Lead Producer
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Acting Producer on Key & Strategic Projects * Define goals, scope, milestones, budget, and risks for your own project. * Build and validate the production plan, schedule, and proposal for your project. * Keep your roadmap aligned ; manage scope, change requests, and risk on your project. * Own quality and on-time delivery of all client commitments on your project. * You are the key point of contact for your current project(s), not just to other developers but across all disciplines & projects.
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Managing your Producer Team * Coach Producers on schedule accuracy and ownership of their own projects. * Set and uphold production methodology across the Producer team (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall). * Mentor Producers and support their career development. * Keep a collaborative, efficient production culture across departments, for the team’s projects.
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Representing Production * Represent production internally and externally, for the studio as a whole. * Build trust with client stakeholders through consistent communication, across all client relationships in the studio. * Lead discussions on schedule, budget, risk, and change (with clear recommendations, for any project in the studio when needed). * Drive alignment and resolve conflicts across cross-functional teams, studio-wide.
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Group-Level Reporting * Structured reporting on progress, risk, budget, staffing, and KPIs across all projects (yours and your Producer team’s). * Deliver concise management summaries with clear insights, covering the full project portfolio. * Consolidate production data across all projects and contribute to group standards and best practices.
Requirements
- Senior production experience : 8-10+ years in production, including 2+ years as Senior / Lead Producer in complex creative or software environments ; strong understanding of game development standards (publisher-side experience is a plus).
- Game development expertise : You’ll have worked on 5+ games and are likely to be an expert in one or more technology areas, with solid command of game production pipelines, workflows, and industry practices.
- Client communication : confident communicator able to manage senior client relationships and operate effectively in multicultural contexts.
- Leadership & team management : proven ability to guide, motivate, and support cross-disciplinary teams ; strong stress management and team coordination skills.
- Production methodologies : expertise in Agile / Scrum / Waterfall ; Scrum Master or equivalent certification valued.
- Problem solving & pragmatism : pragmatic mindset with strong risk anticipation, scope control, and prioritization abilities.
- Data & tools : familiarity with Power BI is an advantage.
- Languages : fluent in English and French.
- Cross studio coordination : experience working across multiple teams, studios, and stakeholders.
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