Senior Manager, Production

Summary

Join our client in the gaming industry as a Senior Manager (Production) to lead publishing production on ports and drive project success.

Requirements

• 5+ years of shipping titles in a publishing role, ideally with experience in mobile games and shipping ports of AAA games
• Experience working as a Senior Publishing Producer with seasoned development teams, able to build strong rapport and mutual respect, while influencing to drive the best possible development outcomes
• Experience articulating progress with external partners on Development Milestone Builds, including development updates, risks/mitigations, and budgets
• Detailed knowledge of game development process, production methodologies and toolsets, especially as it relates to adapting AAA games to mobile ports or other platform ports
• Deep knowledge of iOS and Android technical requirements to ship, and able to craft development timelines around these accordingly
• Experience with Unity engine
• Ability to drive complex issues to resolution and ensure studio and cross-team alignment
• Ability to manage multiple project areas and align them with overall franchise goals
• Ability to manage P&L across multiple titles
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day publishing production on multiple AAA port projects, under stewardship of Production Director and Sports Leadership Team
• Partner with studios to define and execute along the project's milestones and key development beats, support delivery and trajectory evaluation
• Act as a trusted advisor to both development studio and 2K, building positive relationships while providing critical development insights
• Help drive decisions that impact the overall success of the project, balancing evolving constraints against ambitious and commercial goals
• Skilled at tailoring communication and ensuring clarity across publishing subject matter experts and our studio partners
• Demonstrates excellence in creative problem solving to formulate recommendations against difficult/important problems and issues within their verticals
• Responsible for the project's budget, managing both internal and external development spend
• Mentor peers and junior production staff

Benefits

• 75% of employee-only Medical & Dental coverage
• Vision – opt-in available
• 401K
• PTO
• Laptop
• Life Insurance, Disability Insurance, AD&D coverage
• Short-term Disability, Accident, Cancer/Critical Illness, Pet insurance – opt-in available