[Hiring] Manager, Publishing Operations @thatgamecompany

Role Description

We're looking for a Manager, Publishing Operations to lead our project management team and help ensure that thatgamecompany's publishing efforts are organized, aligned, and delivered effectively. This role oversees the project management function across integrated marketing campaigns, live operations, and ongoing publishing initiatives.

• Manage and develop a team of project managers overseeing storefront submissions, ASO, and marketing creative.
• Establish consistent planning and delivery practices.
• Maintain visibility across the publishing portfolio to ensure priorities, dependencies, resources, and risks are understood.
• Work across Brand, Creative, Communications, Community, User Acquisition, Storefront, Game Development, and external partners.
• Connect the work happening across teams and ensure complex initiatives move forward with clarity and accountability.
• Partner closely with publishing leadership to identify delivery risks and resolve cross-functional challenges.
• Provide a clear picture of progress, capacity, and upcoming decisions.

Qualifications

• 8–10+ years of experience in marketing project management, integrated marketing, production management, publishing operations, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience leading, managing, or mentoring project managers.
• Experience managing complex, cross-functional marketing initiatives with multiple parallel workstreams and dependencies.
• Strong understanding of game development and publishing workflows.
• Experience overseeing multiple concurrent projects or a portfolio of initiatives.
• Strong skills in project planning, prioritization, risk management, stakeholder communication, and delivery oversight.
• Experience establishing project management processes and operational workflows.
• Ability to communicate project health, capacity constraints, and delivery risks clearly to senior stakeholders.
• Experience coordinating external agencies, vendors, budgets, and production partners.
• Excellent judgment and the ability to navigate changing priorities, ambiguity, and competing demands.
• A collaborative leadership style that builds trust and encourages accountability.
• Genuine enthusiasm for games and an appreciation for thatgamecompany's creative approach.

Requirements

• Lead and develop the project management team, establishing clear expectations for project ownership, communication, planning, and delivery.
• Provide coaching, feedback, and professional development to project managers.
• Oversee project assignments and workload distribution.
• Ensure project managers have the context, tools, and support needed to manage their work effectively.
• Establish consistent standards for project plans, milestone tracking, status reporting, risk management, and stakeholder communication.
• Review project health across the team and identify issues that require additional support.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, proactive problem-solving, and continuous improvement.
• Maintain an integrated view of publishing initiatives.
• Ensure project plans align with publishing priorities, realistic timelines, and key dependencies.
• Monitor delivery health across the portfolio.
• Partner with publishing leadership to assess competing priorities and recommend adjustments.
• Provide clear, concise reporting on portfolio progress.
• Ensure project managers proactively identify and communicate changes that may affect other teams.
• Serve as a senior operational partner across relevant stakeholders.
• Help resolve cross-functional challenges.
• Build trusted relationships with functional leads and publishing leadership.
• Support project managers in navigating complex stakeholder relationships.
• Oversee coordination between marketing project management and game development teams.
• Help teams plan realistically around development uncertainty.
• Own the development and continuous improvement of project management practices.
• Identify opportunities to simplify workflows and improve delivery predictability.
• Lead retrospectives and post-launch reviews.
• Ensure project managers maintain clear scopes, timelines, and deliverables with external partners.
• Oversee project-level budget tracking and financial reporting practices.
• Maintain visibility into internal and external resource constraints.
• Oversee project management planning for major launches and integrated campaigns.
• Ensure launch plans account for all necessary components.
• Support project managers in resolving blockers and escalating risks.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off, Holidays, and Two Weeks Winter Break.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage starting on the first day of employment.
• Pet Insurance available.
• Compassionate leave for family care.
• Pre-tax wellness stipend.
• Pre-tax work from home stipend.
• Access to a savings plan (401K program) with company match.
• Mental health resources including Headspace membership and Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Discount portal for everyday goods and services.
• Employee inclusive and diversity initiatives such as Grow Together.
• Support for personal professional development.