teamLFG

Production Director

teamLFG

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • Washington • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $212,000 - $319,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Be accountable for delivering a new game at PlayStation that reflects our committed project goals with a team that is willing and able to support the game on an on-going basis.
  • Working with the General Manager, build a development roadmap outlining project staffing needs, timeline, and key feature delivery from prototype through ship and live support.
  • Collaborate with feature leads and the Production team to produce regular project risk assessments and mitigation plans.
  • Collaborate with other project leaders to align on standards for Production tools and best processes and drive continuous improvement as we move through development. Create and drive a vision for the future of the game's development that is aligned with the team's needs.
  • Drive a consistent Production approach across the development team.
  • Foster an understanding of project goals and vision within the project team and Production discipline.
  • Build, mentor, and direct the production team for the project. Collaborate with them to define near-term goals. Support them in achieving career objectives.
  • Cultivate an inspiring and rewarding Production culture to build one of the best places in the industry for Producers to learn and grow.
  • Set standards for quality people management for the Production team and then model those standards.
  • Organize, align, and drive the project production team to ensure excellence in all facets of development.
  • Collaborate with other project leaders to ensure alignment with studio best practices.

Requirements

  • Track record of delivering high-quality games as a Production Director or comparable product leader
  • Demonstrable experience producing all phases (concept to launch) of large-scale, high-quality development including live game services
  • Ability to prioritize and manage complex organizational and executional issues
  • Champion for agile ways of working and a proven track record of applying agile concepts and practices
  • Comfortable dealing with ambiguity, including effectively leading a team in spite of that ambiguity
  • Demonstrable Product acumen to inform subjective product opinions
  • High "EQ" and excellent people skills
  • Demonstrated excellence as a communicator and facilitator
Benefits
  • medical
  • dental
  • vision
  • matching 401(k)
  • paid time off
  • wellness program
  • coveted employee discounts for Sony products
  • bonus package

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
game developmentproject managementagile methodologiesrisk assessmentproduction planninglive game servicesquality managementteam leadershipproduct developmentprocess improvement
Soft skills
communicationcollaborationmentoringorganizational skillsproblem-solvingemotional intelligencefacilitationinspirationteam buildingprioritization