Senior Project Manager (Agile)
Austin, TX - USA
Job Summary
Who We Are
Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. is a leading developer publisher and marketer of interactive entertainment for consumers around the globe. The Company develops and publishes products principally through Rockstar Games 2K Private Division and Zynga. Our products are currently designed for console gaming systems PC and Mobile including smartphones and tablets and are delivered through physical retail digital download online platforms and cloud streaming services. The Companys common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TTWO.
While our offices (physical and virtual) are casual and inviting we are deeply committed to our core tenets of creativity innovation and efficiency and individual and team development opportunities. Our industry and business are continually evolving and fast-paced providing numerous opportunities to learn and hone your skills. We work hard but we also like to have fun and believe that we provide a great place to come to work each day to pursue your passions.
The Challenge
We are seeking a Senior Project Manager Infrastructure Delivery to join the Enterprise Infrastructure PMO in Austin TX. This role is for someone who can lead large complex infrastructure initiatives while helping teams continue to mature from traditional project delivery toward more agile transparent and iterative ways of working.
We are looking for that rare candidate who can operate confidently in both worlds. You understand scope schedule budget risks vendors governance and executive reporting. You also understand agile principles backlog visibility incremental planning dependency management team flow and continuous improvement. You are practical about where the organization is today and thoughtful about how to move teams forward without forcing process that does not fit the work.
The ideal candidate communicates clearly organizes complex technical work secures commitments manages risks identifies the critical path spots edge cases reviews metrics and delivery data and keeps stakeholders aligned. You are comfortable working with senior leaders technical leads engineers vendors business partners and PMO peers. You continue to move forward in the face of ambiguity and imperfect information creating enough structure for teams to make decisions deliver outcomes and improve how work gets done.
This role is especially well suited for a Senior Project Manager who has successfully delivered complex technology initiatives and is ready to help teams adopt more agile delivery patterns or for an Agile Project Manager who has the project discipline and stakeholder maturity needed to lead high-visibility infrastructure work in an enterprise environment.
What Youll Take On
- Proactive Problem-solving: First and foremost you are a problem-solver. You work with infrastructure teams sponsors and technical leads to keep work moving remove blockers escalate risks at the right level and drive the best possible outcome for the business.
- Hybrid Delivery Leadership: You are comfortable leading through both traditional and agile delivery methods. You know when a project needs a clear plan timeline budget RAID log and governance rhythm and when a team needs lighter agile planning backlog refinement Kanban flow sprint routines or iterative delivery checkpoints.
- Complex Project Ownership: You lead large high-complexity infrastructure initiatives from initiation through delivery including planning scope definition milestone management dependency tracking implementation readiness stakeholder communications and closeout.
- Cross-team Coordination: You coordinate work across multiple technical teams business groups vendors and stakeholders. You identify dependencies early clarify ownership secure commitments and help teams understand how their work connects to the larger delivery outcome.
- Agile Enablement: You help teams improve visibility planning and delivery health without adding unnecessary process. You support backlog hygiene intake practices prioritization conversations working agreements definitions of ready and done retrospectives and practical delivery metrics.
- Efficient and Effective: You are here to solve business problems not to create busywork. You simplify where you can protect engineering time and use meetings reporting and documentation only when they help the team or stakeholders make better decisions.
- Exemplary Communication: Your written and verbal communication skills are strong. You can distill complex infrastructure delivery details into clear updates for engineers managers sponsors Steering Committees and senior leadership. You communicate through data dates risks dependencies decisions and facts.
- Risk Issue and Dependency Management: You actively manage the health of the initiative. You surface risk before it becomes a surprise drive mitigation plans maintain clear decision records and help stakeholders understand trade-offs related to scope schedule cost quality and business value.
- Stakeholder and Sponsor Partnership: You are a trusted partner to sponsors technical leads engineering managers business partners and PMO leadership. You can manage difficult conversations align competing priorities and keep the work anchored to business goals.
- Budget Vendor and Resource Awareness: You understand the financial and operational realities of enterprise technology delivery. You can support budget tracking vendor coordination resource planning conversations and project-based funding discussions with the right level of structure and accountability.
- Technical Credibility: You are comfortable working with infrastructure teams across areas such as networking cloud hosting endpoint management media systems global support security telecommunications virtualization enterprise platforms and workplace technology. You do not need to be the technical expert but you need to understand enough to ask good questions and recognize risk.
- Self-starter: You move forward in ambiguous environments without waiting for perfect information. You can identify what needs to happen next bring the right people together and create enough clarity for teams to make progress.
- Continuous Improvement: You help improve how project and agile delivery practices work inside the PMO and across infrastructure teams. You look for patterns share what you learn and contribute to practical standards tools reporting and ways of working that make delivery more predictable and transparent.
What You Bring
- Bachelors degree in Information Systems Business Computer Science Engineering or a related field is preferred. Relevant experience may be considered in place of a degree.
- At least 7 years of project management experience in technology infrastructure enterprise IT or related environments. Candidates with 5 or more years of strong agile project delivery experience may also be considered.
- Proven experience leading large complex cross-functional projects with multiple teams senior stakeholders technical dependencies and high business visibility.
- Strong project management foundation including scope schedule budget risk management issue management dependency tracking stakeholder communications governance and delivery reporting.
- Practical understanding of agile delivery methods including Scrum Kanban Lean backlog management sprint or iteration planning retrospectives team metrics and continuous improvement practices.
- Ability to bridge agile teams and traditional corporate governance needs translating delivery data team progress risks and dependencies into clear project health updates and leadership-level reporting.
- Experience working with infrastructure platform operations cloud networking security endpoint service management media systems workplace technology or enterprise technology teams. This role is focused on infrastructure and enterprise technology delivery not direct software engineering management.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple workstreams or related projects at the same time while maintaining sound judgment clear priorities and strong stakeholder alignment.
- Strong ability to partner with sponsors and technical leads navigate ambiguity manage difficult stakeholders resolve conflict and drive decisions without overstepping technical ownership.
- Experience with financial tracking project budgets vendor coordination resource planning conversations and cost or benefit analysis is strongly preferred.
- Comfortable using Jira Confluence Smartsheet Microsoft Project PowerPoint Excel and other project portfolio or agile delivery tools. Experience improving boards dashboards intake workflows and reporting is strongly preferred.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to create executive summaries delivery plans RAID logs schedules decision records Steering Committee materials and implementation readiness documentation.
- Experience with organizational change management communication planning implementation coordination production readiness operational handoffs and post-delivery retrospectives.
Great to Have
- PMP PMI-ACP CSM PSM SAFe or similar certification is a plus but hands-on delivery experience technical credibility business judgment and strong communication are most important.
What We Offer You
- Great Company Culture. Ranked as one of the most creative and innovative places to work creativity innovation efficiency diversity and philanthropy are among the core tenets of our organization and are integral drivers of our continued success.
- Growth: As a global entertainment company we pride ourselves on creating environments where employees are encouraged to be themselves inquisitive collaborative and to grow within and around the company.
- Work Hard Play Hard. Our employees bond blow-off steam and flex some creative muscles through corporate boot camp classes company parties game release events monthly socials and team challenges.
- Benefits. Medical (HSA & FSA) dental vision 401(k) with company match employee stock purchase plan commuter benefits in-house wellness program broad learning & development opportunities a charitable giving platform with company match and more!
- Perks. Fitness allowance employee discount programs free games & events and stocked pantries.
Regular full-time employees are also eligible for a range of benefits at the Company including: medical dental vision and basic life insurance coverage; 14 paid holidays per calendar year; paid vacation time per calendar year (ranging from 15 to 25 days) or eligibility to participate in the Companys discretionary time off program; up to 10 paid sick days per calendar year; paid parental and compassionate leave; wellbeing programs for mental health and other wellness support; family planning support through Maven; commuter benefits; and reimbursements for fitness-related expenses. The use of Artificial Intelligence is not being used to screen candidates. The position is for an existing vacancy.
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About Company
Take-Two Interactive Software is a leading game publisher, creating games through its labels, Rockstar Games, 2K, Private Division, and Social Point.