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Office Manager

Kwalee

Summary

The Office Manager for the Bangalore Studio will lead and manage the administration department to ensure high levels of productivity, performance and staff morale across the studio. Responsibilities include administration, general office management, setting up workstations, backups, events arrangement, and managing, guiding, and supporting the team of administrators. The ideal candidate will have 3 years of experience in a similar role, project management skills, experience of office setup and/or office relocation, strong communication and interpersonal skills, and a passion for games. Kwalee is a global team making games for a global audience, and offers hybrid working, flexible working hours, profit sharing, private medical cover, life assurance, on site gym, relocation support, and quarterly team building days.

Job description

  • Job Title - Office Manager

  • Reports Into - Operations Manager

  • Location - Hybrid / Bangalore

A Little Bit about Kwalee….

Kwalee is one of the world’s leading multiplatform game developers and publishers, with well over 900 million downloads worldwide for mobile hits such as Draw It, Teacher Simulator, Let’s Be Cops 3D, Airport Security and Makeover Studio 3D. We also have a growing PC and Console team of incredible pedigree that is on the hunt for great new titles to join TENS!, Eternal Hope, Die by the Blade and Scathe.

What’s In It For You?

  • Hybrid working - 3 days in the office, 2 days remote/ WFH is the norm

  • Flexible working hours - we trust you to choose how and when you work best

  • Profit sharing scheme - we win, you win 

  • Private medical cover - delivered through BUPA

  • Life Assurance - for long term peace of mind

  • On site gym - take care of yourself

  • Relocation support - available

  • Quarterly Team Building days - we’ve done Paintballing, Go Karting & even Robot Wars

  • Pitch and make your own games on Creative Wednesdays! 

Are You Up To The Challenge?

As our Office Manager for the Bangalore Studio you will play a leading role in  maximising the commercial success of our games and company. How will you do this? By leading and managing the administration department to ensure high levels of productivity, performance and staff morale across the studio.

Your Team Mates

“Brimming with people possessing a strong sense of responsibility, the Administration Team helps optimise the productivity and workflow of their fellow employees at Kwalee, they’re also naturally adaptive and disciplined to address the job’s ad-hoc nature. As an Office Manager, you’ll lead from the front and develop this amazing team.

What Does The Job Actually Involve?

  • Administration including purchasing software, creating accounts, improving internal procedures, etc

  • General office management including facilities, security, relocation/expansion and liaise with external contractors

  • Setting up workstations, backups, etc

  • Events arrangement

  • Managing, guiding, and supporting as required our team of administrators

Your Hard Skills

  • 3 years of experience in a similar role

  • Dynamic, able to multitask, and to prioritise workload effectively

  • Project management skills as well as good experience of managing people

  •  Experience of office setup and/or office relocation

  • Highly organised, with strong attention to detail

  • Excellent communication skills in both local language and English

  • Strong interpersonal skills - able to demonstrate a high degree of diplomacy, tact, and patience whilst under pressure with both internal and external contacts

  • Strong spreadsheet skills

  • Passion for games would be a plus

Your Soft Skills

Kwalee has grown fast in recent years but we’re very much a family of colleagues. We welcome people of all ages, races, colours, beliefs, sexual orientations, genders and circumstances, and all we ask is that you collaborate, work hard, ask questions and have fun with your team and colleagues. 

We don’t like egos or arrogance and we love playing games and celebrating success together. If that sounds like you, then please apply.

A Little More About Kwalee

Founded in 2011 by David Darling CBE, a key architect of the UK games industry who previously co-founded and led Codemasters, our team also includes legends such as Andrew Graham (creator of Micro Machines series) and Jason Falcus (programmer of classics including NBA Jam) alongside a growing and diverse team of global gaming experts.

Everyone contributes creatively to Kwalee’s success, with all employees eligible to pitch their own game ideas on Creative Wednesdays, and we’re proud to have built our success on this inclusive principle.

We have an amazing team of experts collaborating daily between our studios in Leamington Spa, Lisbon, Bangalore and Beijing, or on a remote basis from Turkey, Brazil, Cyprus, the Philippines and many more places around the world. We’ve recently acquired our first external studio, TicTales, which is based in France. 

We have a truly global team making games for a global audience, and it’s paying off: - Kwalee has been voted the Best Large Studio and Best Leadership Team at the TIGA Awards (Independent Game Developers’ Association) and our games have been downloaded in every country on earth - including Antarctica! 

Location: Bangalore, India

Country: India

Date found: 2023-02-18

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