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Working across Product, Design, Development, and QA, you will bring structure, clarity, and accountability to projects while keeping delivery aligned with scope, timelines, budgets, and quality expectations.\nYou will typically manage concurrent client projects. You will track project financials, identify variances, and provide forecasts and recommendations to the Director of Operations.\nThis role suits someone who enjoys working at the intersection of technology, creative production, and client delivery. You should be comfortable building processes while delivering projects in a growing company.\nWhat You’ll Do\nLead XR Project Delivery\nManage XR development projects from discovery and kickoff through prototyping, development, testing, deployment, and client handover.\nDefine project scope, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and acceptance criteria with clients and internal leads.\nCoordinate cross-functional teams, including XR developers, designers, 3D artists, and QA.\nBuild realistic project plans that account for technical constraints, content production, hardware requirements, and team capacity.\nFacilitate planning sessions, stand-ups, demonstrations, status meetings, and release coordination.\nCoordinate client reviews, user acceptance testing, feedback, and sign-off against agreed requirements.\nWork with technical leads to plan device testing, deployment readiness, and handover requirements.\nOwn Client Communication\nServe as the primary point of contact for assigned client accounts.\nTranslate client objectives into clear requirements and actionable delivery plans with support from internal specialists.\nSet expectations and communicate progress, risks, decisions, and changes throughout each project.\nLead constructive conversations about scope, feasibility, timelines, and delivery trade-offs.\nManage escalations with clear context, options, and recommendations.\nMaintain visibility into client satisfaction and account health.\nManage Scope, Risk & Project Financials\nMonitor delivery against statements of work, contracted hours, budgets, and agreed timelines.\nTrack project spending, hours consumed, remaining effort, and forecasts.\nReport financial and delivery variances to the Director of Operations, with recommended corrective actions.\nIdentify scope changes, document their impact, and coordinate the appropriate review and approval process.\nProactively manage dependencies across software development, 3D asset creation, client-provided content, hardware, and testing.\nSurface technical and delivery risks early, working with team leads to establish mitigation plans.\nImprove Delivery Practices\nKeep project plans, documentation, decisions, and status reporting accurate and current in Jira, Confluence, and other PMO tools.\nApply and improve PMO standards, templates, and workflows.\nIdentify practical ways to improve delivery efficiency, consistency, and visibility.\nSupport responsible use of AI-assisted development and production workflows, using project data and team feedback to inform decisions.\nMaintain a calm, solution-oriented approach during periods of change or challenge.\nWhat You Bring\n5-8 years of experiencemanaging software, interactive media, application development, or digital delivery projects.\nProven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects in a client-facing environment.\nDemonstrated ownership of client relationships, including expectation setting, escalations, and difficult conversations.\nExperience coordinating multidisciplinary technical and creative teams.\nStrong planning, organization, and prioritization skills.\nExcellent written and verbal communication, including the ability to explain technical constraints and delivery trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.\nProficiency with project management and collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence.\nWorking knowledge of project financials, including budget tracking, hours consumed, and forecasting.\nAbility to identify risks early, resolve issues proactively, and escalate with sound recommendations.\nExperience working with AI-enabled development teams and AI-assisted delivery workflows.\nA practical, data-informed approach to decision-making.\nAdditional Assets\nExperience delivering virtual reality, augmented reality, or mixed realityprojects.\nFamiliarity with Unity or Unreal Engine development workflows.\nUnderstanding of 3D asset production, animation, interaction design, and real-time application development.\nExperience coordinating headset deployments, device testing, or hardware-dependent projects.\nExperience delivering immersive training, simulation, or enterprise learning applications.\nExperience in an agency, consultancy, or client-services environment.\nFamiliarity with statement-of-work-based delivery and contracted-hours models.\nExposure to Agile or hybrid delivery methodologies.\nExperience improving project management processes in a growing organization.\nWhat Success Looks Like\nProjects meet agreed scope, timelines, and quality expectations, with changes identified and managed early.\nClients remain informed and confident in delivery through clear expectations, regular demonstrations, and timely escalation of concerns.\nProject forecasts are reliable, and budget or schedule variances are visible early enough to act.\nProject plans, documentation, and reporting accurately reflect delivery progress.\nTechnical and creative teams have clear priorities, responsibilities, and acceptance criteria.\nXR experiences are tested against agreed functional, device, and user requirements before release.\nDelivery practices become more consistent and effective as the company grows.\nWhy Join PhotonFiction?\nLead immersive technology projects with practical, real-world applications.\nCollaborate with technical and creative teams across XR development and interactive design.\nHelp shape delivery processes in a growing company.\nWork closely with clients and leadership, with direct influence on project outcomes.\nBring your judgment, initiative, and ideas to a role with meaningful 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