PROJECT COORDINATOR

Role.
Localization QA - Project Coordinator Hours.
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Monday - Friday Contract.
6 months FTC, Studio Based Location.
Braga As one of our LQA Project Coordinators, you will be joining the Studio LQA Team.
You will report directly to an LQA Project Manager and are a vital point of contact on all assigned projects.
You will be the primary driver in successfully managing and delivering projects on time and be accountable for to the end-to-end quality of projects.
You will have day-to-day responsibility for managing the project teams and will work on a variety of global projects for many of our high-profile clients, whilst working in collaboration with our other global studios.
What you'll be doing Managing LQA Teams on assigned projects across many platforms (PC, Console, and Mobile) to achieve high-quality results.
Working directly with LQA Project Managers on strategic, budgeting and capacity planning and sometimes contract negotiations, ensuring optimal resource allocations across projects and studios.
Daily management of allocated project resources and tester's day-to-day performance.
Coordinating project management activities, resources, and equipment into manageable daily team actions and setting timeframes and milestones.
Daily review of project priorities, risks and severities with the Project Manager.
Engaging with LQA testing teams to proactively resolve project issues.
Lead daily stand-up meetings and project planning meetings to relay progress and/or issues to the LQA Project Manager.
Team mentoring and guidance to ensure high quality standards throughout including developing and reporting on key quality metrics and KPIs.
Working closely with Project Managers on team structure, headcount resource requirements, performance and developing a training process for new and existing team members.
Requirements Native level fluency in English, particularly reporting, reading & writing.
(Another language highly advantageous).
Extensive experience within a Quality Assurance role as a LQA Tester or similar (preferably within the gaming industry, but not essential).
Experience running teams in either game development or software LQA, with proven leadership experience.
Highly creative, proactive, enthusiastic, conscientious, and solution-oriented.
Exceptional team management and mentoring skills.
Strong understanding of LQA and Submission best practices for Console and Mobile Ability to mentor, guide and influence other members of the team to improve standards and an ability to lead by example Attention to detail with an inquisitive mindset, not afraid to ask difficult questions where required Ability to multi-task and prioritise tasks based on multiple sources of information, with excellent time management skills Problem solver with a "can-do" attitude, to ensure that the LQA team runs in an efficient way Aptitude for gaining understanding in new technologies and processes quickly Experience with bug databases administration (such as Jira) Knowledge of the current generation of games consoles and PCs, and the latest mobile platforms (preferred).
An interest in, and understanding of, the video game industry would be advantageous.
Benefits You will be working for the pre-eminent global provider of specialist services to the games industry and provided with full training and the opportunity to work on some of the biggest games titles in the world.
Competitive remuneration, holidays, regular team competitions with great prizes; and inclusion into an extensive social calendar.
Collaborative teamwork with people from all around the world, different nationalities and languages.
A supportive community inclusive of LGBTQ+, and any age, ethnicity, religion, or disability.
We care about the wellbeing of our employees and have a dedicated employee wellbeing programme.
Free fruit, tea, coffee, milk and an array of kettles, fridges, microwaves, cutlery, plates and utensils to make your own lunch within our break-out canteen.
Learn as you work and be part of something real that changes the face of gaming - forever Working with a global multi-lingual workforce with superb training and promotion and progression opportunities.
About us.
PTW is a global games services company that provides custom solutions worldwide.
We believe in accelerating innovation across the globe.
We started more than 25 years ago and since then, have grown exponentially year-on-year to who we are today.
Our history is in gaming, and we are still gamers at heart.
In our time within the games industry, we have worked on over titles across all genres and all platforms.
We have grown rapidly over the past few years and now have 40 studios across the globe.
The PTW umbrella of companies includes SIDE, , OR Esports, and Entalize.
SIDE works at the cutting edge of interactive media as a provider of audio services for the global entertainment market.
is known industry wide for world-class art and is also our in-house game and product development studio.
Basically, anywhere in the world, any platform, any genre, we can help come up with a custom solution to make games run better, get to market faster, and enhance the lives of more players.
In summary, we connect and bring fun to the world.