Producer, Mobile

Who We Are

Founded in 2005, 2K Games is a global video game company,  publishing titles developed by some of the most influential game development studios in the world. Our studios responsible for developing 2K’s portfolio of world-class games across multiple platforms,  include Visual Concepts, Firaxis, Hangar 13, CatDaddy, Cloud Chamber, and HB Studios. Our portfolio of titles is expanding due to our global strategic plan, building and acquiring exciting studios whose content continues to inspire all of us! 2K publishes titles in today’s most popular gaming genres, including sports, shooters, action, role-playing, strategy, casual, and family entertainment.

Our team of engineers, marketers, artists, writers, data scientists, producers, thinkers and doers, are the professional publishing  stewards of our growing library of  critically-acclaimed franchises such as NBA 2K, Battleborn, BioShock, Borderlands, The Darkness, Mafia, Sid Meier’s Civilization, WWE 2K, and XCOM. 

At 2K, we pride ourselves on creating an inclusive work environment, which means encouraging our teams to Come as You Are and do your best work! We are dedicated to diversity and inclusion, and want our community of candidates to reflect this commitment. We encourage all qualified applicants to explore our global positions. 

2K is headquartered in Novato, California and is a wholly owned label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).

What We Need 

We’re looking for an experienced Producer to join our Mobile Games team! This position is the glue that holds the development and publishing teams together, driving the day-to-day work that keeps our games fresh, player-focused, and engaging! 

While 2K is headquartered in Novato, California, our team is fully remote working West Coast hours and overlapping with Asian development partners.

What You Will Do​

Reporting to the 2K Mobile Executive Producer, you will manage the developer relationship and publishing pipeline for our RPG+ mobile products. This is a high-autonomy, individual contributor role that will work with internal and external teams to steer our efforts in successfully building, operating and servicing our mobile games. Key responsibilities:

• Partner with developers to define milestones and sprint deliverables, then drive the successful delivery of these objectives. Ensure completed milestones pass exit criteria and delight our customers.
• Maintain a cross-functional project roadmap that tracks releases, future content, and current development/publishing risks. Identify and cut low-priority work to increase high-priority execution.
• Project-manage the tasks of the publishing team. Lead weekly stand ups and own weekly production reporting to ensure everyone has visibility on each other’s work and are working towards common goals.
• Coordinate releases with 2K’s QA, Localization, Customer Service, and Legal Clearance teams.
• Build production processes and workflows with dev partners. Optimize the ways we communicate and build service-based mobile games to maximize time and resources.

Who We Think Will Be A Great Fit

• 3-5+ years of experience as Producer for successful live mobile games.
• Passion for Free-to-Play and service-based mobile games. Has intimate knowledge of gameplay mechanics (RPG+ preferred), monetization systems, and other aspects of these games’ core designs.
• Self-starter with experience breaking problems down to incremental steps. 
• Proficient communication and presentation skills (written and oral). You know how to start and close a productive conversation, and your presentations tell a cohesive story.
• Proven ability to work with creative and technical partners across cultures and time zones. Adept at MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Google equivalents.
• Highly organized and an effective multi-tasker. Strong time and project management skills. Can focus on multiple projects while meeting changing deadlines and priorities.
• Ability to identify and analyze risks while leading mitigation support.
• Experience with project management and communication tools such as Asana, JIRA and Slack.
• Bachelor's degree.
• Knowledge and love for 2K franchises (Borderlands, BioShock, NBA2K, WWE2K, XCOM, Civilization) preferred.
• Fluency in Vietnamese is a plus.

Location: Remote (supporting West Coast hours)

The pay range for this position in California at the start of employment is expected to be between $105,000 and $160,000 per Year. However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an 'at-will position' and the company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation or benefit program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

Please note that 2K Games and its studios never uses instant messaging apps or personal email accounts to contact prospective employees or conduct interviews and when emailing, only use 2K.com accounts.

 
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