Production Manager, Art Cosmetics | Overwatch Irvine, CA

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Are you passionate about creating exceptional games that captivate players Do you have a deep understanding of Blizzard game development and a desire to lead teams towards success If so we have an exciting opportunity for you on the Overwatch Team at Blizzard Entertainment! As the guardian and hero of our beloved game you will play a crucial role in driving production excellence and ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality cosmetics for our players.

We are seeking an experienced Production Manager to join our Overwatch team specializing in this role you will play a pivotal role in the delivery of game-ready assets for Overwatch. We are looking for individuals who possess outstanding production skills excel in organization possess exceptional communication abilities thrive in managing schedules for complex projects and has experience leading a this role we expect a passion for the Overwatch universe and a sharp focus on the production and ongoing development of our in-game content alongside proven ability to manage mentor and elevate a team of producers.

This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position with some work on-site and some work-from-home. The home studio for this role is Irvine CA.

Responsibilities:

• Lead cosmetics production for Overwatch partnering with game leadership product art design engineering marketing and production to ensure cosmetic strategy is focused aligned and executable.
• Own alignment between cosmetics strategy roadmap ambition development capacity and execution realities ensuring the team is focused on the right priorities and set up to deliver successfully.
• Partner with production and discipline leadership to identify resource gaps scaling needs process friction and organizational risks ensuring the cosmetics production model can ramp alongside the teams ambitions.
• Manage and mentor a team of producers including annual reviews providing guidance and support to ensure project goals objectives milestones and deliverables are achieved.
• Ensure the team has an optimal organizational structure streamlined processes and effective practices that enable efficient and timely delivery of high-quality work at the scale and quality bar expected of Overwatch.
• Oversee the delivery of art assets required on a regular cadence for cosmetics ensuring accurate tracking clear ownership proactive issue resolution and readiness before launch.
• Collaborate closely with internal and external departments including regional partners managing schedules and deliverables facilitating alignment across stakeholders and holistically solutioning to move the cosmetics pipelines forward.
• Take ownership of successful product launches and live operations coordinating your teams work and facilitating the integration of sophisticated cosmetics features with other teams.
• Understand broader game product and business goals and drive complicated tradeoff decisions involving art product production development and other partner teams.
• Assume responsibility for the schedule working with discipline leads to determine the time resources and capacity required for project completion. Develop and maintain project plans schedules and roadmaps considering dependencies across multiple teams.
• Communicate project status risks tradeoffs and decision points transparently to stakeholders ensuring they are properly advised of any impacts from upcoming releases. Collaborate frequently with the production team project leads and game leadership on project status risks and opportunities.
  

Minimum Requirements:

• 6 years of production/project management experience in game development including at least 4 years focused on cosmetic art production; demonstrated experience managing and mentoring producers; and strong proficiency with asset tracking and project management software including Autodesk Flow.
• Deep understanding of game development art workflows and dependency chains.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail coupled with excellent communication skills when interacting with stakeholders at various levels.
• Extensive experience in a problem-solving environment where each new challenge is seen as an opportunity for success.
• A self-starter who approaches challenges creatively and methodically seeing them through to final resolution.
• Ability to drive high-velocity high-impact development cycles effectively balancing short-term needs and long-term vision.
• Adaptability and effectiveness in new situations within a highly dynamic environment.
  

Join us on our journey to create groundbreaking experiences in Overwatch and beyond. Show us your potential and the right candidate may have opportunities for growth within our organization.

Note: This job description provides a general overview of the role and expectations but is not exhaustive and may be subject to change.

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 under-represented 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.

The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced 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.

Our World

At Blizzard Entertainment we pour our hearts and souls into everything we create. Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft Overwatch Diablo and StarCraft weve been creating genre-defining games for millions of players around the world for more than 30 years. Were on a quest: bring our dreams to life and craft the most epic entertainment experiencesever. Hard work iteration and polish go into the Blizzard secret recipe but the most important ingredients come from talented people who share our vision. If that sounds like you join us.

The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced 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 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 well-being 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 full-time employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting the U.S. the standard base pay range for this role is $99200.00 - $183520.00 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 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.