Senior Producer

Epic Games; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gaming company seeks a Senior Producer for the Fortnite Item Shop. The role involves managing complex projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring successful releases. Ideal candidates have a passion for gaming and strong project management skills.

Benefits

100% benefits coverage for employees and dependents

Supplemental medical, dental, vision coverage

Retirement savings plan with competitive employer match

Employee assistance program

Mental well-being program with free therapy

Qualifications

• Experience on AAA games or game platforms from concept to release.
• Managed cross-functional teams in creating and delivering complex projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead roadmap planning activities including feedback collection and requirements gathering.
• Build and maintain project plans, schedules, and resource allocation.
• Provide transparent communications on project status and risks.

Skills

Project Management

Communication

Organization

Collaboration

Gaming Knowledge

Job description

WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

PRODUCTION What We Do

Whether it’s driving a vision from start to finish or collaborating with teams to inspire and deliver projects of Epic quality, Epic’s production teams take pride in consistently delivering world-class products and experiences.

What You'll Do

As a Senior Producer focused on Multi-Product, you will partner with cross-disciplinary team members on the development of features for the Fortnite Item Shop. You will be responsible for handling and organizing processes so that developers can do what they do best. You excel in organization, have exceptional communication abilities, and are comfortable managing complex projects. The ideal candidates are passionate about working in game technology and have a history of working within technical, distributed environments.

In this role, you will

• Lead roadmap planning activities for your initiatives, including feedback collection, requirements gathering, initiative build-out, feature breakdown, estimations, and resourcing in order to drive a solid roadmap that achieves defined strategic product goals
• Partner with discipline leads to determine the time and people necessary to see projects through to completion. Build and maintain project plans, schedules, resource allocation, and roadmaps considering dependencies across multiple development teams to ensure successful releases
• Collaborate and align with our Shop Operations team who are in charge of merchandising and keeping the Shop running
• Provide transparent communications on project status and risks to stakeholders to ensure they are properly informed of any impacts from upcoming releases
• Partner with multiple leaders to understand and balance priorities, requirements, and critical timelines
• Collaborate with producers and other disciplines on the development teams needed to complete initiatives, communicate frequently and proactively to highlight progress, risks, and mitigations
• Manage both internal and external resources as they pertain to resource allocation, budget forecasts, and actuals. Improve and develop processes based on the needs of the teams, initiatives, and products

What we're looking for

• Experience on AAA games or game platforms from concept to release
• Previous experience working in a production role where you've managed cross-functional teams in creating and delivering complex projects
• Deep understanding of game or platform development, software development process, and project management practices
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• A good knowledge of light-touch production systems that allow teams to thrive without unnecessary overhead
• The ability to communicate with varying levels of stakeholders within your team and throughout the company
• A passion for gaming, with a specific interest and familiarity with online safety products

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), we also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.

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