Executive Producer

2 weeks ago

San Francisco, United States Tbwa ChiatDay Inc Full time

Zynga is a global leader in interactive entertainment with a mission to connect the world through games and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO). With massive global reach in more than 175 countries and regions, the combined diverse portfolio of popular game franchises has been downloaded more than 6 billion times on mobile, including Star Wars: Hunters, CSR Racing, Dragon City, Empires & Puzzles, FarmVille, Golf Rival, Hair Challenge, Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells, High Heels, Merge Dragons, Merge Magic, Monster Legends, Toon Blast, Top Eleven, Toy Blast, Two Dots, Words With Friends, and Zynga Poker. Founded in 2007, Zynga is headquartered in California with locations in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Position Overview

Echtra Games is looking for an Executive Producer to join our growing team for a new AAA PC and Console ARPG project. We are looking for a production leader who is experienced at managing a large team of direct and indirect reports, and will have a good understanding of a wide range of leadership, management, communication, and production practices. They also need to be able to help drive and motivate the team and help to cultivate a positive team culture. Ultimately, this candidate will be a problem solver and not afraid to roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty. This will include everything from in-the-trenches problem solving that arises in the development processes to high level team planning and career coaching.

Key Roles and Responsibilities
  • Own execution of the game development process to ensure it's on time, on budget and at a high quality that realizes the vision for the project.
  • Work with your reports and discipline team leads to maintain and update an organizational structure, processes, and project plan that allow the team to produce high quality work on time and on budget.
  • Advocate for goals and team principles to help maintain and develop a healthy and supportive work environment.
  • Identify and help guide the team around potential hazards that come up through the normal game development process.
  • Help define and set best practices and make sure they are communicated out across the team.
  • Build and strengthen the communication across a distributed team in multiple time zones.
  • Advocate for the player experience by collaborating with design, engineering, and QA to maintain a focus on delivering polished gameplay.
  • Effectively communicate the core of your game to other parts of the Zynga organization, and help ensure that your game leverages the resources of the larger organization.
  • Facilitate regular progress reviews and presentations with cross-functional teams and external partners, highlighting key milestones and risk mitigation strategies to reinforce confidence in the development schedule.
  • Oversee milestone planning and execution, ensuring all internal and external teams align with the schedule for production, alpha, beta, and go-to-market preparations.
  • Develop and implement individualized growth plans for production team members.
Desired Skills and Experience
  • 10+ yrs of experience leading and guiding multidisciplinary teams through all stages of development with at least 2 games shipped as Executive Producer, Development Director or Game Director.
  • Understands how to lead multi-disciplinary teams and how to create and grow great games.
  • Extensive knowledge of and fluency in the game development process. Understands the ins and outs of game development from concept through live operations.
  • Able to motivate, support and guide others to attain successful outcomes and business objectives.
  • Experience with and knowledge of RPG, ARPG, and Looter Shooter game systems, balance, and variety.
  • Experience with various project management tools.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal).
  • Strong analytical skills, along with a keen attention to detail.
  • Small and large scale problem solver.
Pluses
  • Experience in Jira and Confluence.
  • Experience working in Unreal Engine based projects.
  • Background in AAA games.
What we offer you:
  • Competitive salary, bonus plan and ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Plan).
  • 401K Company Match Contribution (US).
  • RRSP/DPSP company match contribution (Canada).
  • Health coverage, dental, disability, critical illness, EAP, and life insurance (Canada).
  • Medical, dental, vision, EAP, life insurance, and disability benefits (US).
  • Virtual mental health and neurodiversity support programs.
  • Global Fitness reimbursement program.
  • Financial wellness program with unlimited access to certified financial planners.
  • Discretionary Time Off policy for many employees.
  • Family planning support program.
  • Generous paid parental, pregnancy-related disability, caregiver, and compassionate leaves.
  • Zynga happy hours and frequent employee events.
  • Flexible working hours on many teams.
  • Culture of diversity and inclusion including employee resource groups.
  • Work with cool people and impact millions of daily players.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization. Employment with us is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic – not an individual’s race, creed, color, religion, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses, reproductive health decision, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.

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