Executive Producer, External Projects

1 Month ago • All levels • Game Production

Job Summary

Job Description

The Executive Producer, External Projects, based in Barcelona, will spearhead the development of external game titles. This role demands expertise in managing 3rd party partnerships, overseeing production timelines, budgets, and quality, while liaising with various internal teams (User Research, UA, BI, Beacon, QA, Brand, and Transmedia). Responsibilities encompass tracking schedules, risk identification, communication management, milestone demonstrations, fostering relationships with external partners, coordinating internal and external activities, and supporting stakeholder deliverables. The ideal candidate will have a strong game production background, experience managing external teams, and a proven ability to handle F2P mobile game IPs, ensuring brand compliance and maximizing audience reach.
Must have:
  • Strong game production scheduling knowledge
  • Extensive experience with external partners
  • F2P mobile game IP handling expertise
  • Exceptional time management and problem-solving skills
  • Effective communication and collaboration skills
Perks:
  • Work with a talented team on successful games
  • Independence and responsibility in project ownership
  • Nordic work culture with focus on wellbeing
  • Career growth, support, and work-life balance
  • Personal growth possibilities and diversity

Job Details

Executive Producer, External Projects

26.02.2025 Production Permanent Open position
Rovio is part of the SEGA family and world famous for our flagship IP Angry Birds - want to know more about Rovio as an employer? .

At Rovio you will get to work with multiple groundbreaking IP’s including one of the most famous game IP’s in the world: Angry Birds! We craft joy with player-focused gaming experiences that last for decades. In order to do that, we know that people need to bring their own joy to what we do. Today, we are a proud team of 500+ caring and talented professionals representing over 50 different nations.

We are looking for an Executive Producer, External Projects to join our Barcelona office. This exciting new role will let you take our external game titles to the next level. As a production expert you will be responsible for liaising 3rd party partners, working in tandem with in-house teams such as Rovians from User Research, UA, BI, Beacon, QA, Brand and Transmedia. You’ll be ensuring that games stay on track in terms of quality, budget and deadlines with the support of craft leads and studio leadership. You’ll be reviewing milestones together with our in-house Flightpath team. 

You are a passionate game maker who can make sure the team lives its vision and is set up for success across multiple aspects.

You will have impact and fun at work by:

  • Liaising with internal and external development teams to oversee external game production, including quality and KPI follow-ups, providing feedback, brand approvals, and facilitating milestone approvals
  • Tracking schedules, identifying risks, troubleshooting communication and dependency issues, and working with the teams on contingency plans
  • Being responsible for demonstrations and presentations of the projects, ensuring they seamlessly reach their milestone goals
  • Maintaining and enhancing creative relationships with external teams; possibly finding potential partners to work with, especially in the Casual / Puzzle genre
  • Implementing and coordinating the common activities between internal Rovio teams and external partners to secure smooth delivery, well coordinated liveops activities or new feature launches
  • Managing project planning, coordinating with local game teams to create and maintain schedules and staffing plans
  • Supporting stakeholder deliverable creation (HQ, platform holders, etc.) with local teams as needed
  • Conducting regular check-ins with key stakeholders
  • Constantly helping teams to improve their ways of working, team interactions and culture

Experience and skills we are looking for:

  • Strong knowledge of game production scheduling as well as schedule management
  • Solid networks and contacts with external partners
  • Experience handling IPs for F2P mobile games ensuring brand guidelines are strictly followed and allowing best utilisation of IPs and its existing audience
  • Experience working with and coordinating external development teams
  • Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to prioritise, assess risks, and solve problems
  • Strong understanding of the mobile video game landscape, including current gaming trends and competitive benchmarks
  • Track record of managing all phases of production of a mobile F2P title, from prototyping to soft launch and LiveOps operations
  • Effective communication skills, with the ability to foster team collaboration and ensure the team continuously moves toward the same goal; and communicate clearly with external stakeholders
  • Solid business mindset and an ability to handle unexpected situations

What's in it for you:

  • This role is instrumental in Rovio’s future success with external titles. This is a rare opening in a successful, and stable company
  • We have mastered the mobile puzzle genre for ages. You’ll get to work with a very talented team that knows the ins and outs of making successful games that last 
  • We’re built on independence and responsibility. We understand the way for our people and teams to do their best work is to give them the freedom and independence to truly own their projects 
  • We cherish the Nordic work culture. We create joy, value teamwork, and support career growth, wellbeing and overall work life balance
  • Rovio’s mission is . We know that companies don’t create games, people do and we know that our people are our most valuable asset. We want to make sure everyone has personal growth possibilities at Rovio and we focus on inclusion and diversity

We welcome applicants to use the name they want to be addressed by in the application form, regardless of whether it is their legal name.

At Rovio, we are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities or conditions in our working environment and job application procedures. We are committed to continuously improving workplace accessibility. If you have any questions before applying, please write to us at .

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About The Company

Rovio Entertainment Corporation is a global mobile-first games company that creates, develops and publishes mobile games, which have been downloaded over 5 billion times. Rovio is best known for the global Angry Birds brand, which started as a popular mobile game in 2009, and has since evolved from games to various entertainment, animations and consumer products in brand licensing. Rovio has produced The Angry Birds Movie (2016), and its sequel, The Angry Birds Movie 2 was released in 2019. The company offers multiple mobile games and has eight game studios – one in Espoo (Finland), one in Stockholm (Sweden), one in Copenhagen (Denmark), one in Barcelona (Spain), two in Montreal and one in Toronto (Canada). The studios also include a subsidiary in Izmir (Turkey) called Ruby Games, which was acquired in 2021. Most of the employees are based in Finland where Rovio is headquartered. The company’s shares are listed on the main list of NASDAQ Helsinki stock exchange with the trading code ROVIO. Sega Europe Limited has acquired more than 90 percent of Rovio’s issued and outstanding shares and will delist the company from NASDAQ Helsinki stock exchange as soon as permitted under applicable laws.

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