Lead Producer

Virtuos; Lyon; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Comprehensive medical healthcare

Global and local teambuilding

Career and international mobility

Job summary

Virtuos is seeking a Lead Producer to oversee strategic client projects and mentor the production team at Lyon. You will ensure delivery excellence, coordinate across disciplines, and maintain trusted client relationships.

You will lead production reporting, manage risks, budgets, and schedules, and drive best practices while aligning with Virtuos-wide standards. Fluency in English and French is expected.

Qualifications

• Senior production experience in complex creative or software environments.
• Worked on multiple games and understands game production pipelines and industry practices.
• Confident communicator able to manage senior client relationships.
• Proven ability to guide cross-disciplinary teams and manage stress.
• Expertise in Agile/Scrum/Waterfall methods; Scrum Master cert valued.

Responsibilities

• Acting Producer on key and strategic projects, defining goals, scope, milestones, budget and risks.
• Build, validate, and maintain the production plan, schedule and proposals.
• Own delivery of client commitments and manage roadmap, scope changes, and risks.
• Coach Producers; set production methodology and mentor career development.
• Represent production internally and externally; drive alignment and communication.

Skills

Senior production experience

Game development pipelines

Client communication

Leadership & team management

Production methodologies

Problem-solving

Data & tools

English & French

Cross-studio coordination

Education

Scrum Master certification

Tools

Power BI

Job description

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.

Responsibilities

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.

1. 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.

1. 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.

1. 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.

Qualifications

• 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.

• Office located in the heart of Lyon
• Inclusive and equal opportunity work environment
• Fulfilling careers with continuous talent development at one of the largest external development companies globally
• Work on a prestigious portfolio with some of the world’s biggest AAA game titles
• Global and local teambuilding activities
• Quality of life at work and comprehensive medical healthcare provided for all staff
• Relocation support
• Career and international mobility opportunities with Virtuos Internal Mobility Program

People matter. Diverse opinions and experiences matter. At Virtuos, our talented teams are the cornerstone of our success, and we recognize that fostering and advocating for inclusivity is at the center of what we do best - we make games better, together. Virtuos is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that embraces diversity of thought, expression, culture, and backgrounds.

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.