Location: Canada
Date published: 07-Oct-2024
Job ID: 134611
Description and Requirements
Work Location: Hybrid, 3 days a week
Position Type: Contract, 18 months
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Compensation Range: $50.00 - $62.00 per hour
Our multinational technology client is seeking a Producer for the team to deliver best in class gaming experiences for the 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.
Responsibilities:
- Proactively identify dependencies and risks associated with meeting project milestones; ensure necessary and appropriate steps are taken to resolve difficulties which may impede progress or compromise the achievement of project objectives.
- Create, update, and present status and information to provide ‘real-time' visibility of shared development efforts to the Studio Leadership team.
- Identify task-related processes to improve efficiency.
- Provide regular capacity plan updates.
- Administer project-related processes internal and external to the team, such as running scrums to identify dependencies and roadblocks.
- Oversee the formal and informal organizational communication with stakeholders.
- Support project development with an emphasis on team empowerment.
- Milestone planning, execution, and evaluation.
- Communicate goals to the team and motivate them to execute on time and at a high quality.
- Manage both internal and outsourced development teams.
Qualifications:
- Excellent communication, presentation, and leadership skills
- 5+ years of Project Management or Production experience on console products
- Has shipped a minimum of 2 game products (minimum 1 console)
- Production experience with a variety of project management methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall etc.)
- Experience managing cross-functional teams.
- A good understanding of the game development cycle with an understanding of the creative process and its impact on business needs
- Experience shipping AAA-quality games
- Has experience managing development projects from concept all the way through to ship.
- Has experience managing multiple cross-functional teams.
All interested applicants who meet the qualifications listed above are invited to submit a resume by clicking "Apply Now".
The indicated pay range for this position is a good-faith estimate based on the qualifications necessary for the position, including experience, training, and other considerations permitted by law. Additionally, it is emphasized that the pay band mentioned herein is the one established by the client company. Factors that may be used when making an offer may include a candidate’s skills, experience and geographic location, the expected quality and quantity of work. Most candidates will start at the bottom half of the pay range, with the upper end reserved for candidates with extensive experience and skills and who live in geographic markets commanding a higher starting pay. An employee’s pay history will not be a contributing factor where prohibited by local law.
This information is subject to change and serves as a general guideline for compensation discussions. Actual offers may vary based on specific circumstances and company policies.