Lead Producer - Game Operations | Fully Remote

Escape Velocity Entertainment; United States; Remote; USD 170,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO allowance

Studio closures

Medical & Dental

Mental health scheme

Wellbeing allowance

Studio bonus

Home tech setup

Region-based benefits

Job summary

Escape Velocity is a fully remote studio seeking a Lead Producer to guide the development of a new IP. You will oversee internal and external teams to deliver quality on time and within budget, while partnering with creative leadership to realize the vision.

You will mentor producers, manage budgets and milestones, and ensure coherent development processes across departments. Travel and on-site time are not required as the team operates remotely.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in internal game development.
• Experience building AAA Games.
• Experience leading teams across multiple locations.
• Strong leadership and communication.

Responsibilities

• Manage internal and external teams across locations to meet schedules.
• Support Release Management, Dev Ops, Live Ops, and other groups.
• Guide production workflows including budgeting and scheduling.
• Mentor producers and develop their growth and careers.
• Ensure clear goals and milestones are understood and executed.

Skills

Leadership

Team leadership

Communication

Mentoring

Risk analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

What we are looking for:

We are looking for a seasoned LeadProducer to lead the development of our new IP. This role will play a vital part in the successful delivery of a major new title. The ideal candidate will have experience at the highest levels of project leadership, building new IP, growing teams, and supporting the creative leaders in the realization of their vision.

What we will do together:

• Manage internal and external teams across multiple locations to meet production schedules and deliver the project to quality, time, and budget expectations.
• Support the strategic and tactical operations of the Release Management, Dev Ops, Live Ops, Technical Art, and other technical groups.
• Have a strong technical understanding of software release frameworks including merge & branching strategy, bug fixing and locking builds, finalizing builds and releasing them to the public.
• Work closely with Producers to develop product budgets and schedules across the team.
• Partner with the Executive Producer to ensure core development processes are adhered to with consistency.
• Mentor producers at all levels of the team, taking a keen interest in their growth and career development.
• Ensure that coherent goals are set for the team from milestone to milestone, and that they are understood and executed upon.
• Coordinate and assist with focus testing, outsourcing and other external parties as required.

What you will bring:

• 10+ years in internal game development.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience with strong applied technical knowledge.
• Experience building and leading teams across multiple locations.
• Experience building AAA Games.
• Comfortable guiding and leading staff across both production and creative disciplines, ensuring there is a healthy level of push and pull.
• An excellent communicator and emotionally intelligent leader capable of rallying a team.
• A calm and stable voice capable of managing complex problems with a cool head.
• Ability to interface with all levels of the organization.
• Resourceful, self-motivated, and capable of acting autonomously.
• Capable of balancing production and creative needs in support of making informed decisions.
• Ability to identify and analyse risk while providing mitigation.
• JIRA and Confluence expertise, with experience using metrics to drive improvement.

Interested… a bit about Escape Velocity:

Escape Velocity is a team of passionate, talented developers working at a studio that offers excellent benefits, on what we believe is a once-in-a-career project with a committed publisher. But that doesn't necessarily make us unique. What does make us special? We value the time, energy, and talent of our players and our colleagues. We want every hour spent developing and playing our games to be an incredibly rewarding and worthwhile use of your time. To that end, we are 'Fully Remote' and support team members nearly anywhere in the world. We prioritize honesty, even when that means sharing bad news. We strive to give everyone autonomy so they can determine how best to work and play, and we care more about what you bring to the game and studio than how many hours you're clocking. We're dedicated to building a culture of play, which not only makes us better game makers, but also strengthens the bonds between us all. We believe in constant improvement across all areas - from the game itself to our production design - and are constantly re-evaluating how we spend our time to ensure that we're not wasting yours and we're all always working on the most important things.

A few benefits you can expect from us:

• A generous PTO allowance
• Summer and Winter holidays studio closure (separate to PTO allowance)
• Private Medical & Dental Healthcare
• Private Mental Health scheme
• A generous annual Health & Wellbeing allowance
• Discretionary Studio Bonus
• Top range tech for your home set up
• Other benefits based on your region

Escape Velocity is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to hiring, promoting, and compensating employees based on their qualifications and demonstrated ability to perform job responsibilities.

Applications will be considered regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief, race, or any other protected category.