Sr Producer, Combat Design (Contract)

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Join the award-winning team that created God of War

Santa Monica Studio is seeking an experienced producer for the development of a new unannounced title!

The Production Team at SMS excels at creative problem solving and communication. We thrive on being at the intersection of people and productivity as the glue that holds the studio together. Whether by being leaders of the craft of project management or partners who will clear the path ahead the production team is here in service to the studio to move development forward and achieve quality.

A Senior Producer is relied upon to lead long-term scheduling efforts as well as to direct ground level production activities of multiple discipline teams and large areas of the game. Responsibilities include partnering with the lead producer creative directors and leads guiding and directing other producers and collaborating with studio managers to own the creation maintenance and execution of a project plan to determine resource budget and schedule needs.

We are looking for a Producer to join our Characters this role you will collaborate with producers creative leads and directors to support the production pipeline across all phases of development from initial design through final approval. Youll support Combat and Cameraplanning and execution manage key deliverables and work closely with art level designand engineering teams on road mapping and provide day-to-day production support for the Combat and Camera teams.

Responsibilities

Ownthe production of multiple discipline teams in all areas:

• Run the production pipeline for our Combat and Camera Design teams throughout all phases of the product development cycle from concept through final approval
• Craft and maintain a comprehensive project plan schedule scope and resource forecast for the combat and camera design disciplines along a complex production pipeline
• Manage day-to-day production issues to allow the teams to achieve the highest possible game quality. Schedule and maintain tasking of departmental and interdisciplinary teams
• Lead and direct other Producers and Associate Producers to balance resources and ensure correct prioritization to ship our games to quality schedule and budget

Leadday-to-day production through rigorous project planning analytic thinking and information gathering:

• Break down large complex initiatives features and challenges into manageable portions and actionable steps
• Assimilate diverse information and assess the impact on each phase of production and on the project as a whole
• Identify all groups that may be affected by a goal actively solicit their input and follow up by strong execution
• Ensure a common understanding and agreement on project scope objectives and impact of any changes

Partnerwith a wide range of team members to further current and future product development needs:

• Cultivate and maintain relationships with internal development team primarily partnering with the game director discipline directors and leads
• Collaborate with managers concerning personnel issues and team member individual growth such as meeting task expectations actively tasking individuals toward determined growth goals
• Contribute to the development of new theories methodologies and approaches in collaboration with creative partners. Support the creative vision by utilizing curiosity judgement and anticipating change in order to direct or redirect efforts as needed to achieve results

Skills

Project Management Craftsmanship

• Experience with traditional Waterfall production management techniques along with Agile techniques including SCRUM or Kanban
• Excellent organizational & prioritization skills attention to detail process knowledge and ability to multi-task
• Experience with Microsoft Office (emphasis on Excel) Perforce JIRA (incl. Structure) Confluence and other project tracking and bug database software

Communication & Collaboration

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively across product development and management teams
• Experience working with high performing creative teams and demonstrated ability to partner effectively in a high pressure collaborative environment
• Proven conflict management skills with a strength in mediation leading to resolution of risk and roadblocks

Education & Experience

• 10 years of games industry experience in an internal development environment in a production role
• Experience on multiple large scale 150 person AAA games through all phases of production from concept to release
• At least one shipped AAA PC and/or console title as a Senior Producer
• Mastery of a variety of project management techniques in an internal development environment coupled with deep experience building and maintaining schedules
• Prior experience producing gameplay or combat features through the full production cycle and driving end-to-end feature development with cross-discipline teams
• Previous experience managing guiding and mentoring junior producers
• Familiarity with various internal game production pipelines and software
• 4-year undergraduate college degree or equivalent skill set

Preferred Experience

• PMP or equivalent certification

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