Senior Technical Producer
17 days ago
WHAT MAKES US EPIC?
At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.
Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.
PRODUCTION
What We Do
Whether it’s driving a vision from start to finish or collaborating with teams to inspire and deliver projects of Epic quality, Epic’s production teams take pride in consistently delivering world-class products and experiences.
What You'll Do
We are seeking a seasoned Senior Technical Producer with a preferred background in audio technology to help drive organization, communication, planning and process execution between multiple engineering teams. Collaborating closely with leadership teams, you will help drive ongoing strategic alignment and execution of critical priorities, roadmap development, and high-level goal setting. This role is tailor-made for a strategic problem solver with senior-level organizational production and operations expertise, as well as expert communication skills. The ideal candidate is passionate about driving tactical planning and execution, nurturing product development, and fostering team engagement. Familiarity with audio tools and engineering practices is highly desirable.
In this role, you will
- Partner and coordinate across programming teams to drive cross-functional strategic goal planning with senior leadership-level visibility, facilitating alignment across audio engineering groups and development stakeholders on roadmaps, goals and milestones
- Develop a sustainable planning process with senior leadership that allows many voices to contribute to prioritization
- Drive clarity and efficiency within the leadership team by orchestrating effective meetings, information gathering, design planning and execution. Ensure and project out clear timelines, roles, and responsibilities for resulting actions
- Manage upwards to create visibility around challenges, progress and team health
- Own workflow planning, tracking, and schedule management and production tools
- Own the tactical, day to day execution of the tasks required to keep teams moving - running stand-ups, handling JIRA issues, organizing and managing meetings, etc
- Proactively seek resolution - identify problems and propose solutions for your team before they become roadblocks. Own the outcome of your area, and never wait to see if someone else will clear your path
What we're looking for
- Extensive experience in the areas of strategic planning, program development and management
- Industry experience with technical product development or R&D in an audio related discipline
- Expert level people management and soft skills
- Expert level writing and communication skills
- Experience working with audio tech in a cross functional, multi-product software development environment
- Bonus points - demonstrated practical and theoretical understanding of Music Programming tools such as Super Collider, chucK, Max/MSP, or MetaSounds
- Bonus points - knowledge of audio technology and musical training
EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE
We pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), we also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.
ABOUT US
Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.
Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!
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