About Us:
We are Velan Studios, an independent game developer with a passion for the unconventional. We make innovative games in a variety of genres with accessibility and depth to delight our audiences, no matter who they are. We are the creators behind the award-winning hit games Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit and Knockout City. We believe in maintaining a creative, collaborative, and diverse team environment at our studio, and we are looking for passionate and capable people to join our team of experienced AAA console developers.
About the Role:
We are looking for an experienced Executive Producer to manage the production of one or more existing and new innovative titles in development at Velan Studios. The Executive Producer will work closely with the project’s Lead Producer, Game Director, Art Director, Engineering Lead, and other key project leaders to successfully execute on new, ground-breaking experiences. The Executive Producer will manage the project development from pre-production through to product launch, working with key internal and external stakeholders, to deliver on all critical milestones. The Executive Producer reports to the COO and works directly with the Velan Studios Executive Team to drive success across the business.
If you’re an experienced game producer, we want to hear from you!
Responsibilities
- Drive development priorities based on insights from data analytics and community management teams.
- Work with project leads to define and delineate project requirements and milestones.
- Manage product offering and development resources to achieve success within budget constraints.
- Focus on quality, KPIs, and development process execution to deliver industry-leading quality and profitability on our game titles.
- Anticipate and address potential problems like resource blockers, quality concerns, and scope changes. Communicate effectively to ensure these problems are resolved quickly.
- Facilitate communication and planning across project teams and sub-teams.
- Collaborate and support in solving problems and resolving issues across the development team.
- Identify organizational improvements and implement sustainable change within both development teams and studio-wide processes.
- Manage external publisher and stakeholder relationships.
- Manage professional development of Producers, Associate Producers, and Production Coordinators.
Requirements
- 12+ years of game industry experience, including at least one shipped AAA title.
- Experience managing the professional development of multiple direct reports.
- Experience managing teams or sub-teams of 12 to 40 developers.
- Ability to create, track, and maintain schedules across multiple teams or sub-teams.
- A deep understanding of software development processes, project management, and agile development methodologies.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Exceptional oral and written communications skills.
- Demonstrated ability to be successful in technical environments.
- Experience coordinating and/or managing engineers, artists, and/or game designers.
- Strong understanding of development workflows, production processes, testing, outsourcing, licensing, and development project management.
- An internal drive to keep team members working efficiently and effectively toward project goals.
- Passion for continuous improvement.
- Experience and understanding of localization requirements of different types of game assets for world-wide product releases.
Big plusses
- Experience with Live Operations and managing post-release content development.
- Experience with hardware development and hardware/software interactivity.
- Diverse experience with Jira for task management and bug tracking; including database setup, organization, and maintenance.
- PMP Certification.
- A passion for making and playing great games, with an awareness of current titles and industry trends.
- Experience with speaking to press, publishing partners and game community members in an official development capacity.
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