Producer

Blackbird Interactive is a creative-fueled, future-driven, independent game studio where the best talent in the industry can find long-term careers to help grow their abilities while working on a wide range of projects, which encompass world-class IPs as well as our own creations across multiple genres.

Our studio operates as a remote-first workplace, offering flexible work arrangements.

At this time, we are only able to hire candidates who are legally eligible to work in Canada and reside within Canada.

Do you love it when a plan comes together? Are you able to look at a problem and identify the steps that are necessary to understanding and resolving that problem? Are you an expert at cross-platform game development through the entire production cycle? Do you love rallying and motivating a team towards shared goals to build a great game?

Blackbird Interactive is seeking a Producer to support feature delivery for a large IP. You will work with a talented team, help identify their needs, and move them from the earliest days of concept and prototypes into the full production and release.

Responsibilities:
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Oversee one or more cross-discipline feature teams.

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Establish and maintain team schedules, evaluating and assessing capacity on a daily basis, proactively assessing and mitigating risk.

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Manage resource requirements, establish dependencies and balance priorities.

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Partner with technical and creative leadership to ensure project vision, deliverables and goals are clear.

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Maintain regular communication with the project team and coordinate dependencies with stakeholders.

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Manage scope and quality, proactively assess and mitigate risk

Requirements:
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Minimum of 5 years experience in a producer/project manager capacity.

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Strong technical appreciation for software involved in the development of games, media or digital entertainment.

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Demonstrable experience of short and long term scope and capacity management

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Proven ability to prepare mitigation and contingency plans before problems occur

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Passion and enthusiasm for games and game development.

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Experience in various project management methodologies such as Waterfall and Agile.

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Effective communication skills across all levels and disciplines.

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Ability to work in a dynamic and collaborative team environment.

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Excellent verbal and written skills.

Pluses:
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University degree or equivalent professional experience.

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Experience in cross-platform development environments.

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At least 2 shipped AAA game projects.

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Experience with Hansoft, JIRA, or other project management software tools.

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Lean/Agile certifications