// Open Role at Team LFG
Are you on a mission to create games that bond players together into deeply invested communities? Would you like to help build a game where players can express themselves and find friendship with other players? Do you care deeply about setting your team up to deliver on their goals in a healthy, sustainable way? Are you excited to get your hands dirty and find the most effective ways to collaborate together - remotely and in-person - on a new IP and game?
As a Lead Producer on teamLFG, you will be responsible for a group of teams creating a major portion of a brand new IP at PlayStation. Through collaboration with other product leaders, the Lead Producer is responsible for creation of thorough production plans for their area and execution against those plans in a sustainable way, including updating and altering the plans as needed. The Lead Producer aides the Executive Producer in ensuring that the team follows production best practices and handles management and career growth of the producers on their team. This is a process and people driven role that requires a strong focus on establishing and maintaining efficient lines of communication. The ideal candidate is a self-motivated and empathetic organizer of people and process who embodies a service mindset.
We look for candidates who value joining a mission-focused team with a diverse set of backgrounds, experiences, interests, and viewpoints.
Responsibilities
Lead a team of producers within your game area to create robust production plans and execute against those plans, adjusting to the changing needs of the project over time
Understand overall project goals and use those to inform planning and decisions in your areas of ownership
Identify and collaborate with other discipline leads to mitigate risks within your areas of ownership, ensuring that the team has the space to create something amazing while staying on a path toward ship
Manage and direct producers within your development group, collaborate with them to define near-term goals, mentor them regarding project or people challenges, and support them in achieving career objectives
Produce the Leadership Team for your area including scheduling and running rituals, tracking risks, etc
Establish production pipelines and processes for your areas of ownership
Iterate on production processes over time to continuously improve our collaboration, transparency, and velocity
Lead by example, demonstrating production best practices and subject matter expertise within your area
Directly produce feature teams within your area as needed
Collaborate with Executive Producer and other producers to align production plans across all areas of development
Assist the Executive Producer in managing production budgets, including both staff headcount and development budget
Required Skills & Experience
Proven internal game development experience in a production leadership role, including experience producing creative teams
Exemplary communication skills, outstanding analytical skills, and attention to detail
Social intelligence, great interpersonal skills, and empathy for creative teams
Strong critical thinking skills, results oriented, focused and composed under pressure
Understanding of agile ways of working and a proven track record of applying agile concepts and practices
Comfortable dealing with ambiguity, including effectively leading a team despite that ambiguity
Demonstrable product acumen to inform subjective product opinions
Commitment to the principles of servant leadership
Proficient in JIRA, Excel, Confluence or equivalent production tools
Experience working on a live game ("games as a service")
Nice-To-Have Skills
Experience working on development of a new IP from preproduction through ship and sustain
Experience producing teams creating Social games and modes
At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.
Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.
In addition, this role is eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. Click here to learn more.
This is a flexible role that can be remote, with varying pay ranges based on geographic location. For example, if you are based out of Seattle, the estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.
$162,000—$243,000 USD
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