Senior Producer

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Snowed In Studios Inc.

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An Ottawa-based game development studio that helps create everything from mobile games to AAA console titles.

Low- and high-level programming • PC, Console, Mobile, Web Development • Educational and Serious Games • Video Game Development

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Description

• Lead internal software and creative teams to guide the execution and production of games for a global gaming audience • Proactively manage and reduce project risks throughout production • Create workback and production schedules and keep interested parties updated • Forecast and maintain production financials: Budget creation, scheduling and milestone definitions • Coach, mentor and grow your team; be a guide through creative and technical challenges. We want to hear how you serve a technical and creative team of developers to reach a common goal, and how you develop the individual potential of every team member. • Regularly evaluate priorities, staffing and resources, and thoughtfully adjust business strategies to react to changing requirements • Provide visibility internally and externally; deliver presentations and reviews with company leadership, internal teams and to clients • Playtest the game, be the voice of players, provide and disseminate feedback with different internal teams

Requirements

• 5+ years of leadership experience in gaming production, game project management, game publishing or consumer-facing software application development including the experience to develop, plan and execute game projects, from pitch to certification on console, mobile, PC and emergent game platforms • 2+ shipped titles on console or PC • 5+ years of project management experience, including various development methodologies • Experience managing distributed development in multiple geographies • Build, track and maintain both simple and complex project schedules, based on current knowledge of all game development disciplines, including management of staffing, financials and writing contracts • Experienced with client-facing relationships and communications along with strong mediation and negotiation skills • Experience using multiple project management and product management tools: Jira, ADO, Miro, Figma, Mural, Trello, etc.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package that covers Dental Care, Health Care (including out of country coverage), Vision Care, Long Term Disability, Physio, Massage etc. • Generous leave policies including 4 weeks paid vacation (plus 1 week over the Holiday Season), unlimited sick leave and 2 paid personal days. We also provide parental leave top-up and an Employee and Family Assistance Plan that offer 24/7 free and confidential help with your physical and mental health. • RRSP Matching and Employee Stock Purchase Programs • Financial assistance with relocation to Ottawa, ON • A dynamic and supportive team environment with a range of experience and an amazing culture – we have board game nights, movie, nights, arcade tournaments, and more to help blow off steam and hang out together. • The opportunity to build or expand your career the way you want to, in a smaller studio connected to a global studio family. • A way-cool yet way cozy hoodie!