The Producer drives gaming development on a growing portfolio of titles and works with different stakeholders across various internal and external team members to drive all tasks to completion, gathering and conducting data analysis across a variety of sources to make the best decisions. In addition, the Producer consults on a regular basis with the leadership team to align expectations and deliverables. The Producer must be able to multitask between features, platforms, and projects smoothly and efficiently.
DESCRIPTION
- Directly oversee the full scope of work for enterprise accounts owning the service delivery for the client while managing risks
- Manage project execution between geographically dispersed Production teams across different time zones
- Manage stakeholder communication around account status and planning (internal and external stakeholders)
- Forecast demand and supply for client's pipeline work
- Collaborate with others to create cost estimates for work acting as the main point of contact for our clients
- Understand and advocate for the team's needs when conducting client calls
- Align the project resourcing with Developers and Producers
- Analyze current market trends, identify and create competitive rates for our services
- Track and report development and performance against defined KPI's
- Proactively seek client feedback to share and address with the relevant teams, ensuring transparency and clarity with ongoing work
- Maintain project tracking documents across assigned titles; create production roadmaps based on client's and project's needs
- Manage relationships with the client as well as the related internal teams per account
- Drive Milestone Acceptance and Partner Work Approval processes
- Coordinate and write the milestones, deliverables, and workload for the internal teams, tracking progress and managing risks
- Build a schedule with reasonable buffer to achieve client goals and budgets
- Establish and attend regular stand-ups to understand team progress, hang ups, and help to remove roadblocks and help the team succeed
- Report progress directly to the Gaming leadership group in regular reviews
- Provide metrics proving deliverables are complete and client ready
- Work to optimize workflows and processes with our internal and external partners
- Be committed to constant growth and improvement
- Work within TransPerfect's proprietary invoicing and project management software
- Ensure all monthly trackers are complete for each billing cycle and billed on time
- Complete all other tasks that are deemed appropriate for the role and assigned by the manager/supervisor
REQUIRED SKILLS
- Ability to clearly communicate, inspire and align teams while removing roadblocks
- Ability to operate independently to achieve goals
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Thorough understanding of scheduling and prioritization
- Results-oriented
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor´s degree or its equivalent
- 3-5 years of experience in a Game Production/Publishing role, or in a similar field
- Using industry experience, ability to determine if timelines and estimates are unrealistic
- Experience working with internal or external development teams
- Thorough understanding of the Game development processes
- Experience developing road maps, planning, and executing across multiple products, simultaneously
DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor's degree in Game production, or relevant field
- First or third-party Game development experience
- Experience in Game Publishing