Senior Producer

Job Description

PRODUCTION

What We Do

Whether it's driving a vision from start to finish or collaborating with teams to inspire and deliver projects of Epic quality, Epic's production teams take pride in consistently delivering world-class products and experiences.

What You'll Do

We are looking for Producers to join our Epic team on the Unreal Engine Rendering, Platform and Foundations team. In this position, you will be responsible for handling and organizing processes so that developers can do what they do best. We are looking for individuals who excel in organization, have exceptional communication abilities, and are comfortable managing schedules of complex projects. The ideal candidates are passionate about working in technology and games as well as have a history of working within technical environments.

In this role, you will
• Own the outcome – No matter the complexity or challenges, ensure that our products launch and operate successfully. Meeting the daily needs of coordinating your team's work are the basics. Delivering new features and services to end users and seeing complex features through the complete integration cycles with other teams are the fun parts.
• Own the schedule – Partner with discipline leads to determine time and people necessary to see projects through to completion. Build and maintain project plans, schedules, and roadmaps considering dependencies across multiple development teams to ensure successful releases.
• Communicate – Provide transparency on project status and risks to stakeholders in order to ensure they are properly informed of any impacts from upcoming releases. Communicate frequently with the rest of the production team and project leads on project status, risks, and opportunities.
• Focus on Users – Be an active customer advocate and ensure live issues affecting end users are being followed up on and resolved.
• Be Flexible – You will be supporting multiple teams that are developing a wide range of technologies. You will need to switch contexts depending on the opportunities at hand.
• Ensure the team has the best organizational structure, processes, and practices that allow them to produce high quality work efficiently and on time.

What we're looking for
• Experience working in an internal production role where you've managed development teams in the creation and delivery of a complex software product.
• Deep understanding of game development, software development process, and project management practices.
• Experience in console and/or PC development, including understanding technical requirements and supporting adoption of new platform features.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Demonstrated technical aptitude; Strong preference for applicants with development (programming, technical) and/or game development experience, with an Engine focus (eg. UE or competing/proprietary engines).
• Experience in an environment where you had to exhibit amazing problem-solving skills daily, viewing each new problem as an opportunity for success.
• Self-starter, you approach challenges creatively and methodically, seeing them through to final resolution.
• Ability to communicate with varying levels of stakeholders, within your team and throughout the company.
• Ability to drive high velocity, high impact development cycles, balancing out short-term needs and long-term vision.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found here.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rv0b30-3-12-151-118-42 in your application.