Senior Producer

Our Mission

Radical Forge is a Middlesbrough, UK-based developer that has provided co-development services on a range of AAA and indie titles. In 2021 the company created their first original IP, 'Bright Paw', which was published on PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One/Series S/X, Google and iOS by Rogue Games. We are currently working on our newest IP, Southfield, which you can look forward to playing soon!!

Since its beginnings in 2017, the company has grown to over 60 incredibly talented, collaborative, and creative individuals. We are the sum of our skills, passion, and, most of all, our people. We firmly believe that treating individuals with genuine respect, understanding, and kindness creates a welcoming culture that allows creativity to thrive and for individuals to join together to create games they are genuinely proud of.

Your Mission

The role requires you to take a production leadership role on projects, taking ownership of project delivery on time, to the required quality and on budget, building strong relationships across the teams and with our external co-dev partners. We are seeking a team player with an inclusive and empathetic approach to leadership.

Core responsibilities

Production leadership - You will work alongside Leads and Seniors across disciplines, bringing a solution-oriented mindset to facilitate progress - keeping everyone on track, balancing the disciplines to achieve goals that you’re able to clearly articulate.

Planning - You will reliably scope projects, balancing risk and opportunity with a keen awareness of commercial outcomes.

Delivery of work - You will anticipate potential issues and are confident to facilitate discussions regarding risk and risk mitigation with Leads and Seniors, keeping focus on key objectives.

Data & tracking - You will create a project database, backlog and roadmap. You'll innovate and adapt documentation to suit different project requirements.

Leadership/collaboration - You will be running large teams, or a full project and will need to be able to train and mentor Junior/Associate Producers.

Stakeholder management - You'll be expected to be able to develop strong relationships with external co-dev partners and publishers. As directed, support the development of pitch decks, prototypes, and RFPs.

Skills and knowledge required

• Resilient and calm under pressure
• Adaptive, communication skills, written & spoken
• Perforce
• Task Management & delegation (Jira)
• Facilitation
• Mentoring
• Team Building
• Stakeholder management

Expected Behaviours

• Curiosity & Problem Solving
• Leadership, Teamwork & Inclusivity
• Passion and Drive
• Vision & Innovation

Experience/Qualifications required

• Qualified scrum master, agile practitioner/certification, or similar project management qualifications, or practical experience.
• A minimum of 3 years in senior positions, taking projects through all phases of development.
• Live service experience is a bonus.

• * *

• This role can be fully remote within the UK.
• We will require all applicants to have a pre-existing right to work in the UK.
• The role will initially be a 12 month Fixed Term contract with the potential to extend after this.

• * *

• Interested in the job but don't feel you match the criteria? If you feel passionate about this role or joining the Radical Forge team we would still like to hear from you! We value our company culture, and we’re always looking for creative individuals from a variety of backgrounds to join our team!

• * *

Equal Opportunities Promise

All employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status or veteran status. We will also consider employment for qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law.

Department

Production

Locations

Remote within the UK

Remote status

Fully Remote

Number of open roles

1

KICK ASS BENEFITS

• ### Open & Honest

We keep our employees in the loop every month about where we are heading as a studio and what's going on behind the scenes.

• ### Flexible Working

We offer flexible work hours with the option to work from home part-time or always.

• ### Employee Health Benefits

We offer private healthcare, including a cash plan to help with day-to-day health costs such as dental, optical, physiotherapy, and more.

• ### First Fridays

Every first Friday of the month, everyone is free to work on group projects, self-directed learning, research games, and share what they've learned.

• ### Time to Yourself

Not feeling it this morning? Then, take one of your two annual Duvet Days. Plus, you get an extra holiday day for each year of service and an optional yearly charity day for everyone.

OUR CULTURE

We offer a safe-haven for your creativity, where you’ll be treated with fairness, respect and honesty. We take that shit really seriously. We’re transparent with all our staff about what we’re doing and where we’re going, and our leadership keep you in the loop.

We’re inclusive too. We’re devotedly LGBTQ+ and POC friendly, and we know the best teams are diverse ones where everyone feels accepted and supported.

Speaking of support, we’ve partnered with the mighty Safe in Our World to continuously educate our understanding of mental health so we can better serve our team. We also have trained mental health first aiders throughout the studio, and provide private healthcare that includes access to therapy and GPs.