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.
Blackbird Interactive is a creative-fuelled, future-driven, independent game studio where the best talent in the industry can find long-term careers to help grow their abilities while working on a wide range of projects, which encompass world-class IPs as well as our own creations across multiple genres.
In 2022, they announced that their studio is implementing a four-day work week as well as supporting in-studio, remote, and hybrid work arrangements as permanent options to their employees.
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?
As a Senior Producer, you will...
Oversee one or more cross-discipline feature teams
Establish and maintain the product roadmap, 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
For this role, you will need...
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
Bonus points if you have...
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
Just some of the benefits of working with Blackbird interactive include...
4-day, 32-hour work week for all full-time staff
Mentorship program
Skunkworks internal game jam program
4 weeks paid vacation per year
11 paid stat holidays
3 paid days per year for professional development
December holiday studio closure (extra paid time off!)
