Producer

Description

Producer 

Basic Responsibilities:

The Producer is primarily responsible for managing a mid-sized product development team or sub-team, and supporting development from concept to submission. Responsibilities include scheduling, tracking development, and ensuring team deliverables are met in a timely manner at high quality.  The Producer will manage and coordinate the relationship with both internal and external stakeholders along with internal team resources to produce games for a variety of game platforms.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Manages the execution of the game development process to produce high quality games.
• Works with development team(s) to define and meet project deadlines.
• Accountable for creating and maintaining project plans and schedules. Managing project resources and needs to meet production schedules and budgets.
• Ensures all necessary project documentation is complete and up-to-date.
• Maintains strong relationships with parent publisher, ensuring timely and clear communication on all elements of development.
• Forecasts equipment and staffing needs for projects.
• Establishes and maintains a productive and communicative working environment
• Collaborates with Engineering, Art, and Design department heads to produce individual performance feedback for team members.

• Identifies and resolves conflicts between schedule, budget, and design goals.

• Recommends and implements new processes where efficiencies are needed to improve on-time or on-budget delivery.

• Some travel may be required.

The skills & experience we’re looking for:

• A passion for games and game development!
• At least 3 years’ experience in the entertainment software industry in a leadership/coordination role.
• Experience managing either internal or external development teams.
• Producer experience of the entire life-cycle of video-game software development (concept to ship) of at least one published title on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, Wii U, Xbox1, PS4, PC and/or Mobile platforms.
• Track record of successful project execution; completing and shipping quality games on time and on budget
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Really catch our eye with:

• Demonstrated experience with project management software, including project life-cycle models, risk assessment, and team management/motivation.
• Proven ability to work under rapid development cycles.
• Experience with Agile Development processes and tools (i.e. Scrum, Jira, Hansoft, Confluence, etc.)
• Bachelors’ degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical field or relevant work experience
• Proven management experience including: employee selection, employee development, performance management, conflict resolution, team facilitation, motivation and recognition, budgeting, and project planning.
• Project Management training and certification is a plus.