Senior Producer
Job Overview
We are looking for a Senior Producer for a new F2P being developed at DPS Games, where you will help us build the next big free-to-play PC title from Wargaming, the company that brought us World of Tanks and one of the strongest free-to-play PC game companies in the world.
You will work with multiple stakeholders, helping to ensure projects are planned, executed, and communicated properly. You will also work closely with team leads and stakeholders to prioritise goals in order to deliver a high-quality experience.
Reports To
This position is based in Guildford, UK and reports to the Executive Producer.
What will you do?
- Communicate, drive and implement the vision for all features you control
- Take features through the game development lifecycle, managing the expectations of project stakeholders at all stages
- Evaluate the potential success and quality of features through a combination of metrics and qualitative review
- Support teams in a wide variety of ways including design, vision refinement, process refinement, hiring, etc
- Support teams in running a variety of project management methodologies (Scrum, Agile, Waterfall, Kanban, etc.)
- Create the development milestones against acceptance criteria to ensure features are on track
- Provide visibility in project tracking, seeing the bigger picture and reporting on progress
- Be the go-to person for interaction between development and stakeholder including teams such as QA, Localization, Legal, Finance, etc
- Work with distributed teams and outsource partners to ensure delivery of their components on time
What are we looking for?
- Proven experience in a similar Producer role within the gaming industry
- A hands-on approach, with a full-stack knowledge of all aspects of designing, building, operating and optimizing a game
- Proven track record of delivering games to meet expectations
- Strong communication at all levels within a team or organization
- Versed in wider business operations required to make a game a success
- Not scared to get in amongst the weeds on a project, but able to retain the detachment needed to make the right calls
What additional skills will help you stand out?
- Experience with JIRA, Confluence, MS Teams, Excel
- Experience running PC/Console game development projects
- Experience working with highly distributed development and support teams