Senior Producer in British Columbia by Blackbird Interactive

Do you love it when a plan comes together? Are you able to look at a problem and identify the steps that are necessary to understanding and resolving that problem? Are you an expert at cross-platform game development through the entire production cycle? Do you love rallying and motivating a team towards shared goals to build a great game?
 
Blackbird Interactive is seeking a Senior Producer to oversee delivery for a large IP. You will work with talented internal and external teams, help identify their needs, and move them from full production into release and post-launch.

Responsibilities

Oversee one or more cross-discipline feature teams
Establish and maintain the product roadmap 
Establish and maintain the team’s scope and capacity on a daily basis 
Manage resource requirements, establish dependencies and balance priorities.
Partner with Senior Product Owners to establish feature goals and deliver features on time
Partner with a technical and creative leadership team to ensure project vision, deliverables and goals are met.
Establish and manage relationships and processes with key stakeholders, publisher and external partners
Mentor, coach and support producers and other team members. 
Manage direct reports and support career growth. 
Establish and Maintain regular communication channels with other feature teams and coordinate dependencies with stakeholders.
Manage scope and quality, proactively assess and mitigate risk

Requirements

Minimum of 8 years experience in a producer/project manager capacity.
Strong understanding of game development cycle from pre-production to release
Experience working directly with external and publisher stakeholders. 
Passion and enthusiasm for games and game development.
Experience in various project management methodologies such as Waterfall and Agile.
Effective communication skills across all levels and disciplines.
Ability to work in a fast-paced dynamic and collaborative team environment.
Excellent verbal and written skills

Pluses

University degree or equivalent professional experience.
Experience in cross-platform development environments.
At least 2 shipped AAA game projects.
Experience with AzureDevOps, Hansoft, JIRA, or other project management software tools.
Lean/Agile certifications

 Blackbird Interactive
https://www.projectcasting.com/job/6018-senior-producer

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