Lead Producer

Virtuos; France; Sur place; EUR 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Virtuos Lyon is seeking a Lead Producer to oversee strategic client projects, mentor the production team, and represent the studio’s production capabilities both internally and externally. The role demands strong leadership and production excellence.

You will define goals and risks, build production plans, manage schedules and budgets, and ensure on-time delivery. This role requires excellent cross-team communication, experience in Agile/Scrum/Waterfall, and fluency in English and French.

Qualifications

• Senior production experience: 8–10+ years in production.
• Game development expertise: worked on 5+ games and mastered pipelines.
• Fluent in English and French; strong client communication.

Responsabilités

• Acting Producer on Key & Strategic Projects: define goals, scope, milestones, budget, and risks.
• Manage production plan, schedule, and proposal; keep roadmap aligned.
• Own quality and on-time delivery; primary contact across disciplines.
• Coach Producers and uphold Agile/Scrum/Waterfall methodologies.
• Represent production; build trust with client stakeholders.
• Group-Level Reporting: structured progress, risk, budget, staffing, KPIs.

Connaissances

Leadership & team management

Client communication

Cross-studio coordination

Agile/Scrum/Waterfall

Data tools (Power BI)

Problem solving

English & French language proficiency

Outils

Power BI

Description du poste

The Lead Producer oversees strategic client projects, mentors and develops the production team, represents the studio’s production capabilities internally and externally, and ensures accurate and consistent reporting to Virtuos Group. The role requires strong leadership, production excellence, and the ability to drive alignment across teams and stakeholders.

1. Acting Producer on Key & Strategic Projects

• Define goals, scope, milestones, budget, and risks for your own project.
• Build and validate the production plan, schedule, and proposal for your project.
• Keep your roadmap aligned; manage scope, change requests, and risk on your project.
• Own quality and on-time delivery of all client commitments on your project.
• You are the key point of contact for your current project(s), not just to other developers but across all disciplines & projects.

Managing your Producer Team

• Coach Producers on schedule accuracy and ownership of their own projects.
• Set and uphold production methodology across the Producer team (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall).
• Mentor Producers and support their career development.
• Keep a collaborative, efficient production culture across departments, for the team's projects.

Representing Production

• Represent production internally and externally, for the studio as a whole.
• Build trust with client stakeholders through consistent communication, across all client relationships in the studio.
• Lead discussions on schedule, budget, risk, and change (with clear recommendations, for any project in the studio when needed).
• Drive alignment and resolve conflicts across cross-functional teams, studio-wide.

Group-Level Reporting

• Structured reporting on progress, risk, budget, staffing, and KPIs across all projects (yours and your Producer team's).
• Deliver concise management summaries with clear insights, covering the full project portfolio.
• Consolidate production data across all projects and contribute to group standards and best practices.

• Senior production experience: 8-10+ years in production, including 2+ years as Senior/Lead Producer in complex creative or software environments; strong understanding of game development standards (publisher-side experience is a plus).
• Game development expertise: You'll have worked on 5+ games and are likely to be an expert in one or more technology areas, with solid command of game production pipelines, workflows, and industry practices.
• Client communication: confident communicator able to manage senior client relationships and operate effectively in multicultural contexts.
• Leadership & team management: proven ability to guide, motivate, and support cross-disciplinary teams; strong stress management and team coordination skills.
• Production methodologies: expertise in Agile/Scrum/Waterfall; Scrum Master or equivalent certification valued.
• Problem-solving & pragmatism: pragmatic mindset with strong risk anticipation, scope control, and prioritization abilities.
• Data & tools: familiarity with Power BI is an advantage.
• Languages: fluent in English and French.
• Cross-studio coordination: experience working across multiple teams, studios, and stakeholders.

Founded in 2004, Virtuos is one of the largest independent video game development companies. We are headquartered in Singapore with offices in Asia, Europe, and North America. Specializing in full-cycle game development and art production, we have delivered high-quality content for more than 1,500 console, PC, and mobile games. Our clients include 23 of the top 25 gaming companies worldwide.

About Our Team

Established in 2021, Virtuos Labs - Lyon specializes in game development and engineering. Virtuos Labs - Lyon's founding team of experienced programmers collaborates closely with our studios worldwide to deliver the best gaming solutions to our valued partners. Our Lyon studio is fast-growing and actively hiring in a variety of roles - we're looking for passionate talent to help make games better, together, with us.