Executive Producer

Description

Microsoft Games Studios is establishing a new Studio - MGS Mobile Gaming - focused on bringing games and entertainment to the mobile life that people lead. Our vision is to deliver games and entertainment so good that people will want them always with them, on a service that makes them social, connected and relevant anywhere their life goes. The Mobile Gaming team is building industry leading products that showcase our Windows Phone platform as well as emerging mobile platforms, and will help realize Microsoft’s connected entertainment vision. The Mobile Gaming studio will be the hub for MGS franchises and titles on mobile devices and a center of excellence for mobile games.

MGS Mobile Gaming will support first party development, evangelize mobile gaming across MGS, and drive technical platform and service requests back to the parent organization and other business units in phone development. In addition, as the Center of Excellence for Mobile Games, the studio will develop showcase internal mobile games and entertainment experiences, while acting as the technical hub and spearhead for mobile game technology.

To accomplish this vision, MGS Mobile Gaming is looking for an experienced Group Program Manager to join the leadership team in the mobile gaming business (a group program manager acts in many ways as an executive producer). The GPM will oversee and be responsible for multiple first-party and second-party high end titles currently in development or planned as part of our growing portfolio.

Responsibilities
Oversee production for all titles in development and ensure they hit cost, quality and date targets.
Lead, manage and grow a team of producers who oversee each of the projects in development.
Extend and drive the strategic plans for ongoing development of our intellectual properties.
Develop and maintain relationships with producers on major internal franchises.
Be responsible for the overall P&L for all the titles in development.