Producer - Vancouver, Canada - 2K

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Vancouver, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Who We Are

Founded in 2005, 2K Games is a global video game company, publishing titles developed by some of the most influential game development studios in the world.

2K publishes titles in today's most popular gaming genres, including sports, shooters, action, role-playing, strategy, casual, and family entertainment.

Our studios responsible for developing 2K's portfolio of world-class games across multiple platforms include Visual Concepts, Firaxis, Hangar 13, CatDaddy, Cloud Chamber, and HB Studios.

Our portfolio of titles is expanding due to our global strategic plan, building and acquiring exciting studios whose content continues to inspire all of us

Our team of engineers, marketers, artists, writers, data scientists, producers, thinkers and doers, are the professional publishing stewards of our growing library of critically-acclaimed franchises such as NBA 2K, 2K PGA, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, Lego Drive, BioShock, Borderlands, The Quarry, Mafia, Sid Meier's Civilization, Marvel's Midnight Suns, WWE 2K, and XCOM.

At 2K, we pride ourselves on creating an inclusive work environment, which means encouraging our teams to Come as You Are and do your best work We encourage ALL applicants to explore our global positions, even if they don't meet every requirement for the role.

If you're interested in the job and think you have what it takes to work at 2K, we encourage you to apply.

What We Need:

Our studio is looking for an experienced Producer who sets a high quality bar, values efficiency, productivity and the satisfaction that comes from helping a team do their best work.

We're seeking someone who is passionate about building teams and has the ability to inspire teams to strive for excellence.

In this role, you will be both leading others and also working hands on.

You will work closely with the Director of Operations, Creative Directors, Technical Director and leads to establish short-term and long term goals for the team.

What You Will Do:

Your core responsibility is to ensure timely and efficient delivery of a significant game area, to do this we expect:

That you partner with design and tech peers to ensure the impact and quality of established goals and deliverables for your group
You will become well versed in the features being built for the game which will allow you to manage the goals and deliverables
That you project manage your group
Align with the Director of Operations to establish project structure and workflows in Jira
Work with our team to help coordinate, focus, prioritize and track progress
Ensure roadblocks for the team are removed
Decompose long term efforts into incremental steps, planning and communicating road maps and risks to all stakeholders
That you drive effective process within your group
Work with multidisciplinary teams of designers, engineers and artists to establish, prioritize, plan and deliver on short term and long term goals for the project
Drive alignment, resolve ambiguity, and clarify technical and design strategy to improve your impact
That you manage the structure and morale of your team
That you manage external stakeholders
Work across partner teams to share vision, resolve dependencies, and ensure timely delivery of feature inputs and requirements

Who Will Be A Great Fit:

5+ years of game production experience
3 or more shipped AAA games with significant scope of ownership
Understands that great teams make great games focuses on healthy team culture and understands how to strengthen team dynamics
Organized, excellent communication skills, highly collaborative, open minded and has a tendency to be curious
Outstanding interpersonal and leadership skills.
Passion for games and cares deeply about product quality is not purely focused on just task management
Excellent problem solver with a high degree of common sense
Experience setting clear goals, planning and delivering features with cross functional teams and multiple competing requirements
Outstanding project management capabilities, documentation, tracking and transparency
Attention to detail and completeness, ability to see around corners, anticipate issues
Familiarity with development tooling, Perforce, build systems, integrated test etc
Project management training in Scrum or other agile framework
Experience in project management methodologies such as Waterfall and Agile
Experience in Jira, Monday, or other project management software
Scrum Master or PMO certified
Excellent at cultivating positive working relationships with internal partners and development teams.
Love for sports is an asset

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