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Production Director

• You’re a gamer and developer at heart. You care deeply about making a great game, maintaining a healthy/passionate team, sustainable development practices, and responsible use of resources to help develop amazing experiences.
• You love working in a collaborative, creative environment focused on bringing the next great adventure to the players!
• You are a champion of schedules with a considerable respect for developer’s time.
• You recognize that excellence comes with a commitment to quality and are prepared to protect developers time to achieve that goal.
• You believe in aiding development through regularly engaging the team to gain feedback to continuously improve production processes.
• You are a uniter and work to understand the team through strong relationships.
• You’re proactive at gaining deeper understanding about the project, the developers, and finding ways to maintain teams’ productivity.
• You care deeply about team wellbeing and creating a healthy, focused, and fun environment that allows developers to do their best work.
• You see production as a support system to developers and work diligently with developers to make the best products they can while focusing on the product.
• You clearly understand the phases of development and the deliverables teams need during those phases while continuously evaluating plans and methods based on developer feedback.
• You strive to continuously improve the development process through smooth communication and alignment for all key stakeholders.
• You actively seek feedback and support feedback culture.
• You have a developer focused mindset and a driven to help others succeed.

• Drive the planning and execution of all development goals across all disciplines with direct developer buy-in.
• Develop reporting methodologies for production to share progress and forecast dates for senior leadership and the development team.
• Hire and grow production team with a focus on methodologies, standardized processes, and release management.
• Define goals and planning that meet our development framework and reflect the game vision.
• Acts as the liaison and coordinator between counterparts, management, and/or third-party vendors to ensure relevant groups are aligned on plans and development schedules for product development.
• Collaborates with marketing to ensure effective information promotion and distribution.
• Provides regular reports to key stakeholders on project progress, risks, and opportunities.
• Help solidify ex-dev communication and cross department communication.
• Track and help facilitate alignment for milestone deliveries and short-term sprints.
• Work with team to create production and development partnerships that support in driving development forward in a collaborative and supportive fashion.
• Act as a point of contact for both internal and external project wide information sharing.
• Work with internal and external leadership to facilitate communication and delivery of team deliverables for milestones.
• Monitor team velocity with tracking with deliverables and hold bi-weekly production updates for cross department alignment and velocity updates.
• Track and quantify department expenses for leadership.

• 8+ years' leading game production pipelines.
• Excellent leadership, project management, oral and written communication skills.
• Strong project management fundamentals including capacity planning, scope assessment and management, and project milestone planning.
• Strong interpersonal skills.

• First-hand knowledge of mobile, PC, console, and/or games-as-a-service development pipelines as they relate to games and game production.
• Strong Ex-Dev or Co-Dev experience.
• Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

• A people-centric culture founded on respect, trust, approachability, and accountability.
• A stable home that values your potential, deeply cares about your work-life balance, and is committed to investing in your craft and long-term career.
• Competitive benefits package, including a sign-on bonus; annual stock option grants; health coverage (medical, dental, vision) paid at 100% for the employee and subsidized by the Company for dependents; Flexible Spending Account eligibility; life, accidental death, and disability insurance coverage; annual 401K contribution by the Company; Employee Assistance Program; and extensive paid time off plus holiday closures.