Studio: Supercell
Job Opening: Lead Producers
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Project Roadmap – Develop and own the whole project schedule. Collaborate with the game leadership team to identify objectives at a strategic level and carry them through into low-level goals and milestone plans.
- Manage Dependencies – Identify and plan for strategic and tactical dependencies across the project.
- Team Capacity Plan – Manage the development schedule alongside a realistic capacity plan. Ensure the team can deliver consistently against project schedules, without burning out.
- Risk Management – Regularly assess and communicate risks to the schedule and to team capacity, and drive towards resolution.
- Project Communication – Manage expectations from both internal and external teams and stakeholders. Proactively communicate project status, priorities, and plan changes on a regular basis.
- Functional Workflows and Organization – Establish appropriate workflows and milestones tailored towards the needs of each sub-team. (ex: feature development, character art creation, etc.) Move the teams effectively through workflows from one milestone to the next, while ensuring a strong focus on collaboration, quality, and efficiency.
- Continuous Process Improvement – Regularly assess effectiveness of existing processes, gather team feedback, and make adjustments based on feedback and project phase needs. Maintain the right amount of structure, without adding unnecessary overhead.
- Resourcing Budgets – Track resourcing needs, and scenario plan for new headcount requirements for future plans.
- Leadership and Mentoring – Manage work priorities, and mentors the production group on tactics around delivering on schedule, while being a strong contributor to a healthy team culture.
Qualifications & Skills:
- 5 to 10 years of experience working in a gaming company in the role of a Producer, or Development Director
- Experience driving all major game development phases, from pre-production, through to live operations
- Excellent project management skills: able to flexibly adapt project management tools and processes, based on the game and team needs
- Experience establishing and managing functional workflows across multiple teams, with both internal and external groups
- Enjoys interacting with a diverse group of people, and has a passion for solving problems in order to help the team do their best work
- Effective at soliciting feedback from the team, and continuously improving processes
- Able to drive clear project alignment for the team, including within a distributed development environment
- Experience managing and forecasting for resourcing budgets
- A deep understanding of game development processes for Live Service Games
- Knowledge of production management software tools (JIRA, Excel, Trello, etc.)
- Excellent communication skills (in English)
- High level of professionalism and empathy
Nice to Haves
- Technical knowledge in automating and improving project management tools
- Broad knowledge of the F2P gaming market and current gaming trends
