day-to-day work, including audio QA, sound design, audio recording, editing and processing, documenting and archiving. The ideal candidate should have experience in sound design for games and other media, knowledge of audio editing and processing, microphones and studio/location recording, and a DAW of their choice. Bonus skills include experience in game audio development, using the Unity game engine, understanding of music composition, game design, and programming. The recruitment process involves a chat with the Head of Audio and Lead Sound Designer. The job advertisement may close as soon as the interview stage of the process begins.

<div><div>Rovio's award-winning audio team defines how our games and products sound and how audio should be used at Rovio. We are extremely passionate about all things revolving around audio and we pride ourselves in creating immersive and emotionally engaging adaptive audio experiences. </div><div><br /></div><div>As an Audio Intern you will be able to join our audio team for <b>3 months</b> and learn the ins and outs of how to create world class audio for games by working closely with game audio industry veterans. This is a paid internship with <b>2300€</b> per month.</div><div><br /></div><div> Please submit both your CV as well as a <b>cover letter.</b></div></div><div><div><h3>What your days will look like:</h3><ul><ul><li>Assist the audio team in their day to day work by doing audio QA, sound design, audio recording, editing and processing, documenting and archiving</li><li>Learn day to day audio design workflows, techniques and solutions</li><li>Join discussions, workshops, and other audio department activities</li><li>Chance to work with other teams and improve our games</li><div><br /></div></ul></ul></div></div><div><div><h3>Who we think will do great in this role has: </h3><ul><ul><li>Experience in sound design for games and other media</li><li>Knowledge and knowhow of audio editing and processing</li><li>Knowledge and knowhow of microphones and studio / location recording</li><li>Knowledge of a DAW of your choice, including standard plugins and effects, Reaper knowledge is a plus</li><li>Self-starter attitude and ability to tackle problems independently</li><li>Good communication and team collaboration skills</li><li>Curiosity in casual mobile games</li><div><br /></div></ul></ul></div></div><div><div><h3>We’d love it if you have some of these bonus skills:</h3><ul><ul><li>Experience in game audio development</li><li>Experience in using the Unity game engine</li><li>Understanding of music composition</li><li>Knowledge in game design</li><li>Knowledge in programming</li><div><br /></div><div>Please note that there is no one “perfect” candidate and we don’t expect applicants to meet 100% of the qualifications. If this position resonates with you, we hope you will apply even if you don't believe you tick all the boxes. You may be the person we’re looking for!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></ul></ul></div></div><div><div><h3>Recruitment process:</h3><ul><ul><li>You will have a chat with the Head of Audio and Lead Sound Designer. We want to know who you are and what motivates and inspires you. We will also dive deeper into your qualifications and skills in audio. You will have an opportunity to learn more about Rovio and the specifics of the role and ask questions.</li></ul></ul></div></div><div><div>We are looking to fill this position quickly and may close the job advertisement as soon as we move to the interview stage of the process. If you would like to take on this adventure, apply for the job now through our job portal! (Please note that we currently don't support relocation for intern positions).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>---</b></div><div>We welcome applicants to use the name they want to be addressed by in the application form, regardless of whether it is their legal name.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>What to expect when you join us</b></div><div><b>Meet the Rovians</b></div><div><b>About Rovio</b></div></div><div>Apply for this job</div>

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