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Studio Production Director

Job Description

In charge of the Studio production strategy, you will follow the advancement of projects and provide visibility on progress and issues. With a focus on production monitoring, you’ll leverage effective partnerships with project teams to boost collaboration and implement methods to optimize our development processes.

In this role you will report directly to the Managing Director and work closely with the HQ teams and Top Management.

This is a permanent position based in Paris, France.

Responsibilities

• Create and implement the Studio production strategy for short/medium/long term
• Validate each project’s roadmap, anticipating and mitigating risks that are potential blockers to delivering on time and within scope.
• Support and coach Producers and Projects Production Directors in choices of production organization and services
• Help and Support the implementation of Studio and Group strategies within the projects

• Foster a good communication and collaboration between Projects and Top Management (Studio and HQ)

With the support of the Production Performance Director :

• Define our approach to production monitoring and implement the necessary tools for following progress (KPIs, dashboards, milestone meetings, etc.).
• Define KPIs to measure and track the health of productions.

• Advise the studio Managing Director on subjects related to production intelligence, optimization and staffing orientations
• Arbitrate critical resources allocation between projects

Leadership of :

• projects production directors (functional)

• production performance director (managing himself QA, IT prod and Mocap)

Qualifications

We’re looking for someone with:

• Extensive experience leading HD production through several major AAA video game projects
• Demonstrated ability to successfully deliver major games/projects in terms of quality standards, budget, time & resources
• In-depth knowledge of development pipelines and interdependencies + familiarity with a variety of project management methodologies
• An innovative spirit to explore and bring about optimized ways of doing things
• Excellent presentation, interpersonal, English communication skills (French is a nice to have)

• An inclusive, influential, and inspiring leadership style to rally people together toward common goals
• Effective cross-departmental collaboration: ability to easily cooperate with members from all disciplines and organizational levels

Additional Information

As an employer, Ubisoft offers equal chances to everyone no matter their gender, ethnicity, faith, sexual preferences, handicap or age.

Ubisoft develops an inclusive workplace, doing their best to reflect the diversity or their gamer community within the production teams.

Company Description

The World of UBISOFT

Ubisoft's teams are driven by their goal to enrich the life of the players with memorable and original entertainment experiences. They give life to beautiful worlds where the imagination can express itself completely, resulting in moments of surprise, fun and adventure that allow the player to learn and discover himself.

At Ubisoft, you will have the opportunity to work and grow with passionate teams that are pioneers in their field, all around the world. You will evolve in a caring and inspiring environment in which you will push the limits of the imagination and technology to create worlds that will fascinate our players.

In the context of its development, Ubisoft is looking for a new Studio Production Director to join its production studio in Paris, where titles such as "Ghost Recon: Breakpoint", "Mario+Rabbids: Kingdom Battle", "Just Dance 2021" or "Watch_Dogs Legion" have recently been developed.