Job Description
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Avalanche is a Warner Bros. Games studio located in downtown Salt Lake City nestled against the backdrop of the beautiful Wasatch Mountains. We've been in the video game business since 1995, creating interactive experiences for fans of the world's largest franchises. Join the team behind the blockbuster open world, action RPG Hogwarts Legacy as we create what's next!
WB Games Avalanche – Senior Producer
Avalanche Software, a division of Warner Brothers Games Inc. seeks a Senior Producer. Join the team who created Hogwarts Legacy, on a new open world, action RPG.
The Daily
• Organize, track, and lead a multi-discipline team developing key mission content for our next game
• Develop and manage detailed project schedules
• Provide project updates and clear project communication on a regular basis to the development team, studio leadership and external stakeholders
• Regularly measure project and team performance in JIRA and eazyBI
• Coordinate with other Producers and cross discipline leads and team members to make sure that all parties are on track with game development deadlines, mission team requirements, and overall schedule
• Can-do approach and ability to perform under the pressure of AAA development
• Identify project risks and manage solutions
• Other responsibilities as needed
The Essentials
• Passion for PC and console video games and an eye for quality of experience '''on-the-sticks''
• At least 7 years progressively complex game industry experience, usually within production, including at least 3 years in a key leadership role is required
• Must have participated in all phases of full-cycle game development at the studio level and released multiple titles
• Demonstrated ability to execute creative vision through a cross discipline team
• Strong organizational skills, experience managing schedules and resources across large game projects
• Passion for standardized processes and analyzing and improving pipelines
• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
• Possess excellent communication (written, verbal and presentation) and interpersonal skills
• Possess excellent organizational and time management skills; ability to deal effectively with multiple and competing tasks simultaneously
• Ability to analyze project status and present summaries to executive studio leadership team is a must
• Proficiency with JIRA, Confluence, MIRO, and Microsoft Excel, Project, and PowerPoint required
• Self-motivated, decisive, with the ability to adapt to change and competing demands
• A clear understanding of game project life cycles from concept start to closing the game including LIVE OPS
• Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent experience/training.
• Experience must demonstrate strong production management, problem solving and communication skills showcasing the ability to lead and motivate multidiscipline teams of significant size to achieve development goals.
• Intermediate level of proficiency Atlassian JIRA/Confluence
• Excellent project management skills
• Work full-time on-site in our SLC office
The Nice to Haves
• Open World RPG development experience running mission teams
• Agile or PMP Certification is a plus
Championing Inclusion at WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.
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