MOVIESTARPLANET ApS
København, 1 stilling
Team Lead
- natural leader with growth potential
About the Job
As a Team Lead in the Production Department, you will be leading one or more cross-disciplinary teams on a daily basis. Your main goal is to create a framework in which the team members thrive and deliver quality products to the kids or internal tools to the other developers or departments. You make sure that the production processes are followed and improved. Reporting to the Chief Product Officer you will work together with the other Leads in creating a world class Production Department. You are expected to constantly seek new knowledge and best practices about production processes in particular and leadership in general and implement it in your daily work.
Overall responsibilities:
•Lead one or more cross-discipline teams of up to 12 people
•Implementation of production processes within the daily work on the team
•Work with Chief Product Officer and other Leads to improve these processes
•Function as Scrum Master on a daily basis and coordinate across teams with the other Scrum Masters
•Create a framework and team spirit that is motivational for all team members
•Planning and executing the full product life cycle for the features allocated to the team
•Create short-term and long-term plans together with the Product Owner and team using Agile and Scrum methodologies
•Participate in road map greenlight meetings with studio management
•Following up on the functionality and performance of features released by the team
•Support Product Owner and team in making sure that plans and achievements are presented to entire company on a regular basis
About You
You are an expert in Agile and have knowledge of related production methodologies such as Scrum, Extreme Programming as well as Kanban. You have previous experience with team management in a performance-driven company within the IT or games industry. Preferably, you hold an academic degree or have received formal leadership training. The ideal candidate has game development experience or similar experience with creative software projects.
Your personality embodies the values of the production department: Passion and Professionalism. As a natural born leader you know that leading other people is a calling and a privilege and you are determined to make a difference for the people you lead enabling them to meet their goals. You are concise in your communication and adjusts it to whom you are communicating.
Your personality is one of responsibility towards yourself and others, determination to reach your goals and displays grit when needed. As a leader, your style is empathic and warm and you use your emotional intelligence to make sure that your team members become the best possible versions of themselves.
A passion for making kids games is mandatory and experience within a related field is a plus.
About Us
MovieStarPlanet ApS is the company behind MovieStarPlanet.com, a game and social network for tweens aged 8-15 years. In a world of Fame, Fortune and Friends, each user designs their own movie star avatar, which can be used for creating small animated movies. They can also chat, design looks, scrapbooks and clothes, and play mini games with other users.
Launched in Denmark in 2009, MovieStarPlanet has since experienced explosive growth. Currently, the website is live in 11 European markets as well as the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Globally it ranks among the fastest growing virtual worlds for the target group with more than 200 million registered profiles.
MovieStarPlanet ApS employs +100 staff and the Head Office is based in the attractive surroundings of the new and modern part of Copenhagen called Ørestad, located very close to the city center and the metro line.
Why work for MovieStarPlanet?
Touch the lives of millions of kids every day. You will get to be part of a fast growing company, producing one of the most popular games/social networks in the world for tweens. Your colleagues are highly qualified, creative and innovative people. We are very ambitious and strive to develop and support the most talked about and played game/social network in the world! We believe in learning by doing and taking ownership of tasks and projects.
Besides being a challenging and inspiring place to work, we value having a casual and fun work environment where ideas can flourish. We have employees from all corners of the globe, which provides a vibrant and eclectic atmosphere. The corporate language is English.
How to Apply
Please apply for this position online by clicking the "Apply for this position" button. Your application should contain the following:
•A cover letter describing why you want to work at MovieStarPlanet as well as a short description about yourself
•Your CV
Application deadline is as soon as possible. We will be holding interviews at the earliest convenience.
