Senior Producer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Oversee the complete production process for one or more game projects, features, or development teams.

• Collaborate with creative, technical, and production leadership to convert the game vision into executable development strategies.

• Develop, contribute to, and uphold project roadmaps, milestones, schedules, dependencies, and priorities.

• Evaluate and authorize milestones for projects developed externally.

• Facilitate coordination across various disciplines, ensuring teams have the necessary information and resources.

• Proactively identify risks, dependencies, bottlenecks, and resource limitations before they impact delivery or release timelines.

• Provide leadership with concise verbal and written updates on team and feature progress, risks, and critical decisions.

• Identify and assess co-development partners for specific project collaborations.

• Maintain relationships with development partners and publishers.

• Mentor and coach individuals by setting expectations, leveraging strengths, and addressing areas for improvement.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in game development, including substantial production or project management experience on internal game teams and/or overseeing external work-for-hire or co-development partners.

• Proven experience in shipping at least 3 PC or console games in a senior production or leadership capacity.

• Familiarity with at least one complete game development lifecycle from inception through launch to live support.

• Experience in identifying and vetting external partners.

• Proficient in milestone setting and review processes.

• Capable of tracking risks effectively.

• Experience collaborating with internal legal and business development teams on contract establishment and statements of work.

• In-depth knowledge of project management methodologies and the game development process.

• Exceptional situational awareness and judgment, especially in high-pressure circumstances.

• A strong passion for mentoring and developing individual contributors and teams.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, along with strong relationship-building capabilities.

• Ability to manage relationships both upwards and downwards, internally and with external partners.

• Capacity to lead and empower teams toward collective and agreed-upon objectives.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual professional development stipends.

• Home office stipends.

• Paid time off for volunteering or non-profit work.

• Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.

• Equal employment opportunities and protection against discrimination and harassment.