As the Production Director at Wildflower, you will be responsible for overseeing the product’s vision as well as crafting the production processes required to repeatedly ship stellar games. You will maintain a healthy, collaborative, and productive team while supporting all publisher/developer relationships.
We’re a fairly new, small team, working on an innovative, new IP. Day-to-day we face various challenges. Given that, you’re going to need to be…
- A creative problem solver
- Open-minded
- A great listener
- Proactive
- Highly responsible
- Pragmatic
- Considerate
- Decisive
…and a little bit of a dreamer to fit in here.
Minimum Requirements:
We require a minimum of 6 years of production experience and/or at least 3 shipped game titles for this role.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the team in the development and evolution of the game’s vision and strategy.
- Ensure key game features and product choices further the strategic vision of the product.
- Monitor production outcomes and drive any necessary pivots to the product roadmap to deliver on product commitments.
- Effectively prioritize product and team decisions at the organizational level and orchestrate product-level strategic pivots based on analysis of data and new information.
- Holistically responsible for a game from ideation, prototype, pre-production, and beyond, directing all aspects of game development.
- Build a high-functioning team of developers to execute the strategic vision of the product.
- Manage the team’s overall execution strategy, identifying critical path issues, removing roadblocks, and driving efficiency and accountability in execution.
- Lead the team to excellence while fostering a positive team culture and an environment that motivates developers to bring their best effort.
- Continuously assess team and leadership capabilities to ensure that the product teams are set up for success.
- Encourage a learning environment in which constructive feedback is given and the entire team develops a deep understanding and empathy for our players to make player-focused decisions.
- Manage dependencies to ensure teams aren’t blocked.
- Facilitate prioritization conversations, aligning all parties on tradeoffs to meet project goals where necessary.
- Create, maintain, and improve the processes we use to coordinate work.
- Ensure the team has the best organizational structure, processes, and practices that allow them to produce high-quality work efficiently and on time.
- Deeply understand the game’s audience and ensure the product strategy matches the needs of the audience.
Required Experience & Skills:
- 6 years of production experience and/or at least 3 shipped game titles for this role.
- Extensive publisher relations and third-party vendor experience.
- Substantial experience in previous roles as Producer for a video game company.
- Entrepreneurial mindset and organization development skills; has built a creative organization or game project team from the ground up.
- Able to instill a healthy and strong growth mindset within an entire organization.
- Experience leading and functioning in ambiguous, collaborative environments with team members of several levels and disciplines.
- Experience leading and mentoring production team members.
- Experience maintaining excellent relationships with stakeholders.
- Demonstrated success building relationships across a variety of disciplines, personalities, backgrounds, and goals.
- Experience with iterative development methodologies and supporting software.
- Deep understanding of game development, software development process, and project management practices.
- Experience in console and/or PC development, including understanding technical requirements and supporting adoption of new platform features.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Self-starter; you approach challenges creatively and methodically, seeing them through to final resolution.
- Experience with remote work and coordinating work across multiple time zones.
- Leadership and mentorship skills.
Salary Range:
$185,000-$270,000 per year.
Benefits and Perks:
- Competitive Health Benefits; the company pays 100% of employee premiums and a high percentage of dependent premiums.
- FSA/DFSA (Pre-tax Health and Dependent Care Savings Accounts).
- Paid parental leave.
- 401k with a 3% company contribution.
- A flexible work-from-home policy.
- Unlimited, flexible paid vacation.
- Monthly paid holidays and 3 weeks of paid office closures a year.
- Creative & collaborative work environment.
- Just for fun team events.
- New Hire Transition Week: New employees are paid a “week of pay” equivalent starting bonus to allow them to rest and join our team feeling rejuvenated.
Application Review Process:
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, beginning August 14, 2024. This position will remain open until filled. We are looking to fill the role immediately. Please note that due to a large volume of applications, we will only contact candidates we would like to move forward with. You will receive an auto-reply confirming we have received your application. Thank you for your understanding.
Interviewing:
As part of the interview process, we may ask you to take a test to show us your skills and knowledge.
Thank you for your interest!
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