Senior Producer
Job Summary
Job Description
The Senior Producer at Pipeworks leads cross-discipline teams across multiple projects, acting as the central point of contact for clients, studio leadership, and stakeholders. Responsibilities encompass project estimation, budgeting, planning, scheduling, and tracking against contractual commitments. This role requires identifying and mitigating risks, improving project workflows, and providing clear project vision. The Senior Producer facilitates communication, manages bug resolution, provides status reports, and conducts project retrospectives. They also mentor junior producers and contribute to process improvement within the department. Experience in software development production and project management is essential, along with a strong understanding of game development processes and financial acumen. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication, problem-solving, and leadership skills.
Must have:
- Strong communication skills
- Exceptional project management
- Critical feedback on projects
- Conflict resolution
- Growth mindset
- Proactive about customer needs
- Understanding of development process
- Financial and business acumen
- Team management skills
- Expert use of project management tools
Good to have:
- Experience in Live Operations
- PMI PMP Certification
- Experience with Unity/Unreal Engine
Perks:
- Flexible Working Environment
- Medical, Dental, and Vision
- 401K with employer match
- Employer Paid Life Insurance
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- Relocation
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Assistance Program
- Fitness Club Discounts
- Sports Team Sponsorship
- Annual Company Events
9 skills required
Job Details
Senior Producer
Department: Production
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Eugene, OR
Compensation: $87,000 - $104,000 / year
Description
The Sr. Producer leads cross-discipline teams across one or more projects and acts as the central point of contact between clients, studio leadership, the project team, and all stakeholders. Ensures development is coordinated so projects are delivered on time, on budget, and meet or exceed quality expectations.
Day To Day
Responsibilities
- Own the estimation, budgeting, planning, prioritization, and scheduling of tasks related to the development of software projects, from concept to release and live operations
- Track project schedules and budgets against contractual commitments
- Identify critical path risks and issues, develop and implement mitigation plans as necessary
- Drive and improve project development pipeline and workflow
- Provide clear project vision, goals, and objectives to the project team and stakeholders
- Facilitate communication and coordination between internal/external project resources to eliminate roadblocks and ensure successful task completion
- Senior-level project hard/soft skills, including but not limited to, Analytics and ROI-informed recommendations and decision-making, contract review and management, cost analysis
- Work with project team and QA to manage bug assignment, priority-setting, and progress towards resolution
- Provide regular status reports, communicates progress and risk to studio leadership
- Complete project retrospectives/post mortems as assigned
- Drive department processes through documentation and advocacy, work with Production Director to refine and optimize existing processes and/or create new processes as needed
- Provides Producer mentorship and training as needed
Skills Knowledge and Expertise
Must Haves
- Strong communication skills both written and verbal
- Exceptional project management practices and software expertise
- Ability to provide critical feedback on projects against goals and strategies
- Ability to resolve conflict both on the team and between the team and client
- Growth mindset/learns from mistakes
- Proactive about customer needs
- Curiosity about the gaming industry as a whole, and other PW projects
- Able to maintain composure and poise in a stressful, fast-paced, ever-changing dev environment
- Self-motivated, managed, and organized
- Capable of working with and managing a team in a hybrid (mixture of on-site and off-site) work environment
- Deep understanding of the development process in all discipline areas
- Financial and business acumen
- Motivated by careful, objective, & detail-oriented work
- Ability to motivate very large and or multiple teams to perform at a high level
- Expert use of Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Jira, and Confluence including generating reports and charts
- Professional Experience with Unity, Unreal or other game engines
- Strong interest in the industry and a desire to create high-quality interactive experiences with an eye toward a successful product launch
Nice-To-Have Skills
- Experience in a Live Operations environment in a Production role
- PMI PMP Certification
Education & Experience Required
- At least 5 years of experience in a software development Producer and/or Project Manager role
- Certificate of completion of Game Development or any University degree, or equivalent practical experience
- Previous experience with video game development, including completing five development cycles (Pre-production, Production, Post Production, Live support) and shipping of at least five (5) titles.
What We Can Offer You
A Flexible Working Environment
Almost all of our roles allow for your choice of work location. We're happy to support our team no matter where they prefer to work: remote, in office, or hybrid.
Benefits
Almost all of our roles allow for your choice of work location. We're happy to support our team no matter where they prefer to work: remote, in office, or hybrid.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision
- 401K with employer match
- Employer Paid Life Insurance Policy
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 19 Paid Company Holidays
- Relocation
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Assistance Program
- Fitness Club Discounts
- Sports Team Sponsorship
- Annual Company Events
- Project Wrap Parties
A Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Pipeworks Studios recognizes the importance of creating an environment where all of our employees feel included and empowered to bring ideas to the the table. We value each employee's unique experiences and perspectives and recognize that it is both the smart and right thing to foster diversity, equity and inclusion within our organization.
By diversifying our workforce, increasing equity, and ensuring that our individual differences are valued, we are better able to deliver an experience that reflects, inspires, and connects with our audience... because games are for everyone!
Pipeworks provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.
Go to Pipeworks.com to see some of our continued efforts and our latest Diversity Report.
Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they meet every one of the qualifications in a job description. Our top priority is finding the best candidate for the job and if you are interested in the position, we would encourage you to apply, even if you don’t believe you meet every one of the qualifications below.
Pipeworks Studios recognizes the importance of creating an environment where all of our employees feel included and empowered to bring ideas to the the table. We value each employee's unique experiences and perspectives and recognize that it is both the smart and right thing to foster diversity, equity and inclusion within our organization.
By diversifying our workforce, increasing equity, and ensuring that our individual differences are valued, we are better able to deliver an experience that reflects, inspires, and connects with our audience... because games are for everyone!
Pipeworks provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.
Go to Pipeworks.com to see some of our continued efforts and our latest Diversity Report.
Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they meet every one of the qualifications in a job description. Our top priority is finding the best candidate for the job and if you are interested in the position, we would encourage you to apply, even if you don’t believe you meet every one of the qualifications below.
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