Location: Las Vegas,NV, USA
Gaming:
Welcome to the world of land-based gaming. At Light & Wonder, it's all about the games, and our Gaming team builds cutting-edge technology, products, and content for the most iconic casinos and operators across the globe.
Position Summary
The Game Producer focus specializes in providing direction in the development, testing, and release processes for electronic gaming products. Includes working with creative and technical leadership to determine and support the creative vision, technical structure, and overall product plan for new products or enhancements to existing products.
Bring our games to life by supporting the development team during the product development process-manage day-to-day communication, coordinate interdepartmental tasks, and track deliverables and milestones. Work in a collaborative small team environment with a group of exceptionally talented artists, animators, software engineers, and game designers to provide the best gaming experience for the slot player. The ability to work quickly and efficiently as part of a team, take direction, and maintain a positive attitude under pressure is crucial.
* Track project milestones and deliverables for one or more development teams
* Maintain tasks in JIRA and other project management software
* Attend team meetings to stay up to date on project changes, issues, and resolutions
* Schedule and attend internal game reviews to compile and distribute comments and notes
* Load games onto slot machines and maintain slot machine hardware
* Create and maintain reports to capture project status and communicate to stakeholders
* Collaborate with other departments to support interdepartmental tasks, capturing and communicating requirements and status
Qualifications
Experience
* 2-5 years of professional project management experience
* Experience leading teams and managing software development projects a plus
* Gaming industry experience is preferred, but not required
* Enjoy working in a creative environment
* Have strong multi-tasking skills
* Have excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Ability to work well with others in a team environment
* Have strong problem solving and analytical skills
* Have strong organizational and time-management skills
* Proficient in Microsoft Office programs
* Familiarity with JIRA or other project/task management software a plus
Education
* Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience required
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend, use hands, operate a computer, and have specific vision abilities to include close and distance vision, and ability to adjust focus working with computer and business equipment.
Work Conditions
LNW and its affiliates (collectively, LNW ) are engaged in highly regulated gaming and lottery businesses. As a result, certain LNW employees may, among other things, be required to obtain a gaming or other license(s), undergo background investigations or security checks, or meet certain standards dictated by law, regulation or contracts. In order to ensure LNW complies with its regulatory and contractual commitments, as a condition to hiring and continuing to employ its employees, LNW requires all of its employees to meet those requirements that are necessary to fulfill their individual roles. As a prerequisite to employment with LNW (to the extent permitted by law), you shall be asked to consent to LNW conducting a due diligence/background investigation on you.
This job description should not be interpreted as all-inclusive; it is intended to identify major responsibilities and requirements of the job. The employee in this position may be requested to perform other job-related tasks and responsibilities than those stated above.
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