Virtuos Labs Producer

Job Description

ABOUT THE POSITION

As a Producer in Virtuos Labs Lyon, you will be at the forefront of driving innovative projects through your perfect understanding of project management methodologies. Your role is pivotal in orchestrating seamless collaboration with our engineering teams and our clients, ensuring iterative development and the delivery of highly innovative and qualitative solutions.

This position demands a leader with a deep understanding of project management principles, outstanding communication skills, and a passion for fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end project lifecycle, from concept to delivery, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality standards.
• Ensure project management frameworks and processes are being followed by the team and guarantee its overall understanding and adherence to.
• Foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and accountability within the team.
• Act as the primary point of contact for clients, understanding their requirements and expectations to translate them into a cohesive and comprehensive product backlog.
• Partner with the project team and stakeholders in refining and grooming product backlog to a level that is acceptable to estimate the level of efforts and to deliver.
• Communicate project updates, milestones, and risks effectively to clients and internal stakeholders. Understand and translate feedback into actionable and report on their progress.
• Responsible for working with the project team to identify and address critical path and roadblock issues and develop mitigation plans accordingly.
• Implement and maintain rigorous quality assurance processes to ensure the delivery of high-quality work.
• Identify and assess project risks, developing mitigation strategies to address potential challenges.
• Proactively communicate risks to relevant stakeholders and implement contingency plans as needed.
• Emphasize lightweight, yet comprehensive documentation, focusing on what has been done and acceptance criteria.
• Adopt a culture of continuous improvement to enhance and evolve the organization’s overall Project Management framework and practices.
• Collaborate with other producers in designing and implementing project management initiative.
  
  
  

Qualifications

• 4-5+ years' experience as a Producer, managing teams within software development industry.
• Excellent knowledge about project management frameworks (Agile, waterfall, etc.), a certification is a plus.
• English proficiency; fluency in French is a plus.
• Good working knowledge of games and an understanding of how game software is made.
• Mature personality, able to manage relationships at a senior level and appreciate multicultural working environments.
• Creative, pragmatic and able to find the best solutions to overcome obstacles and ensure project development.
• Strong leadership skills, able to drive various functions through the whole development process.
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills to deliver quality projects within tight deadlines.
• In-depth knowledge and passion for video games.
• Great communication skills.
  
  
  

About Us

Founded in 2004, Virtuos is one of the largest independent video game development companies. We are headquartered in Singapore with over 3,500 employees across 22 offices in Asia, Europe, and North America. Specializing in full-cycle game development and art production, we have delivered high-quality content for more than 1,500 console, PC, and mobile games. Our clients include 23 of the top 25 gaming companies worldwide. Visit www.virtuosgames.com to find out how we can make games better, together.

About Our Team

Established in 2021, Virtuos Labs – Lyon specializes in game development and engineering. Virtuos Labs – Lyon’s founding team of experienced programmers collaborates closely with our studios worldwide to deliver the best gaming solutions to our valued partners. Our Lyon studio is fast-growing and actively hiring in a variety of roles – we’re looking for passionate talent to help make games better, together, with us.

About The Team

• Office located in the heart of Lyon
• Inclusive and equal opportunity work environment
• Fulfilling careers with continuous talent development at one of the largest external development companies globally
• Work on a prestigious portfolio with some of the world’s biggest AAA game titles
• Global and local teambuilding activities
• Quality of life at work and comprehensive medical healthcare provided for all staff
• Relocation support
• Career and international mobility opportunities with Virtuos Internal Mobility Program
  
  
  

People matter. Diverse opinions and experiences matter. At Virtuos, our talented teams are the cornerstone of our success, and we recognize that fostering and advocating for inclusivity is at the center of what we do best - we make games better, together. Virtuos is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that embraces diversity of thought, expression, culture, and backgrounds.