Senior Publishing Producer

PUBG Studios Madison

Senior Publishing Producer coordinating cross-functional publishing efforts at PUBG Studios. Managing project timelines and communication across teams in game development and marketing.

Posted 6/24/2026full-timeMadison • Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Track all cross-functional deliverables, owners, dependencies, and deadlines, and proactively follow up to keep them on course.
Drive timely, clear communication across teams, surfacing risks, decisions, and status before they become problems.
Act as the central point of contact for publishing execution, translating needs between development and publishing functions.
Maintain the publishing roadmap, keeping it accurate, current, and visible to all stakeholders.
Work closely with the development team on milestone planning, aligning development milestones and deliverables with the publishing roadmap.
Identify schedule conflicts and dependency risks early, and lead the replanning needed to resolve them.
Maintain a single source of truth for timelines, status, and deliverables that stakeholders can rely on.
Establish and improve lightweight, repeatable processes for deliverable hand-offs, approvals, and status reporting.
Run recurring planning and sync meetings (stand-ups, milestone reviews, retrospectives), with clear agendas and documented action items.
Maintain project-tracking tools and documentation so information stays organized and accessible.
Manage approval and sign-off workflows, including those involving external partners, platform holders, and first parties.
Provide regular, concise status updates to leadership and stakeholders, highlighting progress, risks, and decisions needed.
Anticipate, escalate, and help mitigate risks to scope, schedule, and quality.
Coordinate launch and live-operations beats (announcements, betas, releases, updates) across all contributing teams.

Requirements

What you’ll need

6+ years of production or project management experience, with at least 2 years production experience in video games AAA publishing.
Demonstrated success coordinating complex, cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders and competing deadlines.
Strong working knowledge of game development and publishing lifecycle, from pre-production through launch and live operations.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to keep diverse teams aligned and informed.
Highly organized and detail-oriented, with proven ability to manage many parallel workstreams without dropping threads.
Sound judgment in prioritization, risk assessment, and escalation.
Experience shipping titles across multiple platforms and storefronts.
Familiarity with art, creative production pipelines and asset management.
Experience working with external partners, platform holders, or first-party certification (e.g., Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, Apple, Google).
Experience with localization, QA, marketing, or community workflows.
Able to work 11am-4pm CT Monday-Friday with regular availability during 8-11pm CT for international collaboration meetings.

Benefits

Comp & perks

A highly competitive total compensation package
Comprehensive employer funded healthcare – ensuring you pay nothing out of pocket for in-network medical care
Employer-paid premiums for dental, vision, short & long-term disability, life insurance, and AD&D insurance
Generous time off including 20 days of prorated PTO, 12 paid holidays and a studio-wide holiday break annually
Generous annual sick leave days to prioritize your well-being
Annual health & wellness, video game, and continuing education reimbursements
Industry-leading family planning and fertility care benefits, including gender-affirming care, through Carrot Fertility
Enjoy free catered lunches, meal reimbursements, and snacks and beverages for in office staff
Engage in regular team outings and events to foster a positive work culture
401K with a company match for your financial well-being

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Hard Skills & Tools

project managementproduction managementgame developmentpublishing lifecyclelocalizationquality assurancemarketing workflowscommunity workflowsasset managementcross-functional project coordination

Soft Skills

communicationorganizationdetail-orientedprioritizationrisk assessmentescalationleadershipproblem-solvingstakeholder managementmeeting facilitation