Santa Monica Studio · 1 day ago
Sr Technical Producer (Contract)
LA Metro Area
Full-time, Contract
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$75/hr - $112.50/hr
8+ years expSanta Monica Studio, part of Sony Interactive Entertainment, is a leader in the entertainment industry known for creating acclaimed titles like God of War. They are seeking a Senior Technical Producer to lead production efforts, manage schedules, and collaborate with various teams to ensure high-quality game development.
Digital Entertainment
Responsibilities
Run the production pipeline of a broad area of the game for multiple technical teams throughout all phases of the product development cycle from design through final approval
Craft and maintain a comprehensive project plan, schedule, scope and resource forecast for multiple disciplines along a complex production pipeline
Manage day-to-day production issues to allow the team to achieve the highest possible game quality
Schedule and maintain tasking of departmental and interdisciplinary teams
Break down large complex initiatives, features and challenges into manageable portions and actionable steps
Assimilate diverse information and assess the impact on each phase of production and on the project as a whole
Identify all groups that may be affected by a goal, actively solicit their input and follow up with strong execution
Ensure a common understanding and agreement on project scope, objectives and impact of any changes
Cultivate and maintain relationships with internal development team, primarily partnering with the game director, discipline directors and leads
Collaborate with managers concerning personnel issues and team member individual growth, such as meeting task expectations, actively tasking individuals toward determined growth goals
Contribute to the development of new theories, methodologies, and approaches in collaboration with creative partners. Support the creative vision by utilizing curiosity, judgement and anticipating change to direct or redirect efforts as needed to achieve results
Qualification
Required
Experience with traditional Waterfall production management techniques along with Agile techniques, including SCRUM or Kanban
Excellent organizational & prioritization skills, attention to detail, process knowledge and ability to multi-task
Experience with Microsoft Office (emphasis on Excel), JIRA, Confluence and other project tracking and bug database software
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively across product development and management teams
Experience working with high performing creative teams and demonstrated ability to partner effectively in a high pressure, collaborative environment
Proven conflict management skills with a strength in mediation leading to resolution of risk and roadblocks
8+ years of games industry experience in an internal development environment in a production role
Experience on multiple large scale, 150+ person AAA games through all phases of production from concept to release
Mastery of a variety of project management techniques in an internal development environment coupled with deep experience building and maintaining schedules
Experience working on technical teams and projects with a focus on engineering and/or technical art
Familiarity with programming and/or scripting languages (e.g. C++, Python)
Familiarity with various internal game production pipelines and software
Preferred
At least one shipped AAA PC and/or console title as a Senior Producer
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Company
Santa Monica Studio
Santa Monica Studio (SMS) is the PlayStation® video game development team owned by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE). It is a sub-organization of Sony.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
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