Senior Producer

Epic Games; Montreal; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Epic Games is seeking a Senior Producer for its Fortnite Ecosystem Team to lead the Creator Portal initiative. This role involves managing the development process, ensuring effective communication and project prioritization, and driving strategic product goals. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in project management within gaming or tech environments and a passion for technology and games.

Benefits

100% health benefits for employees and dependents

Retirement savings plan with employer match

Mental well-being program

Qualifications

• Experience with online services, platform technologies, or SaaS systems.
• Previous experience working in a production role managing cross-functional teams.
• Deep understanding of game or platform development.

Responsibilities

• Lead roadmap planning activities for the Creator Portal and related initiatives.
• Partner with discipline leads to build and maintain project plans and schedules.
• Provide transparent communications on project status and risks to stakeholders.

Skills

Project Management

Communication

Organizational Skills

Problem Solving

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 the Fortnite Ecosystem Team, you will partner with cross-discipline leadership on the development of the Creator Portal, Creator Economy, and multi-game initiatives on our platform. Your role is pivotal in ensuring that our roadmap works towards achieving our goals and that we are effectively prioritizing the tools and features we release, drawing upon Creator feedback as well as product research and insights to inform the team's decisions. We are looking for individuals who excel in organization, have exceptional communication abilities, and are comfortable managing schedules of complex projects. The ideal candidates are passionate about technology and games and have a history of working with webtech and UIUX teams within technical and 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 allocations, and roadmaps, considering dependencies across multiple development teams, to ensure successful releases
• 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, and communicate frequently and proactively to highlight progress, risks, and mitigations
• Manage both internal and external resources globally as they pertain to resource allocation, budget forecasts, and actuals
• Leave things better than you find them, with an eye toward continual process development and improvements based on the needs of the teams/initiatives/product

What we're looking for

• Experience with online services, platform technologies, or SaaS systems
• 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
• Have the ability to communicate with varying levels of stakeholders within your team and throughout the company
• A passion for UGC networks and or publishing portals is a plus
• Specific interest and familiarity with Fortnite Creative and UEFN

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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