Principal Release Producer - LiveOps & Ship Readiness

BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT, INC; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc is seeking a highly organized Principal Producer specializing in Release Operations Management to own release execution, tooling, LiveOps readiness, and operational follow-through across the team.

You will coordinate across Release Train Producers, central teams, and LiveOps to ensure on-time deliveries, clear dashboards, and robust incident processes in a fast-moving development environment in Barcelona, Spain.

Qualifications

• Experience in game development, particularly live services.
• Experience with LiveOps, incident management, on-call processes, or escalation workflows.
• Experience in release coordination, project management, program management, operations, or production support.
• Experience with release management, certification, compatibility, or app store submission processes.

Responsibilities

• Own or coordinate key development dates for each release.
• Support end-to-end release execution in partnership with Release Train Producers and stakeholders.
• Coordinate feature complete/feature freeze/code freeze, merge cut-offs, PR status, and release readiness activities.
• Challenge teams on bug backlog scope and delivery risks.
• Coordinate submission management, including app privacy, age ratings, platform submission requirements, and intake forms.
• Coordinate with central platform, security, account, login, and infrastructure teams for release readiness.
• Maintain the LiveOps single source of truth and ensure information stays up to date.
• Define and maintain incident management processes and on-call responsibilities.
• Prepare clear updates for leads, production stakeholders, and cross-functional partners.

Skills

Jira

Slack

Communication

Dashboards

Tools

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Job description

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc is seeking a highly organized Principal Producer specializing in Release Operations Management to own release execution, tooling, LiveOps readiness, and operational follow-through across the team.

You will coordinate across Release Train Producers, central teams, and LiveOps to ensure on-time deliveries, clear dashboards, and robust incident processes in a fast-moving development environment in Barcelona, Spain.