Senior Producer

3 weeks, 2 days ago
Full-time
Lead
Project and Program Management
Blackbird Interactive

Blackbird Interactive

Blackbird Interactive (BBI) is an independent game development studio based in Vancouver, Canada. Founded in 2010 by industry veterans, BBI is known for creating immersive strategy and adventure games like Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak and Hardspace: Sh...

Internet Software & Services
251-1K
Founded 2010

Description

  • Oversee projects or complex cross-discipline feature teams.
  • Establish and maintain team and product roadmaps, assess capacity, and proactively mitigate risk.
  • Partner with product owners and stakeholders to define feature goals and deliver features on time.
  • Manage resource needs, dependencies, and priority balancing across teams.
  • Work with technical and creative leadership to ensure project vision, deliverables, and goals are met.
  • Evaluate development processes and iterate when the team or product needs to evolve.
  • Build and manage relationships and processes with key stakeholders, publishers, and external partners.
  • Mentor, coach, and support producers and other team members.
  • Manage direct reports and support their career growth.
  • Maintain regular communication channels with other feature teams and coordinate dependencies with stakeholders.
  • Champion production process improvements that increase quality and efficiency.

Requirements

  • Minimum 8 years of experience in a producer or project manager capacity across full-cycle projects.
  • Experience steering game production through all stages of development.
  • Ability to prepare mitigation and contingency plans before problems occur.
  • High proficiency in project management methodologies, including knowing when to apply them effectively.
  • Experience working directly and successfully with external and publisher stakeholders.
  • Demonstrable experience managing short-term and long-term scope and capacity.
  • Passion and enthusiasm for games and game development.
  • Experience with Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
  • Effective communication skills across all levels and disciplines.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic, and collaborative team environment.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • University degree or equivalent professional experience (preferred).
  • Experience in cross-platform development environments (preferred).
  • At least 2 shipped AAA game projects (preferred).
  • Experience with project management tools such as Azure DevOps, Hansoft, or JIRA (preferred).
  • Project management certifications (preferred).
  • Must be legally eligible to work in Canada and reside within Canada.

Benefits

  • Remote-first workplace with flexible work arrangements.
  • Opportunity to work on a wide range of projects, including world-class IPs and original creations.
  • Long-term career opportunities at an independent game studio.

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