Firaxis Games, creator of acclaimed franchises; Sid Meier’s Civilization, XCOM: Enemy Unknown and XCOM 2 as well as home of legendary game designer, Sid Meier is looking to hire an experienced, Senior Producer to work with our creative talent and become an integral part of the team!
As a Senior Producer at Firaxis, you will be responsible for helping our talented and passionate developers achieve their vision! You will drive your team to a specific set of goals, track and lead progress, remove roadblocks and ultimately be responsible for shipping some of the coolest products in the market! We seek the ultimate multi-tasker, team builder and project leader.
Some specific responsibilities include:
- Assist Product leadership team in execution of creative and technical vision for our games.
- Ensure that game features and functionality support creative and business goals.
- Manage team members across discipline to ensure team goals and production values are met while keeping projects on schedule and within budget.
- Work with discipline Leads to determine resources necessary to complete projects.
- Schedule and oversee day-to-day tasking of departmental and interdisciplinary teams including sprint and backlog planning and management.
- Proactively identify and communicate changes in scope, priority or direction while understanding and articulating the impact on schedule and quality to the Executive Producer and Leads.
- Establish, maintain and enhance relationships with internal and external resources including collaboration with 2KPD, Quality Assurance and Creative Services.
- Be an integral part of delivering a top-quality game on time and on budget.
- Mentor, assist and help direct producers or associate producers on team.
- Be passionate about video games (especially strategy games), and knowledgeable about industry and product trends.
Essential Requirements:
- 4+ years of experience working in production where you have managed development teams that have shipped PC/Console AAA titles.
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written), time and project management skills
- Experience building and being a great partner with vendors and other external resources
- Experience handling conflict, mitigating, and resolving risks
- Understanding of various production processes and methodologies
- Experience display resourcefulness, enthusiasm, and self-motivation
- Flexibility to tackle additional responsibilities, as assigned by senior management
- Adept at building relationships throughout the organization
- Ability to lead to and deliver on hard product deadlines with rapid development cycles while being the guardian over product quality in all phases of game development from concept to completion
Please note that 2K Games and its studios never uses instant messaging apps or personal email accounts to contact prospective employees or conduct interviews and when emailing, only use Firaxis.com or 2K.com accounts.
