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Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.\nBeing Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.\nPRODUCTION\nWhat We Do\nWhether it’s driving a vision from start to finish or collaborating with teams to inspire and deliver projects of Epic quality, Epic’s production teams take pride in consistently delivering world-class products and experiences.\nWhat You'll Do\nEpic Games is looking for a quality-focused Senior Release Manager to work closely with our producers, programmers, build programmers, and QA teams to oversee the build and release process for the Fortnite Ecosystem. In this position, you will work directly with the brightest technical minds in the business as we build the premier game engine for a multitude of platforms.\nIn this role, you will\nDevelop new practices and structures to better scale release management and stabilization processes across our Game Dev ecosystem, while managing a sub-team of release managers\nOwn the scheduling, coordination, quality control, and external certification process across multiple platforms and/or products\nAct as the liaison between multiple development teams, coordinating and negotiating development plans, exceptions, sales/mktg/publishing content, as well as releases\nWork with the publishing and development teams to determine release content plans as related to sales, giveaways, promotions, etc., and shepherd that content through external party approvals for release\nWork closely with QA, Build Programmers, and Lead Programmers to monitor the automated build and integration process, facilitate the resolution of build failures, and understand and communicate the impact of branches and code merges\nPartner with QA Leads to establish and maintain the bug triage process and prioritize must-fix issues, coordinate internal and external release notes, known issues, and knowledge base updates, and ensure releases have passed all required checks and approvals leading up to live deployment, while communicating approved exceptions to all necessary parties\nWhat we're looking for\nStrong production/project management skills, communication skills, and people management/direct report experience\nDemonstrated ability in right-sized process development and improvement\nExperience with build and release processes for Software or Games as a Service product\nFamiliar with Perforce, Jira, Grafana, AirTable\nExposure to platform certification processes\nTechnical orientation and a strong understanding of software development\nKnowledge of the game development process and exposure to working with shipped and live titles\nEPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE\nWe pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), we also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.\nPay Transparency Information\nThe expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren’t limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic’s generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).\nBritish Columbia Base Pay Range\n$128,886—$189,033 CAD\nABOUT US\nEpic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company. For over 30 years we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.\nLike what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!\nEpic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.\nNote to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. 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