Senior Producer

1 Month ago • 6 Years + • Game Production • $139,310 PA - $166,670 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Obsidian Entertainment seeks a Senior Producer to lead the development of their next world-class RPG. Responsibilities include defining milestones, organizing teams, managing task prioritization, identifying and resolving potential problems (resource bottlenecks, quality concerns, scope creep), and ensuring effective communication across internal and external teams. The ideal candidate possesses at least six years of production experience, including a shipped AAA title, and proven experience managing at least a 20-person team. Excellent organizational skills, strong communication abilities, and experience with QA are essential. The role also involves writing professional documentation and presentations.
Must have:
  • 6+ years production experience, AAA title
  • Manage 20+ person team
  • Define milestones, organize teams
  • Problem anticipation & resolution
  • Excellent communication & organization
Good to have:
  • JIRA, Confluence, Excel experience
  • Understanding of varied game dev disciplines
  • RPG aficionado
  • Team health dedication
  • Public speaking & industry interaction

Job Details

Obsidian Entertainment is looking for a dynamic Senior Producer with a passion for all facets of game development to join the team making our next world-class RPG.

If you've got stellar production skills, live to liaise and are excited about empowering teams to deliver, then let's talk!

Responsibilities

  • Define the meaningful milestones of the team and organize the individual teams that will be used to accomplish the goals of each milestone
  • Ensure that the project is running smoothly and that internal teams and external partners understand their directives
  • Manage the prioritization of tasks, bugs, design iteration, and tester feedback
  • Anticipate and identify potential problems like resource bottlenecks, quality concerns, unanticipated scope changes and feature creep as well as communicate effectively to ensure these problems are resolved quickly

Requirements

  • Six or more years of production or development experience, including at least one shipped AAA title
  • Proven experience in scheduling and managing at least a 20 person development team, including other producers, from concept to post-launch support
  • Ability to empower creative teams to create compelling gameplay and content while communicating the bounds and goals of projects scope
  • Excellent organizational skills and a drive to keep team members working enthusiastically, efficiently, and effectively to meet project goals
  • Ability to write professional documentation and presentations for all aspects of product development, marketing, and release
  • Experience working with internal and/or external quality assurance groups to ensure adequate testing for gameplay tuning, functional performance, and hardware compatibility

Pluses

  • Experience with JIRA, Confluence, Excel
  • Experience working with varied game development disciplines and the understanding of needs for each group
  • Ability to write professional documentation and presentations for all aspects of game development
  • A well-rounded understanding of team dynamics and a dedication to overall team health
  • Ability to professionally address large groups of people and interact with press, publishing partners, and other industry professionals
  • A role-playing game aficionado

Obsidian Entertainment is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. 

The estimated base pay range for this role is:

  • $139,310 - $166,670 per year

Please, no phone calls or drop-ins. We only accept electronic applications.

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About The Company

Obsidian Entertainment, an Xbox Game Studio based in Irvine, California, is one of the world's leading developers of role-playing games. Obsidian's past titles include The Outer Worlds, Pillars of Eternity I & II, Tyranny, Armored Warfare, South Park: The Stick of Truth, Fallout: New Vegas, Dungeon Siege 3, Alpha Protocol, Neverwinter Nights 2, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2. Obsidian also has other unannounced projects in the works - we're always hiring, so check us out at www.obsidian.net/careers!

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