Senior Producer (Remote Eligible)

Company: 2K
Location: Las Vegas
Posted on: May 15, 2022

Job Description:

Who We Are

Founded in 2005, 2K Games is a global video game company, publishing titles developed by some of the most influential game development studios in the world. Our studios responsible for developing 2K's portfolio of world-class games across multiple platforms, include Visual Concepts, Firaxis, Hangar 13, CatDaddy, Cloud Chamber, and HB Studios. Our portfolio of titles is expanding due to our global strategic plan, building, and acquiring exciting studios whose content continues to inspire all of us! 2K publishes titles in today's most popular gaming genres, including sports, shooters, action, role-playing, strategy, casual, and family entertainment.

Our team of engineers, marketers, artists, writers, data scientists, producers, thinkers, and doers, are the professional publishing stewards of our growing library of critically acclaimed franchises such as NBA 2K, Battleborn, BioShock, Borderlands, The Darkness, Mafia, Sid Meier's Civilization, WWE 2K, and XCOM.

At 2K, we pride ourselves on creating an inclusive work environment, which means encouraging our teams to Come as You Are and do your best work! We are dedicated to diversity and inclusion and want our community of candidates to reflect this commitment. We encourage all qualified applicants to explore our global positions.

2K is headquartered in Novato, California and is a wholly owned label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).

What We Need

We're looking for the next superstar Senior Producer that can help our hardworking stable of developers achieve their vision! This is a Director level position. We need someone that is self-motivated, highly organized, and possess strong leadership and team-building skills. As a Senior Producer, you'll be responsible for multiple projects, working with both internal and external teams on some of the coolest new products around. You'll need to drive each team to a specific set of goals, track, and lead progress, remove roadblocks and ultimately be responsible and held accountable for shipping high-quality products.

What You Will Do
Lead a team of Producers, Associate Producers and Production Assistants
Partner with extraordinary development teams in both internal and external studios
Lead multiple projects simultaneously at different stages of development from concept to completion and on through post launch sustain
Oversee, lead, and collaborate closely with internal and external resources to meet production schedules and maintain a coherent creative vision throughout the entire development life cycle
Establish development priorities and landmarks on a per-project basis
Develop product budgets and schedules and lead forecasts of the budget, anticipating, identifying, and resolving overruns
Assist with coordinating game release processes with internal groups
Assist with identifying the key products to acquire or license to support the company business goals
Assist in improving development processes and best practices.
Work closely with internal partner teams such as Commercial & Strategy, Live Ops, Legal, Marketing, Outsourcing, QA, etc.
Travel, both domestic and international, is required.
Assist with recruiting and interviewing candidates for positions in product development.

What Will Make You a Great Fit
Excellent communication skills (verbal and written), time and project management skills
Experience building and being a great partner with vendors and other external resources
Experience handling conflict, mitigating, and resolving risks
Understanding of various production processes and methodologies
Demonstrate display resourcefulness, enthusiasm, and self-motivation
Flexibility to tackle additional responsibilities, as assigned by senior management
Ability to lead to and deliver on hard product deadlines with rapid development cycles while being the guardian over product quality in all phases of game development from concept to completion and on through post launch sustain
Ability to inspire and empower those that work for them and those they workaround

Bonus Points
Experience with AAA console / PC products
Knowledge of and experience with sports or family games
Both publishing and development production experience

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform their essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us if you need reasonable accommodation.

Please note that 2K Games and its studios never uses instant messaging apps or personal email accounts to contact prospective employees or conduct interviews and when emailing, only use 2K.com accounts.

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