Senior Producer

WE ARE GAME MAKERS

Who we are:

We are a diverse team of developers driven by a passion for our art united by our core values and inspired by a culture of inclusivity to build amazing games that thrill players everywhere. We pursue growth and innovation in an environment of safety and trust. Our culture is built on the belief that the more varied voices in our collective will strengthen our team and our games.  We are looking for our next teammate who will raise our bar and make us better.

What we need:

We are looking for an experienced Senior Producer to lead multiple areas and crafts while also driving features from inception to completion. The ideal candidate is an adaptive planner and problem solver who can collaborate with development partners to create track and manage production schedules with clear actionable goals.

Additionally the Senior Producer will need to successfully partner with department leads as well as individual contributors to identify risks manage feature scope and ensure deliverables have proper signoffs and are completed on time. Working closely with studio and production leadership you will act as a driving force for consistent processes team health / culture and the mentoring of the next generation of production talent.

Responsibilities:

• Production Management & Delivery: Act as the production leader for multiple features and/or departments taking accountability for the quality upkeep and timeliness of milestone deliverables from concept to completion.
• Schedule & Goal Creation: Collaborate with area leadership and partners to create organize track and manage feature and/or department schedules with actionable goals.
•  Risk & Scope Mitigation: Actively identify complex development project or personnel risks in a timely manner; suggest effective mitigation strategies and aggressively manage feature or scope creep.
• Feature Ownership: Lead specific features from inception to completion as a Feature Owner partnering with other producers to identify dependencies eliminate bottlenecks mitigate risks and ensure seamless execution.
•  Issue Resolution: Use a critical thinking mindset to identify track manage and resolve project impediments daily by proactively providing solutions to ensure no "dangling threads" slow down team progress.
• Team Communication: Organize and report project updates feature statuses and strategic vision clearly to the appropriate teams at the appropriate times while understanding that different audiences require different approaches.
•  People & Staff Management: Provide day-to-day management mentoring and leadership to the production staff delivering actionable growth plans and regular feedback to direct reports.

Who you are:

• An Adaptive Planner & Doer: An opportunistic self-starter who proactively identifies what needs doing and owns it making tough timely decisions to achieve project goals.
• A Trusted Collaborator: A professional respectful and approachable diplomat who excels at building bridges managing different personalities and influencing without authority.
• An Expert Communicator: Highly articulate thorough and direct in both written and verbal communications with an ability to adapt your style across informal group discussions and formal meetings.
• A Skilled Listener: Emotionally mature self-aware and focused on understanding the crux of a situation and the concerns of those involved.
• An Eye for Quality: Possess an expert eye for visual and functional quality always pushing for excellence while knowing when "enough is enough".
• A Supportive Leader: Focused on setting up developers and producers with the tools backing and roles needed for ultimate success. Able to help developers and direct reports alike grow to their full potential.
• Culturally Attentive: Attuned to team morale and culture focused on creating a positive equitable and inclusive work environment.
• Grounded in the Craft: Speaks the languages of game development leads by example and is always willing to "roll up your sleeves" whenever it's needed. Understands that the game’s interests come before any individual or group
• Level of Experience: 8-12 years of experience on a HD / AAA game development team. Live service experience is a plus.
• Tooling: Minimum intermediate level JIRA experience paired with a strong understanding of Agile processes and how to adapt to a game development reality

The pay range for this position in California at the start of employment is expected to be between $108900 and $161160 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 and eligibility to participate in our 401(K) plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program.

Regular full-time employees are also eligible for a range of benefits at the Company including: medical dental vision and basic life insurance coverage; 14 paid holidays per calendar year; paid vacation time per calendar year (ranging from 15 to 25 days) or eligibility to participate in the Company’s discretionary time off program; up to 10 paid sick days per calendar year; paid parental and compassionate leave; wellbeing programs for mental health and other wellness support; family planning support through Maven; commuter benefits; and reimbursements for fitness-related expenses. Ontario only: The use of Artificial Intelligence is not being used to screen candidates. The position is for an existing vacancy.

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What We Do

2K is headquartered in Novato California and is a wholly owned label of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO). 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 31st Union 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 2K PGA Battleborn BioShock Borderlands The Quarry The Darkness Mafia Sid Meier’s Civilization Marvel’s Midnight Suns 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 encourage ALL applicants to explore our global positions even if they don’t meet every requirement for the role. If you're interested in the job and think you have what it takes to work at 2K we encourage you to apply!

Why Work With Us

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 push ourselves creatively to do the best work of our careers. We’re direct open and you’ll probably meet some new best friends – along with their dogs – sitting nearby. In short it’s kinda awesome.

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