Founded in 2002, Infinity Ward is the original studio behind the Call of Duty® franchise. The titles developed by Infinity Ward have won more than 200 "Game of the Year" awards and 100 "Editor's Choice" awards, among many other industry accolades. Some of our previous titles include: Call of Duty®: Ghosts, Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare and most recently, Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare. Infinity Ward employs more than 250 people in Woodland Hills, Calif., just outside of Los Angeles.
Our critically acclaimed studio has opened a brand-new studio in Austin, TX. The studio will work on creating new and innovative experiences for Call of Duty® and create innovative technology to power them. Our studio provides a safe, trusting, and empowering environment to fuel your creativity and help make the extraordinary. We love to have as much fun as the games we create, and it shows in our relaxed, yet diligent, workplace environment.
Your Mission
As a Producer, reporting to the Production Director, you will guide execution across the development team to build and launch features and content within the Call of Duty® Franchise. This is a crucial role for our team that involves a high level of interaction with team members and team leadership. You will be partnering with producers and directors to bring the game vision to life and ensuring results are met on time and at quality. You will be someone well organized, detail oriented, an effective communicator, and someone who enjoys working with people and having fun.
Player Profile
You Have Experience in the Following:
Build and develop a team: identify resourcing needs, provide challenges and developmental opportunities to ensure that all employees reach their potential.
Work with team members to determine content/tech/feature requirements and desired player experience.
Lead execution from concept to live, you will be accountable for meeting milestone commitments and quality targets
Develop working relationships with the immediate team and those outside of the immediate team that have an effect on the completion of the project.
Connect with project team and coordinate requirements with external partners
High level understanding of game development, from concept to submission and sustained development post launch.
Execution:
Establish and assign task goals from defined project goals.
Identify risk for assigned scope and propose solutions to mitigate it.
Partner with Directors and studio leadership to manage scope and quality.
Ensure the team is trained on the vital skills, processes, and standard methodologies.
Shown ability to work under fast-paced development cycles.
High degree of initiative, takes opportunities to make improvements.
Balance priorities and find creative solutions to achieve results.
Project management:
Establish a project scope, resolve task requirements, and assign tasks to team resources.
Determine resource requirements to meet the task requirements.
Establish an overall project schedule based on the individual task estimates.
Lead the product road map which maps major feature results to achievements
Minimum Requirements:
3-5+ years project management, program management, or team leadership experience, Software Development preferred.
Education requirement University degree bachelor’s or equivalent professional experience.
Proficiency in MS Office and project management software skills, e.g. Jira, Confluence.
Demonstrate a high level of written and verbal communication across all levels and organizations.
Experience in various project management methodologies such as Waterfall and Agile.
Certified Scrum Master or other Scrum Master certification highly preferred.
Proficient with project budgeting, scope management, and other core Project/Program Management core concepts.
“We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! At Activision Blizzard, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.”
Our World
Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), is one of the world's largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, Candy Crush™ and Bubble Witch™. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet!
