Senior Producer - 2K Games

Description

Senior Producer – 2K Games -PD Team


SUMMARY:

Develop quality software products, from concept to release and for providing and maintaining the creative vision of the products for 2K Games. All candidates should be self-motivated, highly organized, and possess strong leadership and team-building skills. A Senior Producer is a leader of leaders, capable of taking charge of a project. Franchise or external team and unifying the project or group effectively towards a specific set of goals. This role requires the simultaneous management of multiple products.



The Senior Producer is ultimately responsible and accountable for shipping products on-time and to a high degree of quality whether as their direct responsibility or via their direct reports.



JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Manage and lead multiple projects or franchises simultaneously at different stages of development from concept to completion while acting as the product’s champion.

- Oversee, manage and liaise with internal and external resources to meet production schedules and maintain a coherent creative vision throughout the entire development life cycle.

- Serve as a technical and business resource to other producers, assisting them in the resolution of complex problems or leading them on larger projects.

- Support the strategic planning and budgeting processes for products, providing financial, technical, and creative input to management.

- Assist in improving development processes and best practices.

- Establish development priorities and deadlines.

- Develop product budgets and schedules and maintain forecasts of the budget, anticipating, identifying and resolving overruns.

- Ensure adherence to schedules and budgets through enforcement of milestone approval or disapproval as per established contracts.

- Assist Producers in the direction of large, strategic products.

- Assist with recruiting and interviewing candidates for positions in product development.

- Establish, maintain, and enhance relationships with internal and external resources.

- Manage and act to prevent potential conflicts between internal and external expectations for projects.

- Assist and drive identifying key product to acquire or license to support the company business goals.

- Assist with coordinating game release process with internal groups.

- Travel, both domestic and international, is required.

- Potential day-to-day direct management and guidance of other publishing production staff including hiring, personnel reviews, etc.

- Coordinate with industry first parties (Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft) seeing projects from concept through to gold master.

- Coordinate with marketing to ensure synergy between Product Development, Developer and Marketing.