Senior Producer, Dune (Portugal)

About us

• Funcom — скандинавский разработчик и издатель видеоигр, в котором работает более 400 человек из 37 разных стран

Responsibilities

• In this role, you will work with the Executive Producer, Production Directors, other Producers and discipline Leads to prioritize and manage complex organizational and executional issues and determine the resources necessary to complete the project
• You will manage Producers/ Associate Producers and help them in solving higher-level complex project management issues using project management tools, production methodologies, and leadership-level dialogue to maintain tight schedules and high standards of quality
• This role also involves identifying and fixing bottlenecks, as well as clearing roadblocks both on the day-to-day and in the longer term
• As a Senior Producer, you will be responsible for enforcing the overall vision and priorities for the direction and quality of the game, as well as overseeing, coordinating, tracking, and managing the activities of the team to ensure those project goals are completed on time
• We expect you to provide progress updates to the Executive Producer and production team, and to coordinate with all other teams for the deliveries you have responsibility over
• Additional tasks include coordinating with Senior/Lead Producers in our other Funcom studios, as well as assisting with content creation for game development and assisting with quality control of all products
• A Senior Producer in Funcom is self-motivated, highly organized, and detail-oriented with the ability to coordinate, track, and guide activities of the development team to ensure that projects are completed on time and with high quality
• Exposure to formal project management techniques in an internal development environment is a must; experience in building and maintaining schedules is necessary

Requirements

• 10+ years of game development experience from which at least 5 are in an internal development Production role
• Been credited on at least 1 AAA game or 1 AA+ GaaS/Multiplayer shipped game in a production position
• A demonstrated understanding of various Project Management methodologies including Scrum/Agile, as well as good organizational skills and an ability to balance project demands with high quality
• A demonstrated ability to mitigate risk and prioritize features based on their cost and risk versus their value to the project
• Strong knowledge of Excel, Word, & PowerPoint
• Proficiency with project management tools such as JIRA
• The ability to drive teams of developers to ensure timely deliveries
• Good people skills, and approachable attitude towards colleagues and other stakeholders
• Excellent communicator in speech and writing
• A calm and deliberate approach within a highly dynamic, fast-paced environment
• Experience working with larger projects across multiple time zones and gathering feature requests from multiple stakeholders
• An understanding of open-world survival games, their feature and retention values, and the ability to make production decisions based on that understanding
• Ability to challenge and support the game producer, creative director, Business, and Marketing to ensure the quality of the connected game experience
• A passion for video games
• In addition, the perfect candidate has:
• Experience managing external developers/resources
• Deep knowledge about game development processes for engineering, design, and art
• Experience with post-launch support and content updates
• Scrum Master certification
• We evaluate candidates on an ongoing basis and recommend candidates to apply as soon as possible!
• Please apply in English
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