Senior Producer I

Description

Summary: Join a dedicated team to craft Blizzard’s next great game, Overwatch Rush, as a Senior Producer, leading and supporting multi-craft teams. Highlights: 1. Lead, motivate, and support multi-craft teams for a new mobile hero shooter. 2. Develop and manage production schedules for successful game deliveries. 3. Foster a positive, feedback-focused culture and guide team performance. **Team Name:** Unannounced Project**Job Title:** -------------- Senior Producer I**Requisition ID:** ------------------- R027104**Job Description:** -------------------- Welcome, heroes! Overwatch Rush is a new top\-down Hero shooter designed specifically for mobile, set in the Overwatch universe. Overwatch Rush is being developed by a dedicated team with deep mobile experience. Join us as we expand the Overwatch universe and bring fresh new adventures to players across all platforms! We are currently looking for an enthusiastic and collaboration\-oriented Senior Producer to help us craft Blizzard’s next great game. You will bring a strong background of leading, motivating, and supporting multi\-craft teams, as well as developing and being responsible for the production schedule to ensure successful deliveries. Sound like your next challenge? We can't wait to meet you! We’re an inclusive team that welcomes new members with unique perspectives. We care deeply about the games we build and how we create them. We can't wait to meet you!! **Responsibilities** -------------------- * Engage with the game leads to understand and champion the game vision, performance goals, quality expectations, and backlog. * Partner with area leads to ensure full understanding of production requirements, constraints and dependencies. Ensure everything is translated into a refined product backlog in order to deliver the right quality experience on a predictable and efficient timeline. * Build and maintain the production plan in partnership with the team and leads, and... make it happen! * Align the team around clear and motivating goals that are connected to the game strategy. Lead and support them to deliver quality features and content. * Guide the game team to proactively identify and mitigate emerging problems and risks, while promoting team wide visibility. * Ensure your team is inspired, motivated, and impactful. * Encourage and support a positive, feedback\-focused culture in your team and help identify and resolve morale or engagement issues. * Provide support, input, and feedback towards individuals’ performance and growth. **Minimum Requirements** ------------------------ * Have contributed to the development, release, and/or service operations of at least one game or live digital product. * Experience in leading multiple teams. * Experience with lean/agile product management and methodologies. * Champion a team culture of trust and respect, where open feedback, accountability, and courage to experiment quickly and learn are the norm. * Able to receive feedback openly and adjust leadership style and way of working. * Understanding and/or experience with F2P business models. * Love for games and product development. * Strong verbal and written communication skills. **Your Platform** ----------------- Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, and StarCraft®, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), a division of Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences. Blizzard Entertainment has created some of the industry’s most critically acclaimed and genre\-defining games over the last 30 years, with a track record that includes multiple Game of the Year awards. Blizzard Entertainment engages tens of millions of players around the world with titles available on PC via Battle.net®, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android. **Our World** ------------- Activision Blizzard, Inc., is one of the world's largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, Candy Crush™ and Bubble Witch™. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet! Our ability to build immersive and innovate worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well\-being for ‘Every World’ \- we’ve got our employees covered! The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast\-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners. We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under\-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply. We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com. General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics