Technical Program Manager

Company: INSPYR Solutions
Location: Los Angeles
Posted on: May 4, 2025

Job Description:

Role: Technical Program Manager

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Industry: Gaming
Location: Los Angeles CA
Duration: 12 month Contract
Rate Range: $65.88-$85.41/hr
Work Requirements: US Citizen, GC Holders or Authorized to Work in the U.S.

Qualified candidates please send Resumes directly to Jenna Hinkle at jhinkle@inspyrsolutions.com.

Summary:
This position will be part of a motivated team that manages and coordinates 1st party submissions, 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-tos. 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 sales 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: 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

About INSPYR Solutions
Technology is our focus and quality is our commitment. As a national expert in delivering flexible technology and talent solutions, we strategically align industry and technical expertise with our clients' business objectives and cultural needs. Our solutions are tailored to each client and include a wide variety of professional services, project, and talent solutions. By always striving for excellence and focusing on the human aspect of our business, we work seamlessly with our talent and clients to match the right solutions to the right opportunities. Learn more about us at inspyrsolutions.com.

INSPYR Solutions provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, INSPYR Solutions complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities

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