Senior Manager, Engineering Graduate Program

Who We Are

2K is headquartered in Novato, California and is a wholly owned label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO). Founded in 2005, 2K Games is a global video game company, publishing titles developed by some of the most influential game development studios in the world. Our studios responsible for developing 2K’s portfolio of world-class games across multiple platforms, include Visual Concepts, Firaxis, Hangar 13, CatDaddy, Cloud Chamber, 31st Union, HB Studios, and 2K SportsLab. Our portfolio of titles is expanding due to our global strategic plan, building and acquiring exciting studios whose content continues to inspire all of us! 2K publishes titles in today’s most popular gaming genres, including sports, shooters, action, role-playing, strategy, casual, and family entertainment.

Our team of engineers, marketers, artists, writers, data scientists, producers, thinkers and doers, are the professional publishing stewards of 2K’s portfolio currently includes several AAA, sports and entertainment brands, including global powerhouse NBA®️ 2K, renowned BioShock®️, Borderlands®️, Mafia, Sid Meier’s Civilization®️ and XCOM®️ brands; popular WWE®️ 2K and WWE®️ SuperCard franchises, TopSpin 2K25, as well as the critically and commercially acclaimed PGA TOUR®️ 2K

At 2K, we pride ourselves on creating an inclusive work environment, which means encouraging our teams to Come as You Are and do your best work! We encourage ALL applicants to explore our global positions, even if they don’t meet every requirement for the role. If you're interested in the job and think you have what it takes to work at 2K, we encourage you to apply!

What We Need

We are seeking an experienced Sr. Program Manager who is strategic, technical, extremely organized, creative, and a strong communicator with an interest and ability to mentor talent. Reporting into the Vice President of Business Operations, the Sr. Program Manager will be responsible for the orchestration and management of the Engineering Graduate Program, a 21-month rotational program with C++ graduate Engineers on 6 month rotations, including international assignments (US, Europe, UK). This program operates out of two base locations (San Francisco and Dublin). This program is designed to drive a constant influx of engineering talent into the 2K business.

This role will lead the program full cycle, including overseeing high volume recruitment, complex rotation management, rotation experience and performance feedback, collaborating with senior leadership in program management and identifying permanent career paths for our graduates.

This role works closely with our development studios, Talent Acquisition, senior leadership and other internal stakeholders. The incumbent should be comfortable communicating and navigating across all levels of the organization.

In your first year, you will partner with senior leadership and the development studios to evaluate and enhance the program, identify new opportunities and define success metrics.

The ideal candidate must thrive in a highly ambiguous environment. S/he must demonstrate inclusive behaviors, creativity, have program management expertise, be results-oriented and metric goal setting with a bias for action.

This is a full-time position from 11.00am – 7:30pm Monday to Friday. The late working hours reflect a high degree of coordination between the Novato and Dublin offices. Hybrid working arrangements are available but full time onsite may be required during some periods (such as graduate orientation weeks). Some international travel will be required.

What You Will Do

• Complete successfully the core training program that all the graduates are doing and feed into the process of the training.
• Have in-depth discussions with the technical trainer & the studio line managers about the technical development of the staff, their performance, the areas that they are struggling, what needs to be done, etc. They need to be able to understand where people are struggling (do they not have enough time on fundamentals of coding, is there a C++ skill gap OR is it related to data layers, etc.)
• Be an active manager of C++ Engineers
• Develop and update program plans, budgets and resource plans ensuring alignment with program requirements.
• Manage and and proactively report on plan, budgets, inclusive sourcing, recruitment progress, graduate performance, rotation experience and conversion tracking and progress. Maintain and present metrics to senior leadership.
• Partner with our Talent Acquisition team to develop and implement creative recruitment strategies to ensure we target and recruit the best candidates and enhance the company's diversity.
• Lead and influence conversations with senior leaders, Studio Heads and management to identify rotation requirements, program planning and provide updates to ensure alignment and progress.
• Manage complex rotation schedules ensuring operational needs are met and graduate experience is optimal
• Own international rotation processes, collaborating with international stakeholders and external partners.
• Mentor graduates by providing timely and effective performance feedback and early career guidance.
• Coordinate and support engaging, high quality, innovative, and timely development opportunities (training, special projects, communications, speakers, events, workshops)

Who We Think Will Be A Good Fit

• Ability to collaborate, influence and deal effectively with a diverse group of team members at all organizational levels
• Be able to competently earn the trust of the studio heads and line managers that they are technically proficient enough to run the engineering grad program
• Experience interacting and building relationships with technical team members.
• Excellent communications skills both verbal and written
• Proven ability to lead, develop and drive projects from scope to delivery
• Effective time management, ability to multitask and prioritize
• Enthusiastic, high energy, action oriented and excellent attention to detail
• Resourceful and flexible with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment whilst maintaining a calm demeanor under pressure
• Values diversity, accessibility and inclusivity.
• Customer service oriented with problem solving skills
• Project management experience ideally supporting programs developing early career talent
• Experience with graduate program management platforms is an asset
• Strong skills in MS Office 365 Applications, Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and web-based applications
• If located in Dublin, you are comfortable working hours 11am-7:30pm enabling greater connection between Novato and Europe offices.
• 25% travel required

Preferred Qualifications

• Passionate video game enthusiast
• A college or university degree
• At least four years of experience managing or with exposure to a training program
• Programming experience in C/C++
• Post-secondary degree/diploma in computer science
• A desire to stay current with leadership and learning and development best practices to elevate the program experience

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