Production Lead

Sony Interactive Entertainment; United States; Remote; USD 161,000 - 242,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Lead Producer to spearhead the development of a new IP. This role involves leading a talented team, creating robust production plans, and ensuring effective collaboration. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in game development and a passion for fostering a diverse and inclusive environment. Join a mission-driven team that values creativity and teamwork, and help shape the future of gaming while enjoying a competitive salary and top-tier benefits.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Matching

Paid Time Off

Wellness Program

Employee Discounts

Qualifications

• Proven experience in game development and production leadership.
• Strong analytical and communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of producers to create and execute production plans.
• Collaborate with discipline leads to mitigate risks and ensure project goals.

Skills

Game Development

Production Leadership

Communication Skills

Agile Methodologies

Analytical Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Critical Thinking

Empathy

Tools

JIRA

Excel

Confluence

Job description

PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation5, PlayStation4, PlayStationVR, PlayStationPlus, acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios, and more.

PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation, technology, and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team.

The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation.

Are you on a mission to create games that bond players together into deeply invested communities? Would you like to help build a game that provides deep team-based competitive gameplay and multiple paths to player mastery? Do you care deeply about setting your team up to deliver on their goals in a healthy, sustainable way? Are you excited to get your hands dirty and find the most effective ways to collaborate - remotely and in-person - on a new IP and game?

As a Lead Producer, you will be responsible for leading the team creating a major portion of a brand new IP at PlayStation. Through collaboration with other product leaders, the Lead Producer is responsible for creation of detailed production plans for their area and execution against those plans in a sustainable way, including updating and altering the plans as needed. The Lead Producer aides the Production Director in ensuring that the team follows production best practices and handles management and career growth of the producers on their team. This is a process and people driven role that requires a strong focus on establishing and maintaining efficient lines of communication. The ideal candidate is a self-motivated and empathetic organizer of people and process who embodies a service mindset.

We look for candidates who value joining a mission-focused team with a diverse set of backgrounds, experiences, interests, and viewpoints.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of producers within your game area to create robust production plans and to execute against those plans, adjusting to the changing needs of the project over time
• Understand overall project goals and use those to inform planning and decisions in your areas of ownership
• Identify and collaborate with other discipline leads to mitigate risks within your areas of ownership, ensuring that the team has the space to create something amazing while staying on a path toward ship
• Manage and direct producers within your development group, collaborate with them to define near-term goals, mentor them regarding project or people challenges, and support them in achieving career objectives
• Produce the Leadership Team for your area including scheduling and running rituals, tracking risks, etc
• Establish production pipelines and processes for your areas of ownership
• Iterate on production processes over time to continuously improve our collaboration, transparency, and velocity
• Lead by example, demonstrating production best practices and subject matter expertise within your area
• Directly produce feature teams within your area as needed
• Collaborate with Production Director and other producers to align production plans across all areas of development
• Assist the Production Director in managing production budgets, including both staff headcount and development budget

Required Skills & Experience

• Proven internal game development experience in a production leadership role, including experience producing creative teams
• Exemplary communication skills, outstanding analytical skills, and attention to detail
• Social intelligence, great interpersonal skills, and empathy for creative teams
• Strong critical thinking skills, results oriented, focused and composed under pressure
• Understanding of agile ways of working and a consistent track record of applying agile concepts and practices
• Comfortable dealing with ambiguity, including effectively leading a team in spite of that ambiguity
• Demonstrable product acumen to inform subjective product opinions
• Commitment to the principles of servant leadership
• Proficient in JIRA, Excel, Confluence or equivalent production tools
• Experience working on a live game ("games as a service")

Nice-To-Have Skills

• Experience working on development of a new IP from preproduction through ship and sustain
• Experience producing teams creating PvP games and modes

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At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.

Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

In addition, this role is eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. Click here to learn more.

This is a flexible role that can be remote, with varying pay ranges based on geographic location. For example, if you are based out of Seattle, the estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.

$161,000 - $242,000 USD

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Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.

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