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Lead Producer - Unannounced Survival Game

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We Want You

A new world and a new journey await you. It is a world different from any other Blizzard has created.

If you’re a passionate game developer, and, well, a good human being, then we’d love to talk to you. We have a new AAA survival game in the works, set in a new IP for PC/Consoles. It’s going to be amazing, and we’d love to bring you along for the ride. Together, we’ll build something big, bold, and beautiful.

As a Lead Game Producer on the team, you will play a pivotal role in helping to define and improve our game development best practices and production methodologies. You will work across subject areas of the team to ensure consistent and repeatable deliver of our goals and initiatives. clear goals are outlined and realized throughout the phases of development. As a production leader you will be responsible for plotting the course of development and fostering the collaboration.

We believe our team is good. Really good. Granted, we’re obviously biased. But we also believe there are lots of developers out there who can make us even better. You could be one of those people. If you’re looking for a team where inclusion, thoughtfulness, empathy, integrity, and collaboration are all seen as critically important, we believe our team could be a phenomenal fit for you. Join us and help craft our future!

COVID-19 Hiring Update: We've transitioned to a work-from-home model, and we're continuing to interview and hire during this time. This role is expected to begin as a remote position. We understand each person's circumstances may be unique and will work with you to explore possible interim options.

Responsibilities

• Oversee production for multidisciplinary efforts across the entire project, from inception through live and into players hands
• Define and maintain project roadmaps, milestones, deliverables, and staffing plan for product lifecycle
• Drive the completion of goals and facilitate communication, organization, and accountability across all major subject areas in collaboration with other teams and project priorities
• Manage a team of producers and provide mentorship/support to ensure project goals, objectives, milestones, and results are achieved
• Standardize and improve processes and status reporting methodologies for production in order to report progress and forecast dates for senior leadership and the development team
• Partner with all teams and production leadership to make informed decisions on work methods, development pipeline, and setting clear priorities
• Participate in production leadership planning with senior leadership
• Promote and contribute to a culture of diversity and inclusion

Requirements

• 5+ years of senior-level production experience in game development
• Must have shipped at least one AAA game in a production leadership role leading all aspects of a significant portion of the development team
• Strong organization, communication, and strategic skills
• A self-motivated individual who takes the initiative and make sense out of the ambiguous
• Experience orchestrating work across art, design, and engineering
• Able to work with team leads, producers and directors to align priorities and build predictability in scheduling
• Experience supervising a sophisticated project and providing insight and influence into how to deliver more effectively and mitigate risks
• Strong project and people leadership skills
• Calm and deliberate within a highly dynamic, fast-paced environment