Senior Technical Program Manager - Data Delivery & Governance- Xbox Game Studios - Rare Ltd.

Responsibilities (Text Only) - Work with the analytics team and external co-development partners to bridge gaps, identify and manage priorities and commitments in a multi-title studio. - Partner with production teams to elevate visibility and player impact of data initiatives. - Provide program management support to the data function in order to deliver valuable data capabilities and light up insights that provide real value to our game design and engineering teams. - Work with the data teams to identify future opportunities and challenges, ensuring they are aligned to game strategies. Support the teams' capability to meet these through effective prioritisation and identification of skill gaps, and ensure teams are the right size to meet the needs of the studio. - Break down complex data engineering initiatives into iterative deliverables to provide value to our players earlier in the process. - Support teams with insight and confidence in making high-integrity commitments to partner teams. - Proactively identify inefficiencies that are holding the team back, and drive better, more efficient workflows. - Bring order to and own data governance and compliance initiatives for the studio (sometimes stepping outside of data systems to do this) with support from the director. Build executive-level visibility and accountability for these strategic programmes. - Be an active participant and contributor to the Xbox Game Studios ecosystem. Qualifications (Text Only) Required Skills and Experience - Prior work history as a program/project manager or engineer with a focus on data for shipped software products or services. - Experience of working on complex projects. - Utilisation of a growth mindset when faced with challenges. - Ability to collaborate effectively across organisational boundaries, build relationships and bring in ideas to achieve broader organisational goals. - Experience of compliance and governance programs, with proven ability to bring order to a diverse competing set of priorities and provide executive-level visibility and engagement. Desirable Skills and Experience - Experience of live service games and their unique technical requirements and opportunities. - Team leadership experience. - Experience of putting the customer experience at the centre of the engineering landscape. - Passionate about player experience. Please note that if you read through this description and don't tick all the boxes but still think you'd be a good fit for the role, please do get in touch. We are always keen to hear from promising candidates, even where their experience may not quite mirror that which is listed. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a requestvia the Accommodation request form. Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.