Producer

Summary

Pipeworks Studios is a game development studio creating cross-platform live games and interactive experiences. The Producer I or II leads cross-discipline teams and coordinates clients, studio leadership, project teams, and stakeholders to deliver software projects on time, within budget, and to quality expectations. The role oversees planning, budgeting, scheduling, risk mitigation, communication, and project operations from concept through release and live operations.

Responsibilities

• Act as primary point-of-contact for customer stakeholder(s)
• Identifies and manages against project success goals
• Collaborates with studio leadership and finance to align strategic goals and tactical measures
• Project-related Software and equipment procurement
• External development resource procurement. Owns outsourcing contract planning, negotiation, and management
• Own the estimation, budgeting, and planning, prioritization, and scheduling of tasks related to the development of software projects, from concept to release and live operations
• Track resource allocation, expenditures, project schedules and corresponding budgets against contractual commitments
• Project financial tracking and reporting
• Identify critical path risks and issues and responses, develop and implement mitigation plans as necessary. Drive risk action plan results
• Identify, drive implementation, and improve project development pipeline and workflow
• Provide regular project status and financial reports, communicate progress and risk to studio leadership
• Provide clear project vision, goals, and objectives to project team and stakeholders
• Facilitate communication and coordination for internal and external project resources to eliminate roadblocks and ensure successful SOW completion
• Work with project team and QA to manage bug assignment, priority-setting, and progress towards resolution
• Complete project retrospectives/post mortems
• Provide project demos, interviews as needed
• Effective contributions to department process and best practices

Skills

• Exceptional project management practices and software expertise
• Demonstrate financial and business acumen
• Proactive and collaborative communication skills
• Motivated by careful, objective, & detail-oriented work
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Amateur or Professional Experience with Unity, Unreal or other game engine
• Strong interest in the industry and a desire to create high-quality interactive experiences with an eye towards successful product launch
• Strong Experience with task-tracking and project management software
• Previous experience with video game development, including shipping of at least one (1) title
• Experience in a Live Operations environment in a Production role
• PMI PMP Certification

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Exceptional project management practices and software expertise
• Demonstrate financial and business acumen
• Proactive and collaborative communication skills
• Motivated by careful, objective, & detail-oriented work
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Amateur or Professional Experience with Unity, Unreal or other game engine
• Strong interest in the industry and a desire to create high-quality interactive experiences with an eye towards successful product launch
• Strong Experience with task-tracking and project management software

Nice to Haves

• Previous experience with video game development, including shipping of at least one (1) title
• Experience in a Live Operations environment in a Production role
• PMI PMP Certification

Benefits

• A Flexible Working Environment: remote, in office, or hybrid
• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• 401K with employer match
• Employer Paid Life Insurance Policy
• Generous Paid Time Off
• 18-20 Paid Company Holidays
• Relocation
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Fitness Club Discounts
• Sports Team Sponsorship
• Annual Company Events
• Project Wrap Parties