Mobile Release Submissions Program Manager

Overview

Hybrid
$65 - $85
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)

Skills

Android
IOS Development
Agile
Attention To Detail
Clarity
Collaboration
Communication
Documentation
Game Development
Management
Marketing
Meta-data Management
Playstation
Project Management
Relationship Building
Release Notes
Release Submission
Localization QA
Testing
Technical Support
Technical Analysis
Workflow
Specification Gathering
Scheduling
Roadmaps
Risk Management
Account Management
JIRA
Regulatory Compliance
Legal
Scrum

Job Details

Client: Top AAA Video Game Company

Title: Mobile Release Submissions Program Manager II

Industry: Gaming

Location: Santa Monica

Duration: 12 months

Rate: $65 - $85/HR W2 (Commensurate with experience)

JOB DESCRIPTION

Technical Program Manager II

This position will be part of a motivated team that manages and coordinates 1st party submissions across game titles, ensuring our games meet platform compliance and policy requirements. As a Mobile Technical Program Manager within 1st Party Operations, you ll be a key partner in driving successful submissions and technical integrations across a range of projects and game teams.

You will work closely with cross-functional partners from production and engineering to legal and BD/marketing to ensure that content is delivered smoothly and reliably to players. This includes supporting product creation and configuration, scheduling releases, validating marketing assets for mobile stores, and helping teams navigate the ever-evolving landscape of Apple and Google requirements.

You ll provide technical guidance and clarity to Game Teams on how platform requirements impact their roadmaps, ensuring proper planning, testing, tracking, and risk management. The role demands strong organization, clear communication, and the ability to juggle multiple priorities while keeping stakeholders informed and aligned.

Responsibilities:

Submissions

  • Creation of submission checklists, metadata store requirements, platform feature configurations, and all assets required for timely and successful submissions.
  • Guide and educate Teams on best practices for mobile 1st party submissions and platform compliance, fostering consistent and repeatable release processes.
  • Mobile (i.e. Apple & Google) requirements, regulations and how-to s. Including but not limited to certification, store setup, IAP, pre-registration, build pipeline.
  • Building a clear set of sign-off tests and criteria for both submission and live game releases, digital content releases, and live-ops events and offers.
  • Collaborate with Marketing teams to acquire all necessary materials for Apple App Store and Google Play store listings, promotional features, and sale events.
  • Support configuration and validation of 1st party and platform partner offers, including full games, IAPs, subscriptions, and related SKUs, ensuring accurate communication of platform IDs to relevant stakeholders.
  • Coordinate with internal teams and external partners to troubleshoot and resolve submission, certification, or compliance issues; manage release notes, known issues, and documentation updates across tools and knowledge bases.
  • Maintain meticulous documentation submission walkthroughs, technical specs, policy overviews, risk logs, and internal guides for ongoing clarity and transparency.

Relationship Management

  • Help maintain effective, productive, and professional relationships with platform contacts at Apple and Google.
  • Stay current on mobile platform policy updates and communicate relevant changes and impacts clearly to stakeholders.
  • Provide ongoing technical support and platform guidance to Game Teams across viability of technical designs, compliance, and submission readiness.
  • Continuously evaluate product quality and identify delivery risks performing detailed technical analysis, troubleshooting complex problems, and guidance.
  • Partner with product and engineering teams to shape development plans, ensuring that engineering and technology goals are viable and aligned with business objectives.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional partners to continuously improve and maintain workflows, runbooks, and checklists based on evolving platform requirements and retrospectives.
  • Foster productive working relationships across internal disciplines and with external platform teams to ensure aligned goals and seamless execution.

Required Qualifications:

  • 4+ years as a release submissions technician where you have shipped at least 4 games on mobile stores
  • 3+ years in a technical account management, developer relations, or platform operations role in Mobile free-to-play gaming, apps, or live services
  • Hands-on experience with App Store Connect and Google Play Developer Consoles, iOS and Android APIs, SDKs, and tools across various stages of pre-release, release and post-release for mobile live-service games
  • Actively communicates a positive, outgoing approach to submissions. Capable of dissecting and resolving issues with internal and external teams
  • Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with experience working cross-functionally across engineering, production, and external teams
  • Able to prioritize multiple tasks to drive projects to completion with attention to detail and accuracy across multi-disciplinary needs through tech, localization, QA, and other dependencies
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to convey appropriate levels of detail for each target audience

Desired Qualifications:

  • Hands-on testing of game functionality across the Android/iOS device catalog
  • Experience translating Apple and Android OS guidelines into effective 1st Party Standard test cases
  • Experience with Mobile F2P game development and Live Operations, working hands-on with game development teams that operate a live service model of content updates
  • Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodology and project management software such as JIRA, Notion, Trello, Airtable, etc.
  • Working knowledge of PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, PC platforms

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