Associate Producer: Technology

At Rockstar Games, we create world-class entertainment experiences.

A career at Rockstar Games is about being part of a team working on some of the most creatively rewarding and ambitious projects to be found in any entertainment medium. You would be welcomed to a dedicated and inclusive environment where you can learn, and collaborate with some of the most talented people in the industry.

Rockstar San Diego is looking to hire a Producer who is highly organized and passionate about supporting our Technology Production team. This is a full-time, in-office position based out of Rockstar’s new state-of-the-art game development studio in Carlsbad, CA.

WHAT WE DO

• The Technology Production team act as general support across all of our Code, Tools and Design Systems departments to help create the celebrated games that we are known for. Where each sub-department has their own dedicated production to help coordinate their work, we oversee general initiatives to assist the departments as a whole. 
• Beyond our own initiatives, we work with management and production teams cross-departmentally to help coordinate the development of various active projects. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work closely with the global Technology teams and your peers in Production on a wide array of projects and initiatives, across studios and time zones. 
• Develop and own processes that ensure the day-to-day success of initiatives, including defining the metrics used to determine success. 
• Develop and maintain production timelines by liaising with your peers within and across departments. 
• Own and manage bug backlogs, including driving and refining estimates. 
• Own cross-functional meetings, including protection of staff time by ensuring attendee lists are appropriate, meetings have correct agendas and are only as long and frequent as necessary. 
• Communicate project status, risks and priorities at the appropriate level of detail to project leads as well as your peers and other production staff. 
• Work with production coordinators to delegate tasks fairly and effectively. 
• Maintain an up-to-date familiarity with the games and feature areas you’re covering, to ensure you’re able to appropriately contextualize and prioritize work. 

QUALIFICATIONS

• 3+ years of experience in Production, Project Management or QA roles. 
• Positive, solution-oriented individual with a passion for game development and project management. 

SKILLS

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal.
• An aptitude for working in a deadline-focused team environment. 
• Proven ability to write accurate and descriptive software bug reports. 
• Proven ability to communicate and comprehend technical information in both written and verbal form. 
• Self-motivated and adaptable with strong problem-solving skills. 
• An eagerness to learn new software and develop skillsets. 
• Strong data management skills. 
• Experience with Microsoft Office. 
• Able to work both on a variety of tasks simultaneously: sometimes as a team and sometimes of their own autonomy. 

PLUSES

Please note that these are desirable skills and are not required to apply for the position.

• An interest in video games and their development. 
• Participation in any academic or industry research or complex project development. 
• Professional experience in the Software, Video Game, or similar industry. 
• Professional experience in Quality Assurance, Help Desk, IT support, etc. 
• Experience with Program Management, 
• Familiarity with Game Creation or Modification Tools. 
• Familiarity with Perforce or equivalent source control software. 
• Familiarity with Jira or equivalent bug/project tracking software. 
• Familiarity with Microsoft Visual Studio and Windows software development. 
• Experience using Figma and FigJam. 
• Experience reading and analyzing technical output and/or crash dumps 
• In-depth familiarity of Rockstar products is a plus. 

HOW TO APPLY

Please apply with a resume and cover letter demonstrating how you meet the skills above. If we would like to move forward with your application, a Rockstar recruiter will reach out to you to explain next steps and guide you through the process.

Rockstar is committed to creating a work environment that promotes equal opportunity, dignity and respect. In line with this commitment, Rockstar will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants with disabilities during the recruitment process in order for such applicants to be considered for the position for which they are applying, as well as to qualified employees to enable them to perform the essential functions of their roles. If you need more information about Rockstar’s reasonable accommodation policies or process, or need to request an accommodation, please contact the Human Resources Department.

If you’ve got the right skills for the job, we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from all suitable candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief, race, or any other protected category.

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