Senior Producer, Missions - Unannounced Game

Team Name: Unannounced Project Job Title: Senior Producer, Missions - Unannounced Game Requisition ID: R025560 Job Description:

At Blizzard, we craft genre-defining games and legendary worlds for all to share. Through unparalleled creativity and storytelling, we create immersive universes and iconic characters that are beloved across platforms, borders, backgrounds, and generations - only made possible by building a work environment that cultivates the artistry of game development and unleashes the aspirations of our people. As a Senior Producer on the mission team, you will leverage your production craft mastery and experience, driving the cross-functional mission team to ensure achievable goals are outlined and realized throughout the phases of development. When particularly hard problems arise, you will draw upon your diverse experience and the collective creativity of the groups you support to remove roadblocks and produce an incredible game. This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position, with some work on-site and some work-from-home. The potential home studio for this role is Irvine, CA. Responsibilities: Partner with the mission team product owner to set achievable, strategic goals each quarter and sprint. Partner with supported teams to build and refine a product backlog that aligns with the project’s larger strategic release goals. Produce the cross-discipline mission team, empowering them to deliver against annual, quarterly, and sprint goals. Drive the definition and engagement of a list of key collaborators for each product team, ensuring their feedback empowers an iterative loop of continuous improvement. Facilitate team ceremonies applying agile methodologies, such as, but not limited to, standups, sprint/milestone planning and reviews, playtests, and vision-setting. Create alignment between partners and facilitate the flow of information to achieve a shared understanding of the goals and results within the project. Proactively identify gaps, roadblocks, and bottlenecks that may prevent the team from achieving their goals in a timely manner. Exemplify reliability, accountability, and professionalism in all work-related interactions. Experience: 8+ years of AAA game development experience in a production role or combination of education and applicable experience. Must have shipped at least one AAA game as a producer or equivalent role. Experience supporting product teams to deliver in-game mission/campaign assets at AAA scale and quality. Experience working with different project management methodologies (i.e. Sprint, Agile, Kanban) and can identify which methodology is best suited for the different needs of the project. Knowledge & Skills: Strong product approach, passionate about delivering an extraordinary experience to our players. Ability to work under stress and help your team members to navigate various challenges and achieve positive results. Strong prioritization skills, both for your own work and for the team. Persistent self-motivation, self-organization, optimism, and initiative. Calm and deliberate within a highly dynamic, fast-paced environment. Up to date with the razor’s edge of industry trends including new game genres, new game development methodologies, and emergent technology. Experience using JIRA and Confluence. Your Platform Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, and StarCraft®, \

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