Lawrence Mann Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

• Collaboration with global Product, Studio Heads, Producers, and Cross-Functional Teams to ensure robust processes are in place for quality product execution, and communicate project status, risks as well as plans to.
• Support multiple global studios by guiding production strategy and execution as a leader of a centralized publishing production team
• Established Monthly reporting mechanisms to surface pipeline statuses to the Executive Committee
• Responsible for the administration of the Green Light Process to achieve alignment with key stakeholders ○ Align publishing and development teams to drive outcomes ○ Establish core KPI's to clearly measure success ○.

Remote

• Auditing Business Operation practices to ensure scalability
• Identify and implement processes to streamline internal & external communications
• Implemented Project Management solutions and task tracking using Jira
• Created a centralized repository for documentation and resources using Confluence
• Implemented Systems for external Client communications using JSM (Jira Service Management)
• Built a suite of custom Google Sheets for tracking Inventory, pricing, and fulfilling of material orders for Client projects

San Francisco Bay Area

• Product Owner (Internal Development):
• Managed a multi-disciplinary team driving a newly initiated internal development strategy
• Owned the long-term vision, strategy and roadmap of the product
• Implemented new production processes and project management solutions to ensure deadlines were achieved
• Created and maintained a prioritized backlog of features to achieve core business objectives
• Coordinated with cross-functional teams to plan and execute against the roadmap

San Francisco, California

• Product Owner (Deer Hunter 2018):
• Oversaw international development teams in the planning and production of Feature Development & Live Operations
• Created and maintained a roadmap of planned features to meet projected timelines and KPIs
• Executed Sprint reviews utilizing Agile game development methodologies
• Performed data analyses to identify areas of improvement for retention, monetization, and conversion
• Coordinated with PMs to schedule sales, promotions, and live events to maximize revenue

San Francisco Bay Area

• Responsible for leading a team of artists, engineers, and QA personnel in development of content updates, utilizing Agile game development methodologies.Additional responsibilities included:
• Creation and maintenance of a roadmap of planned features with projected timelines for completion
• Management of personnel workloads, priorities and tasks via Jira rapid boards and Confluence
• Review of analytic data to identify areas of improvement for retention, monetization, and conversion
• Design of features and content for planned updates
• Handled bi-weekly sales, promotions, and live events to maximize revenue

San Francisco Bay Area

• Worked with producers and engineers during weekly Agile planning meetings
• Performed weekly assessments involving tracking of development velocity, tasking, personnel workloads, content creation, and department oversight
• Spearheaded network functionality for always-online iOS titles, focusing on revenue and user experience
• Worked closely with Producers and studio heads on project planning, budgeting, and infrastructure needs
• Managed teams of 4-7 people working on flagship studio titles
• Introduced new Studio-wide workflows and bug formats

San Francisco Bay Area

San Mateo