Hybrid Live Ops Game Producer - Drive Global Updates

BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT, INC; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 41,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental & Vision

401(k) with company match

Paid holidays & vacation

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. in Irvine is seeking a Game Producer focused on Live Operations to plan, coordinate, and deliver live updates, seasonal content, events, and operational initiatives for our world-class games.

You will partner with multidisciplinary teams to transform goals into actionable plans, manage dependencies and risks, and ensure high-quality releases reach players on time. This role values clarity, collaboration, and a passion for player experiences.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of production, project management, or related experience in game/software development.
• Experience with multidisciplinary teams including Engineering, Design, Art, QA, Publishing, Live Operations, or Release Management.
• Experience supporting a live-service game or regularly updated software.
• Ability to create and maintain schedules, milestones, dependency tracking, risk assessments, and project documentation.
• Strong understanding of game development pipelines and release processes.
• Exceptional communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience facilitating planning, prioritization, status reviews, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Ability to influence outcomes and drive alignment without direct authority.
• Comfortable operating in an environment with evolving priorities, ambiguity, and time-sensitive operational needs.
• Strong problem-solving skills with a collaborative and player-focused mindset.

Responsibilities

• Drive production planning and execution for live game updates, seasonal releases, events, gameplay features, and operational initiatives.
• Partner with Design, Engineering, Art, QA, Publishing, Release Management, Marketing, and Operations teams to ensure successful delivery of player-facing content and features.
• Build and maintain project schedules, milestone plans, release roadmaps, dependency tracking, and status reporting.
• Coordinate release readiness activities and ensure teams are aligned on priorities, risks, milestones, and quality expectations.
• Facilitate communication across development teams, leadership, and global stakeholders to maintain transparency and alignment.
• Identify production risks, dependencies, and blockers early, and partner with teams to develop mitigation plans.
• Support live issue triage and ongoing service operations by coordinating discussions, driving follow-up actions, and helping teams resolve issues efficiently.
• Coordinate security audit requirements, release approvals, and operational processes associated with content releases.
• Partner with Content Operations and related teams to support deployments of marketing, configuration, and live game data.
• Facilitate production ceremonies including planning sessions, release reviews, retrospectives, and stakeholder updates.
• Continually evaluate workflows, processes, and team operating rhythms to improve delivery predictability, efficiency, and quality.
• Help teams adapt to shifting priorities while maintaining focus on delivering exceptional experiences for players.

Skills

Production management

Project management

Cross-functional teamwork

Live service

Scheduling & milestones

Communication

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Problem solving

Agile processes

Tools

Jira

Confluence

ShotGrid

Airtable

Job description

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. in Irvine is seeking a Game Producer focused on Live Operations to plan, coordinate, and deliver live updates, seasonal content, events, and operational initiatives for our world-class games.

You will partner with multidisciplinary teams to transform goals into actionable plans, manage dependencies and risks, and ensure high-quality releases reach players on time. This role values clarity, collaboration, and a passion for player experiences.