Video Game Producer

Job Description

As a Producer at Ubi MTL, you will oversee the development and timely and on-budget delivery of a quality game based on the order and studio constraints.

What you'll do

Production Management
• Define and present the game development strategy to management.
• Define the scope of the project and main deliverables.
• Suggest a development plan for each platform.
• Draw up and follow the project budget.
• Build the team structure and optimally organize the workloads.
• Decide which compromises should be made between the time, quality, and budget.
• Manage risks and approve the contingency plans.
• Draw up and present the status of the project (project snapshot status – PSS) to management.
• Meet, when necessary, with external collaborators or members of the press to promote the game.
• Negotiate agreements with internal and external suppliers whenever necessary.

Marketing
• Challenge the Brand manager on the product's positioning on the market.
• Gather, analyze, and transmit market information (consumer and stockholder) to the team.

Content
• Challenge and support the creative director in creating the game vision.
• Implement the corporation's management and design methods within the team.
• Challenge the technical and IT teams on the technology choices.
• Suggest technology choices that support game development (tools, engine) to management.
• Ensure that you receive the level of quality that was expected.

Human Resources
• Build the core team.
• Define resource needs and establish a resource plan to be approved by management.
• Supervise and coach team members.
• Carry out performance assessment meetings with team members.
• Validate annual salary reviews for team members.
• Foster and participate in career development with the project's key employees.

Qualifications

What you bring
• A degree in management or business administration (or related training)
• 7-10 years of leadership experience in video game production (or other relevant experience in the multimedia industry)
• In-depth knowledge of AAA game production and operations
• Plenty of flexibility to adapt to whatever production (inevitably) throws your way: you can modify any part of your plans based on the situation
• An inclusive, influential, and inspiring leadership style that allows you to rally people around a vision and engage distributed teams of varying sizes
• A collaborative spirit & relationship-building skills
• The capacity to cast a clear long-term vision and put in place the key milestones to make it a reality

What to send our way
• Your CV highlighting your education, experience, and skills

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