Senior Game Producer Technology Hearthstone - Irvine CA

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Pull up a chair and join us!! The Hearthstone team is looking for a Senior Producer to join our ranks! We have a ton of stuff in the works and we need your help to stay focused organized and to improve those pipelines! We value diverse voices and varied backgrounds and were looking for individuals to help us build fun compelling and inviting experiences for Hearthstone. Previous experience as a Hearthstone player is not a requirement for this role however it is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build prioritize and maintain the teams backlog and roadmap based on input from the team leadership and stakeholders
• Work daily with your team that includes Designers Engineers Artists and QA Testers to bring new features to life for our players. This means running meetings planning for team capacity managing tasks fostering team health creating documentation and removing obstacles
• Support live issues maintenance bug triage and improvements of live features
• Coordinate feature and project releases with our Live Operations team
• Network and collaborate with other teams within Hearthstone to cobuild features and content
• Represent the development team in publishing commercial customer support and platform planning discussions
• Identify risks plan for mitigations and communicate ongoing status on projects
• Promote contribute to and participate in a culture of diversity equity and inclusion
• As a senior producer youll be expected to take on mentees from time to time as well as contribute back to the production discipline and process within the Hearthstone team
  

Requirements

• 3 years of experience working on live software or game in production operations or project management capacity
• Strong foundation of software development and project management methodologies
• Ability to build track and maintain complex roadmaps and schedules
• History of delivering in a fastpaced software delivery pipeline
• Highly selfmotivated and accountable
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  

Pluses

• Professional game industry experience on a live game
• Prior experience in engineering or supporting engineering teams
• Experience using Jira and Confluence
• Experienced Hearthstone player
  

Your Platform

Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft Overwatch Diablo and StarCraft Blizzard Entertainment Inc. a division of Activision Blizzard which was acquired by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences. Blizzard Entertainment has created some of the industrys most critically acclaimed and genredefining games over the last 30 years with a track record that includes multiple Game of the Year awards. Blizzard Entertainment engages tens of millions of players around the world with titles available on PC via Battle Xbox PlayStation Nintendo Switch iOS and Android.

Our World

Activision Blizzard Inc. is one of the worlds largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty World of Warcraft Overwatch Diablo Candy Crush and Bubble Witch. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries making us the largest gaming network on the planet!

Our ability to build immersive and innovative worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical emotional and financial wellbeing for Every World weve got our employees covered!

The videogame industry and therefore our business is fastpaced and will continue to evolve. As such the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other underrepresented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification when in fact they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position please email your request to General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation gender identity age marital status veteran status or disability status among other characteristics.

Rewards

We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical emotional and financial wellbeing for Every World weve got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:

• Medical dental vision health savings account or health reimbursement account healthcare spending accounts dependent care spending accounts life and AD&D insurance disability insurance;
• 401(k) with Company match tuition reimbursement charitable donation matching;
• Paid holidays and vacation paid sick time floating holidays compassion and bereavement leaves parental leave;
• Mental health & wellbeing programs fitness programs free and discounted games and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability legal service ID protection rental insurance and others;
• If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.

Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary fulltime employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting the U.S. the standard base pay range for this role is $80800.00 $149400.00 Annual. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Ultimately your specific range and offer will be based on several factors including relevant experience performance and work location. Your Talent Professional can share this roles range details for your local geography during the hiring process. In addition to a competitive base pay employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed. While we strive to provide competitive offers to successful candidates new hire compensation is negotiable.