Team Lead, Procedural Systems Team (Anvil)

Company Description

Ubisoft is a global leader in the video game industry, with teams around the world creating original and memorable experiences, from Assassin’s Creed and Rainbow Six to Just Dance and much more. We believe that diverse perspectives allow both players and teams to thrive. If you are passionate about innovation and pushing the boundaries of entertainment, join us and help create the unknown!

Job Description

The Anvil Pipeline World Building team is looking for a Team Lead for its Procedural Systems team. Joining Anvil Pipeline means contributing to technological convergence at Ubisoft, participating in the development of one of the best game content creation suites, and supporting multiple Ubisoft productions simultaneously.

What you will do

As a Team Lead, you will work in collaboration with the World Building domain leadership team on matters related to your scope. In collaboration with the team's technical lead as well as the domain technical director, you will contribute to the execution of the vision and the achievement of our roadmap objectives.

You will also be required to develop a global understanding of all systems supported and developed by your team, in order to properly support decisions, priorities, and follow-ups related to deliverables.

Main responsibilities

• Plan milestones and sprints in collaboration with the appropriate stakeholders.

• Create, prioritize, assign, and track the team's daily tasks and work progress based on deliverables.

• Proactively identify risks and blockers, then propose solutions to the domain manager for your team.

• Ensure regular follow-ups with each of your employees, participate in their individual development, and actively contribute to the performance evaluation process.

• Collaborate closely with the World Building domain manager and the Anvil Pipeline production team to ensure alignment and the smooth execution of work.

Qualifications

What you bring

• Ability to collaborate effectively with other leaders and stakeholders.

• Leadership and strong interpersonal communication skills.

• Good time and priority management.

• Ability to develop high-performing teams.

• Ability to manage stress, change, and ambiguity.

• Managerial courage and the ability to address issues constructively.

• Flexibility in work organization.

• Experience with the full development cycle of a AAA game.

Technical knowledge

• C++.

• Development and production tools such as Perforce, Visual Studio, Jira, and Office 365.

• Technical constraints related to real-time, video game engines, and level editors.

• Asset: procedural visual content generation tools, for example UE PCG, Houdini, etc.

• Asset: world-building tools.

• Asset: data organization in a game engine, for example entities, components, and object models.

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