Senior Producer(Project Leader)

Amber; United States; À distance; USD 90 000 - 140 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Attractive salary package

Friendly work environment

Talented colleagues

Team support

Résumé du poste

Amber is seeking a seasoned Producer to lead cross-functional teams and drive projects to successful on-time, on-budget delivery. You will coordinate with engineers, designers, QA, and external partners, ensuring quality and profitability while maintaining stakeholder satisfaction.

Use strong communication, project management, and empathy to own projects and guide your team to success in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of project management experience.
• Experience leading teams and tracking complex projects.
• Strong understanding of the software development process.
• Proficient with Agile methodologies.
• Excellent written and spoken communication.
• Self-motivated and proactive.
• Ability to handle ambiguity and foster clarity.
• Experience reporting on status and risks.
• Facilitation of retrospectives and reviews.
• Ability to drive teams under pressure.

Responsabilités

• Coordinate development across Engineering, QA, Art, Design.
• Deliver milestones on time, budget, and quality.
• Build and maintain relationships with external partners.
• Manage expectations and monitor stakeholder satisfaction.
• Grow, inspire, lead, and retain high-performing teams.
• Create and track short and long-term schedules.
• Lead team meetings with clear agendas and notes.
• Provide weekly reporting to leadership.
• Identify and mitigate risks with leadership.

Connaissances

Project management

Team leadership

Agile methodology

Software development

Effective communication

Self-motivation

Ambiguity management

Risk reporting

Process facilitation

Decision making

Outils

Jira

Spreadsheets

Description du poste

About us:

At Amber, we're always on the hunt for the most talented individuals in the industry to join our team. We're dedicated to delivering top-notch service to our customers and know that our employees are key to making that happen. We offer attractive compensation packages and plenty of chances to grow with us, and we're always on the lookout for ways to do things better. Our team works together towards common goals and we value each member's contributions to our mission of continuous improvement and innovation.

About the role:

Producers are the backbone of Amber, responsible for leading teams, driving projects, reporting progress, and managing expectations between partners and development teams.

Your goal is to get projects completed on time, within budget, at quality, and exceeding partner expectations.

You will work closely with internal and external developers of all disciplines, external clients, and internal Amber leadership.

Using excellent communication, great project management, fine-tuned empathy, and self-motivation, you will own your project and guide your team to success.

The Quest:

• Coordinate development among Engineering, QA, Art, Design.
• Deliver milestones predictably on time, budget, and quality.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with external partners.
• Manage expectations and monitor satisfaction of stakeholders.
• Grow, inspire, lead, and retain high-performing teams.
• Create and track comprehensive short and long-term schedules.
• Supervise the team's task management, maintain task lists, backlogs, and communicate deadlines.
• Foster accountability with unrelenting follow-through.
• Own the team's goals, communicate and challenge the goals.
• Monitor team health, create a safe and empowering environment.
• Bring clarity to roles and responsibilities within the team.
• Navigate team dynamics, address conflicts, escape problems.
• Keep projects sustainable and profitable.
• Develop, improve, and maintain team processes.
• Schedule, lead, and attend meetings with clear agendas and comprehensive note-taking.
• Provide weekly reporting to leadership.
• Collaborate with leaders to identify, mitigate, and risks.

The Skills:

• 7+ years of project management expertise.
• Experience leading teams and tracking complex projects.
• Excellent understanding of the software development process.
• Strong knowledge of project management, including Agile.
• Written and spoken communication that is effective and succinct.
• Self-motivated, proactive, always seeking improvements.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and able to drive towards clarity.
• Experience reporting on project status and risks.
• Facilitation of effective retrospectives, post-mortems, and reviews.
• Objectively interpret feedback and make recommendations.
• Function effectively under pressure in complex environments.

Nice to have:

• Shipped one or more games in a production role.
• People management experience.
• Passion for fostering development processes and best practices.
• Considerable experience playing games.
• Deep expertise with task management software such as Jira.Strong familiarity with complex spreadsheets.
• Experience validating and creating proposals for new projects.

The Reward:

• A fun and dynamic industry where you can make a difference.
• Professional and friendly work environment.
• An attractive salary package.
• Awesome and talented colleagues.
• Support from all your teammates.