Senior Technical Game Producer, Mobile - Warcraft Rumble | Irvine, Ca

Team Name:
Warcraft Rumble
Job Title:
Senior Technical Game Producer, Mobile - Warcraft Rumble | Irvine, CA
Requisition ID:
R021559
Job Description:
We are seeking a versatile and expert Senior Technical Game Producer to join the development of Warcraft Rumble. If you have a passion for mobile development and want to participate in the future of Blizzard, we want to hear from you!
As a Senior Technical Game Producer on the team, you will have a strong understanding of game development guidelines and production methodologies, collaborating with our teams to ensure achievable goals are outlined and realized throughout the phases of development. Your role is essential to the development process by coordinating across technical disciplines, encouraging effective and open communication, and directing features and technical initiatives from concept, to release, and live ops. When particularly hard problems arise, you will draw upon your diverse experience and the collective creativity of the groups you support to remove blockers and produce a Blizzard-worthy game.
This role is a hybrid work position, with some work on-site and some work-from-home. The home studio for this role is Irvine, CA.
Responsibilities

• Drive the completion of project goals, maintain the technical roadmap, and facilitate communication, organization, and accountability across engineering teams
• Communicate frequently with producers as well as with team leadership regarding project status, risks, and opportunities
• Create and track long-range project schedules for engineering teams
• Help make decisions with team leads on workflows, pipelines, priorities, and resources
• Collaborate with team leadership to maintain alignment and drive project goals forward
• Anticipate production issues and remove roadblocks or bottlenecks that may prevent developers from achieving their goals on time
• Provide effective and constructive feedback to the team, providing suggestions and solutions for improvement when applicable
• As a senior producer, you'll be expected to take on mentees from time to time as well as contribute back to the production discipline and process within the Warcraft Rumble team
• Serving as an ambassador of Blizzard core values and team values; "Leading Responsibly" in all interactions and activities
• Promote, contribute to, and participate in a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion

Requirements

• 5+ years of game production experience
• Must have shipped at least one AAA game in a producer or senior producer role
• Adept at managing agile game development teams using Scrum and/or Kanban
• Battle-tested knowledge of software development and project management processes
• Experience facilitating and mediating dependencies across engineering disciplines and departments
• Ability to build, track, and maintain engineering schedules
• Highly self-motivated and accountable
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Pluses

• Professional game industry experience on a live game
• Shipped one or more mobile games in a production role
• Experience using JIRA and Confluence
• Scrum Master and/or Product Owner certification
• Knowledge of engineering, art, tech art, and design production practices
• Former engineer or coding experience
• Experience handling an engineering pipeline-you understand and are able to facilitate workflows, have a grasp of production costs and timelines, and you are able to communicate this to leadership and the team

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.
Accommodation Request: We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com. General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.
Our World
At Blizzard Entertainment, we pour our hearts and souls into everything we create. Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, and StarCraft, we've been creating genre-defining games for millions of players around the world for more than 30 years. We're on a quest: bring our dreams to life and craft the most epic entertainment experiences...ever. Hard work, iteration and polish go into the Blizzard "secret recipe," but the most important ingredients come from talented people who share our vision. If that sounds like you, join us.
The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics.
Rewards
We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for 'Every World' - we've got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:

• Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
• 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
• Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
• Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;
• If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.

Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/.
In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $80,800.00 - $149,400.00 Annual. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Ultimately, your specific range and offer will be based on several factors, including relevant experience, performance, and work location. Your Talent Professional can share this role's range details for your local geography during the hiring process. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed.