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Our client, a leading provider of video game content and experiences across multiple platforms, is looking to hire a Producer II Game Production - Delivery.
Key Responsibilities
. Drive the organization and delivery of team s feature work
. Runs day to day team production operations
. Creates and maintains clean, up-to-date work backlog
. Facilitates team meetings, discussions, and decisions
. Supports team by removing roadblocks and managing distractions
. Directs and supports team rituals
. Supports planning process
. Cross-functional work planning and gathers accurate estimations
. Velocity tracking on sprint and release basis
. Sprint / milestone commitment tracking
. Dependency / risk tracking
. Quality tracking (bug count, bug velocity, subjective quality post ship)
. Tracks and communicates progress to stakeholders and rest of team
. Tracks work (planned, unplanned, emergent)
. Responsible for stakeholder management and communication
. End to end feature delivery tracking
. Define and ensure work meets definition of done
. Update and track against common delivery checklist for shipping
Ensure team s work matches overall Project priorities and goals
Create and Prioritize team backlog
Lead product discovery incorporating cross discipline perspectives (such as design, art, and engineering)
Able to communicate and get stakeholder buy-in on the why behind the team s work
. Responsible for communicating team staffing needs
. Knowledgeable of team workflows to inform staffing needs, estimates, and risks
. Responsible for understanding total required scope for team s efforts
. Work with Project Leads to determine staffing needs
. Observe and communicate team health insights if gathered to squad leaders as appropriate
Requirements and Skills
. Has shipped games in a production role focusing on tactical delivery, or has related experience with enough context to be familiar and up to speed quickly
. 4+ years experience leading teams through feature development (planning, execution, delivery, post-release support)
. Position is responsible for Jira admin and step-up so experience at the Jira managing level is required
. Experience leading teams through feature development (planning, execution, delivery, post-release support)
. Experience with a live game is a plus
. Experience with gathering information for and creating presentations and sharing information
. Comfort and understanding of various project management methodologies and tools (like agile, scrum, lean, Excel, Google Sheets, and the Confluence suite of tools)
. Proven Leader: You've led development endeavours and have a proven track record of creating conditions for success for teams.
. Systemic Solver: You take a holistic systems thinking view of the product development lifecycle and adapt processes accordingly
. Clear decision making and communication: You make informed and timely decisions, are able to communicate them effectively and walk your teammates through the tradeoffs.
Who is Calance?
Calance is a global IT company with operations in the United States, Canada and India. Over the years, Calance has grown organically and has acquired numerous successful IT Services firms along the way. As a result, the company today is a mix of diverse cultures, talents and expertise that collaborate globally to bring our best capabilities and thinking to clients. Calance also offers benefits which includes Medical, Dental, Vision care and 401K.
Calance - the place to grow.
www.calance.com