Gestionnaire technique du co-développement / Technical Co-Development Manager

Warner Bros. Discovery•Montreal, QC

About The Position

Warner Bros. Games Montréal (WBGM), a division of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, is seeking a Technical Co-Development Manager to join their team. In this role, you will help shape how internal teams and external partners collaborate, scale, and deliver exceptional game experiences in a multi-studio development environment within the WB Games studios ecosystem. You will lead and support programming leaders, programmers, and technical experts across multiple internal co-development mandates, working with disciplines such as systems programming, gameplay programming, UI programming, technical art, technical level design, and technical animation. You will play a key role in creating the conditions for teams to do their best work by strengthening co-development alignment, improving collaboration, and ensuring technical groups have the clarity, support, and structure they need to succeed. This is a people leadership and co-development enablement role, focused on leading technical experts, supporting team health, and driving consistent execution across studios.

Requirements

University degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
10+ years of relevant game development experience, including leadership responsibilities across the full development cycle from concept to release.
Experience shipping at least two AAA titles in a leadership capacity.
A track record of managing multiple teams, mandates, or partner relationships across internal, remote, and external studio environments.
The ability to understand technical constraints, trade-offs, and delivery risks, and to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical audiences.
Strong leadership, team building, stakeholder management, and cross-cultural collaboration skills.
Fluency in English is required.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with Unreal Engine pipelines is an asset.
French/English bilingualism is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

Coordinate the effort of the technical WB Games Montreal (WBGM) groups and employees across projects.
Identify and remove risks.
Support onboarding.
Establish effective collaboration practices.
Enable teams to deliver against milestones in a complex AAA production environment.
Lead, support, and develop WBGM co-development technical teams, including programming leaders, engineers, and senior technical experts across multiple mandates.
Partner with WBGM studio leadership and external stakeholders on recruitment planning, team structure, staffing strategy, and project ramp-up.
Establish clear operating rhythms, collaboration practices, and escalation paths across internal, remote, and external partner teams.
Identify and resolve roadblocks across project mandates, technical disciplines, and studio cultures.
Lead technical staff onboarding at WBGM and facilitate project onboarding with external partners to accelerate team integration.
Monitor team performance, productivity, engagement, and delivery health, escalating risks when appropriate.
Coach, mentor, motivate, and support technical employees through performance reviews, career development, and objective setting.