Arrow International is the world's largest manufacturer and supplier of charitable gaming products and solutions. We produce and distribute a wide array of products including consumables (pull tab tickets, bingo paper and ink, etc.) as well as world class, state-of-the-art, electronic gaming products. Our products are sold, installed, and operated in numerous social and gaming venues around the world. We continue to grow at a record pace and offer this exciting career opportunity to join our team where we are focused on attracting and engaging exceptional talent, empowering colleagues to achieve fulfilling careers, and creating fun and engaging products that are second to none for our customers.

Position Summary

We are searching for an Associate Project Manager for the Program Manager - Games to help with growing production efforts. This position will work directly with the Program Manager to support the company’s roadmap along with perform day-to-day high-level studio game schedule management. They will assist in taking on responsibilities for all projects, both in concept and in-flight, by working directly with studio Producers, game stakeholders and the extended executive leadership team to drive the roadmap expectations while ensuring processes and procedures are followed correctly and are updated for continued efficiency improvement efforts.

Primary Roles and Responsibilities

• Supporting Program Management of the long and short-term game development schedules, project milestones
• Writing, reviewing and/or maintenance of Program Management documentation
• Facilitate completion of tasks and milestones both individually assigned and managing those of the studio
• Provide project status updates to the Program Manager with understanding of requirements and expectations
• Communicating tasks and updates to all necessary team members and overseeing these through to successful completion
• Supporting the Program Manager on upholding the roadmap and game portfolio as assigned 

Experience and Education

• Strong, clear communicator; the ability to communicate with multiple teams, including C-level executives
• Must excel at following up on task completion, identifying dependencies, and disseminating information to colleagues and management 
• Understanding of game development process and pipeline planning
• Ability to prioritize assignments in order to meet multiple internal and market deadlines 
• Strong knowledge of JIRA, Smartsheet Confluence and/or other task management software
• Highly detail oriented, proactive and displays strong adaptability and problem-solving skills 
• Positive attitude and strong people skills with a passion for game organization and continuous growth 
• 1-3 years of professional project coordination experience 
• College degree or equivalent 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORKING CONDITIONS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.
• The noise level in the work environment is low.
• May be required to sit for long and/or extended periods of time.