Production Director

2 Months ago • All levels

Job Summary

Job Description

The Production Director will lead production efforts on a large-scale game development project. This role involves streamlining production processes, overseeing resource and capacity planning, and ensuring the project aligns with long-term goals and creative vision. The director will drive operational excellence by implementing process improvements using Agile, Scrum, and "Wagile" methodologies. The role involves strategic roadmap development, progress tracking, and risk mitigation. They will prepare and deliver reports on performance metrics and resource utilization. Constant focus will be on resource and capacity management and collaboration with production managers and finance team to develop and track feature and content budgets. The role will shape the production framework and guide it to success through clear strategy, strong leadership, and collaborative excellence.
Must have:
  • Experience leading production teams within the games industry.
  • Experience across pre-launch and live-operation phases.
  • Strong track record of managing complex, multi-team projects.
  • Well-versed with Agile and Scrum methodologies.
Perks:
  • Competitive salary, reviewed annually
  • 25 days annual leave, excluding bank holidays
  • Discretionary Bonus Scheme
  • Up to 3 additional long service days (duvet days!)
  • Private Medical Insurance (including optical and dental)
  • Company Pension scheme
  • Death in Service benefit
  • Regular socials including epic summer and Christmas parties!
  • Staff training and development
  • Quarterly Wellness days (On-site massages and more)
  • Flexi-time working hours

Job Details

Based in the heart of Leamington Spa, Pixel Toys have spent almost a decade pushing the capabilities of mobile gaming. We have developed multiple award-winning titles, including:  Warhammer 40,000: Freeblade, Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realm War; and we’re now excited to be exclusively working on a new game, unlike ANYTHING we’ve done previously!


As a forward thinking and innovative studio we are always looking for new technologies and techniques to develop and use in our games and make them even more engaging experiences for our customers.


We are excited to continue to grow our team and are always on the lookout for highly talented and motivated individuals, who are passionate about gaming and excited to join us on our ambitious journey!




The Role:


We are now looking for a seasoned and strategic Production Director to lead the production efforts on an ambitious, large-scale game development project. This is a senior-level position reporting directly to the VP of Development, with a central focus on streamlining production processes, overseeing resource and capacity planning, and ensuring the project roadmap remains aligned with our long-term goals and creative vision.

 

You will play a critical role in driving operational excellence across all teams by identifying and implementing process improvements. This includes the development and adoption of best practices across Agile, Scrum, and "Wagile" methodologies. Monitoring production efficiency through key metrics and refining workflows will be essential to maintaining a high-performing development environment.

 

You will also contribute heavily to the strategic roadmap. Working closely with the VP of Development and key publisher-side project leaders, you will help shape and manage the development input into the overall project trajectory. Here you will ensure that executional project details are seamlessly integrated into broader roadmap goals where you will closely track progress and proactively identify and mitigate areas of risk.


On top of strategic communication and thorough documentation, you will prepare and deliver strategic reports that offer clear insight into performance metrics and resource utilisation.

 

Resource and capacity management will be a constant focus; monitoring team workloads to maintain balance, avoid bottlenecks, and forecast future capacity needs based on evolving project demands. You will strategically allocate resources to ensure timely delivery, without compromising team well-being or productivity.

 

This role involves close collaboration with Production Managers and the finance team in order to develop and track feature and content budgets, identifying and escalating potential budget risks while ensuring that all resources are deployed in a cost-effective manner.

 

This is a rare opportunity to shape the production framework of an exciting project from the inside out, helping guide it to success through clear strategy, strong leadership, and collaborative excellence.




About you:


Your extensive experience leading production teams within the games industry will enable you to be confident in offering high-level strategic direction, while trusting and empowering team leads to handle the day-to-day sprint execution. To do this effectively, you will maintain oversight of the broader project, while enabling others to delivery effectively. 

 

You will come equipped with experience across pre-launch and live-operation phases, and a strong track record of managing complex, multi-team projects, ideally within large-scale, service-based game development environments. You will also be well-versed with Agile and Scrum methodologies, with hands-on experience implementing them across teams to improve efficiency and collaboration.

 

With a strategic mind, operational discipline, and excellent leadership you will be expected to guide teams toward excellence, mentoring senior team members and ensuring that processes support high-quality delivery at every stage. A background in executive-level project planning and roadmap management is also important, with the ability to align tactical execution with long-term goals.

 

Your communication and stakeholder management skills will be put to the test, working with both internal teams and external partners, including international collaborators.


The ability to manage resources and budgets efficiently, while keeping production on schedule, is also key to success in this role.



What can Pixel Toys offer?


At Pixel Toys we are proud of the progressive, inclusive, and collaborative working environment we have created; a place where everyone has the opportunity to be themselves and is welcomed and valued for who they are and what they contribute. We have some fantastic benefits we offer our employees… Here are just some of them:


  • Competitive salary, reviewed annually
  • 25 days annual leave, excluding bank holidays
  • Discretionary Bonus Scheme
  • Up to 3 additional long service days (duvet days!)
  • Private Medical Insurance (including optical and dental)
  • Company Pension scheme
  • Death in Service benefit
  • Regular socials including epic summer and Christmas parties!
  • Staff training and development
  • Quarterly Wellness days (On-site massages and more)
  • Flexi-time working hours

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