Producer

Blackbird Interactive; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading game development studio located in Canada is seeking a Producer to support feature delivery for a large IP. The role involves overseeing cross-discipline teams, managing schedules and resources, and ensuring project goals are clear. Candidates should have a minimum of 5 years in project management, experience in game development, and a passion for the industry. The studio offers a four-day work week and flexible work options, including remote and hybrid arrangements.

Benefits

Four-day work week

Flexible work arrangements

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years experience in a producer/project manager capacity.
• Strong technical appreciation for software involved in development of games.
• Passion and enthusiasm for games and game development.
• Experience in project management methodologies like Waterfall and Agile.

Responsibilities

• Oversee one or more cross-discipline feature teams.
• Establish and maintain team schedules and evaluate capacity.
• Manage resource requirements and balance priorities.
• Coordinate with technical and creative leadership.

Skills

Project management

Cross-platform game development

Effective communication

Agile methodologies

Education

University degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Hansoft

JIRA

Job description

Blackbird Interactive is a creative-fueled, future-driven, independent game studio where the best talent in the industry can find long-term careers to help grow their abilities while working on a wide range of projects, which encompass world-class IPs as well as our own creations across multiple genres.

In 2022, we announced that our studio is implementing a four-day work week as well as supporting in-studio, remote within Canada, and hybrid work arrangements as permanent options to our employees.

Do you love it when a plan comes together? Are you able to look at a problem and identify the steps that are necessary to understanding and resolving that problem? Are you an expert at cross-platform game development through the entire production cycle? Do you love rallying and motivating a team towards shared goals to build a great game?

Blackbird Interactive is seeking a Producer to support feature delivery for a large IP. You will work with a talented team, help identify their needs, and move them from the earliest days of concept and prototypes into the full production and release.

Responsibilities

• Oversee one or more cross-discipline feature teams.
• Establish and maintain team schedules, evaluating and assessing capacity on a daily basis, proactively assessing and mitigating risk.
• Manage resource requirements, establish dependencies and balance priorities.
• Partner with technical and creative leadership to ensure project vision, deliverables and goals are clear.
• Maintain regular communication with the project team and coordinate dependencies with stakeholders.Manage scope and quality, proactively assess and mitigate risk

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years experience in a producer/project manager capacity.
• Strong technical appreciation for software involved in the development of games, media or digital entertainment.
• Demonstrable experience of short and long term scope and capacity management.
• Proven ability to prepare mitigation and contingency plans before problems occur.
• Passion and enthusiasm for games and game development.
• Experience in various project management methodologies such as Waterfall and Agile.
• Effective communication skills across all levels and disciplines
• Ability to work in a dynamic and collaborative team environment.
• Excellent verbal and written skills.

Pluses

• University degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience in cross‑platform development environments.
• At least 2 shipped AAA game projects.
• Experience with Hansoft, JIRA, or other project management software tools.
• Lean/Agile certifications