[Vector North] Sr. Producer

Responsibilities

An integral part of the production team, the Sr. Producer helps to ensure the project milestones are delivered on time, on budget, and at quality.

As one of the first point-of-contacts, they look after day-to-day production topics, bridge communications between studios, identify/escalate issues, and, more broadly, contribute towards all production-related activities.

Facilitate Progress

• Plan, schedule, and distribute tasks for the local studio in cooperation with the production director and other discipline leads.
• Monitor tasks and, where needed, recommend adjustments of priorities/workloads.
• Create or alter workflows, processes, and procedures.
• Cultivate adequate tools for the development team.
• Facilitate the deployment/maintenance of development workflows, and identify/propose improvements.
• Track project milestones, progress, and report to the Production Director.

Bridge Communications

• Act as the first point of contact for production-related topics for the local team.
• Plan and document meetings/follow-up actions.
• Coordinate non-structural information-sharing between developers, departments, and branches (in-person, Slack, email, etc.).
• Identify and resolve communication issues and facilitate cross-studio cooperation with all studios involved.

Identify Issues / Risks

• Manage, resolve, and, where necessary, escalate project / discipline-related issues to leadership.
• Keep track of the mood in the project team, and flag potential individual/interpersonal/corporate issues.

Coordinate Resources / Stakeholders

• Manage (action / re-direct / escalate) requests from internal stakeholders/service departments (G&M, HR, Finance, Publishing etc.).
• Coordinate and administrate any assigned external resources/stakeholders.
• Ensure adequate resources are available to complete the project.
• Actively coordinate the QA work with other disciplines and directors.

Contribute to Production

• Contribute towards the creation and maintenance of project documentation, communications, and reports.
• Contribute towards the establishment and fulfillment of the staffing/capacity plan.
• Contribute towards the establishment and maintenance of production OKRs and KPIs.
• Take part in the planning and scheduling of the project milestones.

Attributes

This role demands the ability to both draw upon a set of proven experiences and learn new skills. Beyond specialist individual expertise and independent problem-solving, the capacity to partner with and persuade more experienced team members is crucial.

Required

• Several years of experience in game production
• Excellent communication skills in verbal and written English.
• Experience working in an international environment.
• Working knowledge of software development and project management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence).
• Ability to track and maintain schedules, and drive a task group to completion.
• Proficiency in writing documentation.
• Ability and willingness to learn new technical skills and techniques.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and drive towards clarity.
• Strong diplomatic and problem-solving skills.

Welcomed

• Experience using Jira, and Confluence.
• Experience planning, executing, and evaluating playtests.
• Experience working in a hybrid/remote environment.
• Experience working with the Unreal Engine.
• Experience creating and adapting workflows.
• Familiarity with version control systems (Git, SVN, Perforce, or others)
• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field (or equivalent formal qualification)

We welcome all applications!

We are proud to have such a multicultural environment and we strive to create a safe, inclusive, and harmonious atmosphere for everyone to thrive in. We invite applications from all genders, sexual orientations, races, colors, religions, and ages.

If this sounds like a good fit for your skills and experience, then apply right away!