Studio: Iron Galaxy Studios
Job Opening: Lead Producer
Location: Chicago (IL), Nashville (TN), Austin (TX), or Orlando (FL)
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with leads and directors to create the project roadmap, milestone breakdown, and sprint practices
- Define, run, and improve processes to ensure project health
- Build and manage the relationship with the project partner
- Proactively identify and propose solutions for project risks
- Lead your production team with a high-level vision, low-level individual responsibility breakdowns, and regular 1-1 coaching
- Represent the project and be the bridge between the studio and the development team
- Engage in knowledge sharing in the department, raising the bar for what great production means for the studio
- Model what excellence looks like and lead through influence while looking for positive solutions to all problems
Qualifications & Skills:
- 7+ years of production experience in a game development environment
- Expert knowledge of game industry-standard software tools, design documents, and production processes/best practices (budgets, game concept, and prototyping creation, project management, bug reports, and defect tracking)
- High-level time-management skills with the ability to focus on priorities, manage change, and deliver against agreed deadlines
- Be a thought partner with your team and foster a spirit of collaboration
- Experience working under rapid development cycles
- Proven mediation and problem-solving skills
- Sound decision-making capabilities with a demonstrable ability to think outside the box
- Meaningful communication skills that lead to proactive and effective solutions
- Knowledge of Jira and Confluence
