Lead Producer - Tactical Shooter (Unreal 5)

<div><a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/blackbird-interactive">Blackbird Interactive</a> is a creative-fueled, future-driven, independent game studio where the best talent in the industry can find long-term careers to help grow their abilities while working on a wide range of projects, which encompass world-class IPs as well as our own creations across multiple genres.</div><div>Our studio operates as a remote-first workplace, offering flexible work arrangements. </div><div>At this time, we are only able to hire candidates who are legally eligible to work in Canada and reside within Canada.</div><div><p>Do you love it when a plan comes together? Are you able to look at a problem and identify the steps that are necessary to understand and resolve that problem? Are you an expert at cross-platform game development through the entire production cycle? Do you love rallying and motivating a team towards shared goals to build a great game?</p><br><p><a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/blackbird-interactive">Blackbird Interactive</a> is seeking a Lead Producer to lead the successful delivery of a <strong>third person tactical shooter</strong> being developed in <strong>Unreal Engine 5</strong> for <strong>PC</strong>. You will work with talented internal and external teams, help identify their needs, and move them through all project phases. This role is remote-friendly in Canada with Pacific-time overlap required.</p></div><h3>Responsibilities</h3><ul><div><li><p>Establish and maintain the product schedule &amp; roadmap</p></li><li><p>Manage overall project scope and quality, proactively assess and mitigate risk</p></li><li><p>Manage resource requirements, establish dependencies, and balance priorities</p></li><li><p>Define, drive and own milestones and other project deliverables</p></li><li><p>Partner with a technical and creative leadership team to ensure project vision, deliverables, and goals are met and delivered on time and in budget</p></li><li><p>Evaluate development processes for success and iterate when the team and product needto evolve</p></li><li><p>Oversee cross-discipline feature teams and maintain scope and capacity on a daily basis</p></li><li><p>Work closely and foster strong and transparent relationships with external partners</p></li><li><p>Establish and manage relationships and processes with key stakeholders, publisher and external partners</p></li><li><p>Establish and maintain regular communication channels with feature teams and coordinate dependencies with stakeholders</p></li><li><p>Mentor, coach and support producers and other team members</p></li><li><p>Champion effective production processes, identify opportunities to improve processes that will increase quality and efficiency, and help shape the evolution of production practices across the team.</p></li></div></ul><h3>Requirements</h3><ul><div><li><p>Minimum of 8 years of experience in a producer/project manager capacity across full-cycle projects.</p></li><li><p>Proven track record of successful releases</p></li><li><p>Strong understanding of the game development cycle from pre-production to release and beyond</p></li><li><p>Experience leading medium to large size development teams</p></li><li><p>Demonstrable ability to develop and manage clear, adaptable project schedules and delivery plans, applying appropriate project management methodologies, tools, and frameworks to drive effective execution across complex projects</p></li><li><p>Is a steady and practiced hand at steering a game's production through the different stages of development</p></li><li><p>Adept at preparing mitigation and contingency plans before problems occur within a team or project</p></li><li><p>Experience working directly with external and publisher stakeholders</p></li><li><p>Passion and enthusiasm for games and game development.</p></li><li><p>Effective communication skills across all levels and disciplines</p></li><li><p>Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic, and collaborative team environment.</p></li></div></ul><h3>Pluses</h3><ul><div><li><p>University degree or equivalent professional experience</p></li><li><p>Experience in cross-platform development environments</p></li><li><h3>Experience in concept &amp; prototype phases</h3></li><li><p>Experience developing third person tactical shooters</p></li><li><h3>At least 2 shipped AAA game projects</h3></li><li><p>Experience with AzureDevOps, Hansoft, JIRA, or other project management software tools</p></li><li><h3>Lean/Agile certifications.</h3></li></div></ul><p>Originally posted on <a href="https://himalayas.app">Himalayas</a></p>