Headquartered in Montreal, Reflector, a company of the Bandai Namco group, is a new breed of studio working with top talents to create high-quality, compelling content for global audiences. By employing a true transmedia approach, where content is built outwards from fully fleshed “Storyworlds”, the company is able to tell richer, deeper stories that connect with fans everywhere.
Summary
The Associate Producer assists the Producer in the delivery of the project. He/she works closely with other department leads to ensure that the production runs smoothly, meets deadlines, and stays within budget. Throughout production, he/she monitors schedules and budgets, and prepares reports for the producer for the area he/she is in charge of.
Responsibilities
- Define and maintain project pipeline application;
- Participate in defining the project deliverables and risks;
- Collaborate with partner studios to share technology and best practices;
- Lead all phases of a project, from initiation through closing;
- Facilitate organizational change, perform business process analysis and process improvement activities, and drive requirements management;
- Define and manage risk analyses and of the associated action plans (cots, deadlines, quality);
- Determine the resources required to ensure project success and secure their participation, mobilize and maximize production process and productivity;
- Drive the progress of project work and communicate statuses to project stakeholders on a regular basis, ensuring excellent collaboration between project collaborators;
- Coordinate communications between the different teams inside the project;
- Ensure transparency and high quality in all forms of project communication (written, verbal);
- Address difficult team situations (conflicts, communication issues, etc.) and take the actions necessary to resolve them.
Qualifications
- Minimum 6 years of relevant experience as project manager in the game industry;
- Shipped at least 1 game as a project manager, preferably on a ‘AAA’ console title;
- A thorough understanding of AAA games pipelines and the processes involved from the conceptual phase to implementation;
- High degree of self-motivation and initiative;
- Well-organised and maintains high standards even under pressure;
- Logical thinker and solutions-driven;
- Ability to demonstrate initiative, autonomy, and ownership of your projects;
- Waterfall and Agile software development practices;
- Managing production pipelines ensuring successful product delivery;
- Production pipeline tools, such as Jira;
- Good team player and leader;
- Ability to adapt to change;
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Établi à Montréal, Reflector, une compagnie du groupe Bandai Namco, est un studio de divertissement œuvrant avec les meilleurs talents et produisant du contenu engageant pour des publics du monde entier. À l’aide d’une approche transmédia focalisant d’abord sur la création d’univers narratifs, l’entreprise arrive à créer des propriétés originales engageantes qui interpellent les adeptes sur de multiples plateformes.
Sommaire
Le producteur.trice associé.e assiste le producteur dans la réalisation du projet. Il/elle travaille en étroite collaboration avec les responsables des différents départements afin de garantir le bon déroulement de la production, le respect des délais et du budget. Tout au long de la production, il/elle surveille les horaires et les budgets et prépare des rapports pour le producteur en ce qui concerne les départements dont il/elle est responsable.
Responsabilités
- Définir et maintenir le bon déroulement du pipeline du projet;
- Participer à la définition des livrables et des risques du projet;
- Collaborer avec les studios partenaires pour partager la technologie et les meilleures pratiques;
- Diriger toutes les phases d’un projet, du début à la fin;
- Faciliter les changements organisationnels, compléter des analyses des processus d’affaires et des activités d’amélioration des processus et gestion des besoins;
- Définir et gérer les analyses de risques et les plans d’actions reliés (coûts, échéanciers, qualité);
- Déterminer les ressources nécessaires pour assurer la réussite du projet et assurer la participation, mobilisation et optimisation des processus de production et de productivité;
- Diriger l’avancement de travaux du projet et communiquer régulièrement les statuts de l’avancement aux parties prenantes, en assurant une excellente collaboration entre les acteurs du projet;
- Coordonner les communications entre les différentes équipes du projet;
- Assurer la transparence et la qualité dans toutes les formes de communication du projet (écrite et verbale);
- Adresser les situations difficiles d’équipe (conflit, problèmes de communication, etc.) et prendre les mesures nécessaires pour les résoudre.
Exigences
- Au moins six (6) années d’expérience pertinente en tant que gestionnaire de projet dans l’industrie du jeu;
- Avoir livré au moins un jeu en tant que gestionnaire de projet, de préférence sur un titre de console ‘AAA’;
- Compréhension approfondie des pipelines de jeux AAA et des processus impliqués, de la phase conceptuelle à la mise en œuvre;
- Haut degré de motivation personnelle et d’initiative;
- Excellente organisation et maintien des normes élevées, même sous pression;
- Penseur logique et axé sur les solutions;
- Capacité à faire preuve d’initiative, d’autonomie et d’appropriation des projets;
- Connaissance des logiciels Waterfall et Agile;
- Gestion des pipelines de production pour assurer une livraison réussie du produit;
- Maîtrise d’outils de production du pipeline, tels que Jira;
- Bon joueur d’équipe et leader;
- Capacité d’adaptation au changement;
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