This role will focus on our big bets from a production perspective, ensuring our highest priority, most impactful games are tracking well across quality, development, and member value
Define, develop, and refine the overall production strategy for our larger, more complex titles, including platforms, pipelines, and processes to ensure that Producers have everything they need to serve players, developers, and partners.
Identify and lead additional strategic initiatives to ensure our team and developers have the goals, frameworks, and priority they need to be successful during development
Assist the Production Director in budget management of games in the development
Partner with business development and creative teams to ensure we are making the right decisions for our developers and members
Manage a team of producers, supporting them in their role as our external developer’s primary point of contact during development
Mentor, manage, and lead multiple producers, creating growth and opportunities for their success while maintaining a balanced production capacity.
Help resolve unique, complex product issues through ingenuity, creativity, and any other means necessary to get the job done. Identify risks early and often and remove roadblocks and performance bottlenecks as needed.
Develop strong relationships with internal and 1st party studios to establish and maintain a flow of information so we are aligned on frameworks, games, opportunities, and priorities
Work cross-functionally to create a healthy team culture based on rich communication, transparency, and shared context.
Qualifications:
Previous Executive Producer or Production Director experience in game development and publishing
6+ years of management experience, including managing direct reports with varying levels of production experience
12+ years experience in game production with experience shipping multiple games (console, PC, Mobile)
Experience in strategic planning and execution through the development on large complex project
You have robust experience overseeing the full lifecycle of game development with a specific focus on mult-platform releases
An excellent knowledge of licensing and IP complexities, understanding the difficulties generally encountered by teams and solutions tailored to their requirements.
Experience leading complex cross-functional projects with successful delivery of quality and schedule and in balancing scope, capacity, budget, risk, and time.
Ability to influence direction, without relying on positional authority
You have an uncanny knack for arriving at solutions through unconventional methods and developing a plan to put them into action
You have excellent communication and are able to work with a variety of people, effectively communicating everything from data to creative feedback
Passion for video games, innovations in software, and how they enrich the player's experience.