Drive planning, execution, and alignment across Agile teams to support the development of engaging educational products while managing project complexity and delivering high-quality outcomes.
Planning & Execution
• Drive day-to-day execution across one or more cross-functional Agile teams.
• Maintain project plans, timelines, and deliverables.
• Partner with discipline team managers to define scope, priorities, and milestones.
• Ensure work is well-defined, estimated, and tracked through completion.
Agile Facilitation
• Facilitate/run team ceremonies including standups, planning, reviews, retrospectives, grooming.
• Ensure teams are following Agile best practices and continuously improving.
• Help break down work into manageable increments and maintain a healthy backlog.
• Track team velocity and delivery predictability.
Cross-Functional Coordination
• Coordinate with engineering, game design, UX, art, animation, QA, curriculum.
• Manage dependencies, identify risks early, and drive resolution.
• Ensure all stakeholders are aligned on goals, scope, timelines, and expectations.
• Act as a communication hub across teams and disciplines.
Communication & Transparency
• Communicate project status, risks, and changes clearly to leadership.
• Maintain up-to-date documentation, dashboards, and reporting.
• Ensure decisions, priorities, and trade-offs are visible and understood.
• Facilitate alignment when priorities or requirements shift.
Risk Management & Problem Solving
• Identify risks, blockers, and inefficiencies early and proactively address them.
• Act as a mediator to resolve conflicts and unblock teams.
• Help teams navigate trade-offs between scope, timeline, quality, and learning goals.
• Escalate issues appropriately while driving solutions at team level.
Quality & Delivery Support
• Partner with QA and team leads to ensure quality is built into the development process.
• Support release planning, validation, and delivery readiness.
• Help teams balance speed and quality in a sustainable way.
Continuous Improvement
• Drive process improvements across teams and workflows.
• Lead retrospectives and ensure actionable follow-ups.
• Identify opportunities to improve team efficiency, communication, and collaboration.
• Support a culture of accountability, ownership, and continuous learning.
• 5+ years of experience in production, project management, or program management in games, software, or interactive products.
• Bilingual English and Spanish (verbal and written) in a business setting.
• Strong experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Proven ability to manage complex projects and motivating cross-functional teams.
• Excellent communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders effectively.
• A proven track record of shipping web & mobile software products.
• Knowledge of software production tools like Jira/Confluence, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint.
• A clear understanding of game project life cycles from start to finish.
• Experience in edtech, children’s products, learning and video games.
• Familiarity with live-service or content-driven products.
• Experience working with distributed or multidisciplinary teams.
• Passion for creating impactful learning experiences for children.
• Experience in working with cross-functional teams while building software (games or apps) that are ideally consumer-facing and data-driven.
• Proactive problem-solving skills and adaptability to shifting project needs.
• Knowledge and/or experience with other Agile frameworks.
• Agile or PMP Certification is a plus.
Age of Learning builds educational resources for children from Pre-K to 5th grade, focusing on fostering a love for learning through engaging, research-based curricula. Targeting parents and educators, their award-winning programs like ABCmouse and Adventure Academy are designed to provide personalized learning experiences, making them a go-to choice for those seeking effective solutions in early childhood education.
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