Senior External Development Producer

Mob Entertainment; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 113,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) matching

FSA/HSA

Paid time off

Sick time

Holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

Mob Entertainment, a startup multimedia studio known for Poppy Playtime, seeks a Senior External Development Producer to anchor external co-development, outsourcing, and licensee partnerships from concept through live ops.

You will manage vendor pipelines, draft RFPs/SOWs, and align internal teams to deliver high-quality art, animation, and VFX on time and within budget, collaborating with Legal, Finance, and Business Development.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of game production experience with external co-development management.
• Experience leading 2D/3D art, animation, and VFX pipelines.
• Proven ability to manage multi-million-dollar external budgets and contracts.
• Strong vendor management and negotiation skills.
• Expert use of Jira and Confluence for production tracking.

Responsibilities

• Review 2D/3D art, animation, and VFX submissions for creative and technical alignment.
• Serve as primary contact for external partners, outsourcing vendors, licensees, and distributors; coordinate integration.
• Collaborate with Art Directors and Leads to identify external resourcing needs and optimize asset submission pipelines.
• Draft RFPs and SOWs with scope, deliverables, milestones, and payment terms.
• Work with Legal, Finance, and Business Development to explore partnerships, manage procurement, track spend, ensure compliance.
• Oversee partner velocity, conduct milestone reviews to meet targets.
• Monitor burn rates, bandwidth, risks; implement scope triage and contingency plans.

Skills

Vendor relations

Negotiation

Project coordination

Communication

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Mob Entertainmentis a startup multimedia studio that is best known for our hit indie horror game "Poppy Playtime". This franchise is one of the hottest new properties in gaming, and our team is naturally expanding as our ambition expands. To give a taste of our brand's popularity, more than 200 billion YouTube views of Poppy Playtime related content have occurred since the game's launch 6 years ago.

The Role

As a Senior External Development Producer, you will serve as the operational and creative anchor across our external co-development, outsourcing, and licensee partnerships from concept through live ops. Partnering with internal discipline leads, Legal, Finance, and Business Development, you will manage external vendor pipelines, draft RFPs and SOWs, and align partner teams to deliver high-quality game assets and features. With a specialized focus on managing 2D/3D art, animation, and VFX, you will bridge our internal creative vision with world-class external execution, ensuring all external work meets strict technical and artistic standards on time and within budget.

• Ensure creative and technical alignment by stringently reviewing 2D/3D art, animation, and VFX submissions. You will guarantee that all outsourced deliverables meet the internal creative bar and exact technical requirements before they are approved for engine integration.
• Act as the primary point of contact for external co-development partners, outsourcing vendors, licensees, and distributors, building healthy relationships and facilitating daily integration between internal teams and external talent.
• Collaborate with internal Art Directors and Discipline Leads to identify external resourcing needs, establish highly efficient asset submission pipelines for art and VFX, and eliminate hand-off bottlenecks.
• Author and issue comprehensive Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and detailed Statements of Work (SOWs), clearly defining scope, deliverables, acceptance criteria, milestone schedules, and payment terms.
• Partner closely with Legal, Finance, and Business Development teams to explore new partnerships, negotiate contracts, manage procurement workflows, track external spend, and ensure financial compliance across all projects.
• Oversee partner velocity and deliverable quality, conducting structured milestone reviews to ensure all external submissions meet artistic, technical, and performance targets on schedule.
• Proactively monitor external burn rates, bandwidth bottlenecks, and project risks; execute scope triage and contingency plans to keep external production aligned with master project goals.

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a 2D/3D Artist, Art Lead, or Art Director in the gaming industry is highly ideal and strongly preferred.
• 7+ years of game production experience, with at least 3 years specifically focused on managing external co-development partners, outsourcing studios, and remote teams on shipped titles.
• Deep understanding of specialized game production pipelines, with hands-on expertise in 2D/3D art, animation, and VFX workflows.
• Proven track record of technical asset integration, ensuring outsourced work seamlessly meets memory, performance, and formatting constraints within internal project builds.
• Experience authoring complex SOWs, managing full RFP processes, evaluating external bids, and partnering directly with Legal and Finance to execute vendor agreements.
• Strong financial literacy with demonstrated experience tracking multi-million-dollar external production budgets, forecasting resource needs, and evaluating vendor invoices against milestone deliverables.
• Expert-level command of Jira, Confluence, and vendor/asset management tools, with hands-on experience adapting production and milestone frameworks for successful external co-development.
• Exceptional negotiation, communication, and interpersonal skills, with a proven history of maintaining strong vendor relations while holding external teams strictly accountable to delivery goals and artistic standards.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Final compensation within the applicable salary range will be determined based on factors such as the applicant's experience, qualifications, and work location.

San Francisco, CA; New York City, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Seattle, WA; Boston, MA; & Seattle, WA DC Metropolitan Areas: $120,000 - $153,000 USD annually

Austin, TX; Denver, CO; Nashville, TN; Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Miami, FL; Portland, OR; Raleigh-Durham, NC; Philadelphia, PA; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN; Phoenix, AZ; and Salt Lake City, UT Metropolitan Areas: $105,000 - $133,000 USD annually

All Other U.S. Locations: $90,000 - $113,000 USD annually

Mob Entertainment offers the following benefits to all eligible U.S.-based full-time employees: profit sharing; medical, dental, and vision insurance; 401(k) matching; FSA/HSA; paid time off; sick time; holidays; and parental leave.

Mob Entertainment is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and complies with all federal, state, and local laws prohibiting discrimination in employment. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, age, disability, military service, or any other protected class under applicable state or local law. Mob Entertainment also considers all qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with Fair Chance laws as well as any other applicable state and local laws.