Gaming Producer

Overview

Our client is looking for a Producer to collaborate with the project team to deliver best in class gaming experiences for our players while meeting quality, schedule, and business targets. The Producer is responsible for managing one or more multidisciplinary teams composed of artists, designers, and engineers and working directly with the Senior Producer to drive assets and features to completion.

As part of the greater Production team, you will be expected to help create and foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high performing work environment. As a Producer, you will create production roadmaps based on backlogs and partner with product owners to establish sprint and milestone goals. You will execute against this plan by working with the leadership team to prioritize deliverables, manage risks, react quickly to challenges, report weekly status, and evaluate their group against deliverable completion and quality success criteria.

ABOUT US

We are a flagship first-party studio within Gaming Studios and the home to one of gaming’s most critically and commercially acclaimed series.  We are a group of diverse and talented individuals working for a common purpose to push the limits of Microsoft’s entertainment platform and devices. As a studio, we lead from our values and work together to promote respect and inclusion, a growth mindset and grit, all while putting our team first. If you have the fire to work with our driven team, then come work with us.

ABOUT THE ROLE
Among the responsibilities of the role are:
• Milestone planning, execution, dependency management, and evaluation of priorities
• Communicating goals to the team and motivating them to execute on time and at a high-quality level
• Proactive risk management and mitigation
• Creating, updating, and presenting status and information to the project leadership team
• Identifying task-related processes to improve efficiency
• Providing regular capacity plan updates
• Focusing on project development with an emphasis on team empowerment

ABOUT YOU
Qualifications:
• 5+ years Production, Development Manager, Project Management or Coordination experience
• Managed one or more game cross functional teams through all game development phases (Pre-Production, Production, Finaling)
• Has shipped a minimum of 2 game products, ideally console products.
• Experience shipping AAA quality games on console.
• Production experience with a variety of project management methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall etc.).
• Excellent communication, presentation and leadership skills.
• Has experience managing development projects from concept all the way through to release.
• Has experience managing multiple cross functional teams.

CANDIDATE PROFILE:
• You are customer obsessed and have a desire to provide the best experience to our content creators and our players
• You are comfortable working in modern project management methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, Kanban, etc)
• You are excited to work closely with designers, engineers, and content creators with a focus on empowering the team to problem-solve
• You continuously course corrects and removes obstacles for team.
• You help directs resources and process towards the vision.
• You are resourceful and thoughtful in making decisions in a timely manner.

The target hiring compensation range for this role is 50 to 56 an hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.