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Blizzard Entertainment · 3 days ago

Lead Game Producer, Live Game - World of Warcraft | Irvine, CA

Irvine, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Lead/Staff

$97K/yr - $180K/yr

8+ years exp

Blizzard Entertainment is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences, known for iconic video game universes including World of Warcraft. They are seeking a seasoned Lead Game Producer to oversee the LG Production team, guiding producers on various initiatives and features while ensuring effective communication and project management across the team.

MMO GamesSoftwareVideo Games

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Supervise production for a multidisciplinary team in order to drive delivery of a significant pipeline or product for World of Warcraft

Partner with Directors and other Leads on the team to establish and align goals across the organization

Translate goals into high level project roadmaps, working schedules, and clear milestones that can be used to reflect progress back to the team

Facilitate communication, organization, risk management, and accountability across all major areas impacting your pipeline or product

Lead process improvement initiatives to ensure consistent and repeatable attainment of our goals

Develop staffing plans and coordinate resourcing activities for your area of the game

Help to define and improve our game development standard processes and production methodologies

Manage a team of producers and provide mentorship, individual career planning, and long-term talent development

Produce features as needed based upon available resources and feature requirements

Participate in production leadership planning with Production Directors and other Lead Producers

Qualification

Game production experienceJira project managementTeam leadershipComplex schedule managementTalent developmentMentorshipProcess improvementDiversityInclusion focusEmotional intelligenceCommunication skills

Required

8+ years of experience in game production, including experience on a large AAA game

3+ years of experience in a team leadership or people management role

Ability to identify, mentor, and grow talent with an emphasis on building a diverse and inclusive team

Ability to build, track, and maintain complex schedules

Ability to forecast and estimate features across multiple disciplines

Experience with Jira project management tools

Outstanding verbal, written, and interpersonal communications skills

High level of emotional intelligence and a tendency to treat other people with respect and empathy

Preferred

Experience working in a co-development and/or outsourcing environment

Experience working on an MMO, free-to-play, or other live service game

Familiarity with World of Warcraft

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance

401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching

Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave

Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others

If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance

Company

Blizzard Entertainment

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Blizzard Entertainment develops and publishes gaming software and computer games such as World of Warcraft, Hearthstone and StarCraft.

Founded in 1991

Irvine, California, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://blizzard.com

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