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Senior Producer, Engine - Unannounced Survival Game

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Blizzard Entertainment is seeking a versatile and passionate Game Producer to work on our exciting Unannounced Survival Game. As a Game Producer, you will act as a champion for the team by building a strong culture of empowerment and self-accountability where creativity and self-direction thrive.

We are a team of passionate developers who highly value open-minded collaboration, direct feedback, and work in a fast-paced, highly iterative environment. You will have a strong understanding of the game development process and production methodologies; collaborating with our teams to achieve outlined goals throughout the phases of development. When particularly hard problems arise, you will draw upon your diverse experience and the collective creativity of the group to remove blockers and produce a Blizzard-worthy game.

The ideal candidate will have experience working on game teams during different aspects of the product lifecycle such as prototyping, preproduction, production, beta, and release. By blending your production experience with your engineering, artistic, and design know-how you will empower your feature teams to build exciting experiences. Our development team is fast-paced and ripe with challenges to tackle.

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

• Partner with Lead and Senior Producers to assist with the daily tasking and prioritizing of the team
• Collaborate with the Production team to ensure clear goals are outlined for milestones and realized during development
• Assist on project block schedules that provide the team with clear visibility and line-of-sight on achieving future milestones
• Facilitate team ceremonies such as weekly syncs, milestone planning, build reviews, playtests, brainstorm sessions, and feature kickoffs
• Ensure communication is flowing between groups and ensure that everyone has consensus on tasking and goals
• Capture and provide effective and constructive feedback to the team, providing suggestions and solutions for improvement when applicable
• Serve as an ambassador of Blizzard's core values and team values; "Leading Responsibly" in all interactions and activities
• Remain current on industry trends including new game genres, new game development methodologies, and emergent technology
• Promotes a spirit of collaboration and contributes to lifting team morale

Requirements

• Experienced when it comes to shipping AAA titles in production roles (or equivalent experience)
• Can champion and lead projects with multiple departmental dependencies towards completion in a timely manner
• Basic knowledge of software development life cycle, project management, and production processes
• Proven ability to create, track, and maintain complex schedules
• Ability to identify production risks and drive toward solutions
• Collaborative and dynamic problem solver capable of encouraging large teams towards a unified goal
• Able to communicate effectively with engineering, art, design, audio, and QA
• Calm and deliberate within a highly dynamic, fast-paced environment
• Steadfast self-motivation and initiative – the ability to make sense of the ambiguous
• A deep passion for and knowledge of Blizzard's creative and game development process
• A force for good; always acting in the team and game's best interest

Pluses

• Ability to flex in production style
• Facilitation training and experience
• Exposure to all aspects of game development from low-level engine development through high-level IP development
• Experience wearing many hats in a startup-like environment
• Experience with Atlassian products; Jira and Confluence

Blizzard Entertainment is a global company committed to growing our employees along with the business. We offer generous benefits and perks with an eye on providing true work/life balance. We’ve worked hard to foster an intensely collaborative and creative environment, a diverse and inclusive employee culture, and training and opportunity for professional growth. Our people are everything. Our core values are real, and our mission has never changed. We are dedicated to creating the most epic entertainment experiences…ever. Join us!

Blizzard Entertainment is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.