Executive Game Producer

Description

Surprise.com is on a mission to turn the magical, uplifting experience of Surprise into a daily, weekly, and monthly life event – because it makes people happy. Our Surprise Box, and delightful companion app, is the most exciting way to get amazing goodies from brands you love and brands you’re about to love. With daily games, the ability to send and get Surprises from friends, and Grand Surprises – every day is filled with wow!

We are looking for an Executive Game Producer to help drive the development of multiple delightful casual games. Our ideal candidate is an extraordinary game maker with a deep knowledge of the mobile landscape. You will bring an excellent track record of leading, motivating, and supporting game teams, as well as developing and managing the production schedule to ensure the successful delivery of multiple game projects.

So, if you’re eager to bring your producing skillset to this rapidly-growing, dynamic team, we want to hear from you!

What will you be doing?

• Ideating, developing, releasing, and maintaining an array of fun and rewarding casual games;
• Creating and maintaining the production plan in partnership with the team and leads, then working with the team to execute on it;
• Tracking progress throughout production to learn and adjust in order to successfully deliver on expectations;
• Providing production overview and status to stakeholders and leads;
• Aligning the team around clear and motivating goals that are connected to strategy and leading and supporting them to deliver quality features and content;
• Coordinating and aligning backlogs with Product teams and managing production dependencies;
• Helping the engagement and game team to proactively identify and mitigate known and emerging problems and risks and promote team-wide visibility;
• Driving and coordinating the team to deliver ongoing maintenance activities (ex: bug fixing, ad hoc requests, releases);
• Identifying and planning for opportunities for short-term and long-term efficiency improvements;
• Nurturing all Roadmap features from kick- off to release.

What are we looking for?

• 4+ years of experience as a Mobile Game Producer;
• 5+ years of leadership experience in the video game industry;
• 5+ years of experience leading multiple concurrent games from concept to release;
• 10+ years of experience as a Game Producer;
• BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience;
• Demonstrated analytical and data- informed decision making;
• Experienced partner management and relationship-building skills;
• Experience in several stages of development (planning, execution, delivery, post-release support);
• A strong passion for games and gaming.

What skills will come in handy?

• Experience working with an international team;
• Experience cultivating a positive, creative, feedback-focused culture in your teams;
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Benefits

• Work on interesting and challenging projects, while building a pioneering software category;
• Great atmosphere, with the vibe and energy of a high-growth tech company;
• Competitive comp and equity;
• Paid time off and Public Holidays;
• Close collaboration between international team members;
• A team of extraordinary people, working hard to better themselves and further our mission;
• Company-paid medical, dental and vision;
• And, of course, we get Surprises internally!

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