Senior Producer - Dauntless/Fae Farm

Responsibilities :

• Partner with the Director of Production to manage and support a cross-functional development team of software engineers, designers, and artists.
• Accountable for all production aspects of the game team, including headcount and staffing allocations, organization structure, team health and performance, budget, forecasts, scheduling, quality, and project planning and tracking.
• Maintain the plan for GaaS / live services work that serves millions of players around the world.
• Assume the Head of Delivery role on an Agile team, and facilitate team rituals such as standups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Build excellent relationships across Phoenix Labs studios, as well as with our partners and community.
• Actively manage and mitigate risk, drive estimation and monitor progress, and lead problem resolution as issues arise.
• Support the team’s growth and development, and ensure they’re empowered to do their best work.

Requirements :

• 3+ years of leadership experience in AAA game development.
• Shipped one multi-platform game title with end-to-end production experience of multiple features in the title.
• Is a steady and practiced hand at steering a game’s production through the different stages of development.
• Experienced in scaling and managing a cross-functional development team from the small size of early-stage development through to the larger size of production, launch, and live service.
• Excellent written and verbal communicator who is capable of building alignment with large and varied groups.
• At home in a cross-functional, team-based environment, and has the ability to thrive in and promote a culture of collaboration and transparency.
• Strategic thinker with high proficiency in various project management methodologies, who knows when to apply which methodologies to drive toward effective outcomes.
• Highly proficient at core project management skills and able to share knowledge by coaching or training others in skills like planning, scheduling, estimation, risk assessment, capacity planning, scoping, budgeting, and staffing.
• Adept at preparing mitigation and contingency plans before problems occur within a team or project.
• Deep experience with or certification in Agile and Scrum methodologies.

Preferred :

• Shipped a minimum of one live service game in a leadership role, and is familiar with running and maintaining a game service with regular updates.
• Experience with Confluence, Jira, Google Suite, and Slack.
• Experience with Unreal Engine and Perforce.

Pay Transparency

Phoenix Labs believes in pay equity and we welcome conversations with candidates on how their salary expectations align with our established ranges.

As you progress through the interview process, it may be determined that your experience might align better with a higher / lower level of position than you originally applied for and, should that happen, we will discuss the new pay range with you before moving forward with additional interviews or an offer.

Phoenix Labs covers the cost of basic medical for employees and their dependents, in addition to offering generous Dental and Paramedical Services.

For 2023, we match employees' contributions to their RRSP up to 5% of their salaries. We provide employees with a flexible vacation plan, all the Provincial Statutory holidays, and unlimited sick time.

Benefits listed may vary depending on the nature of your employment and / or work location. Benefit plan details will be provided upon a candidate receiving an offer of employment.

Canada Pay Range$135,000 $190,000 CAD

Who We Are

We make games because we love them, and we love the way they inspire us, bring us together, and enrich our lives. Our mosaic community of game developers is united by shared values and a desire to innovate and create new kinds of core, lifestyle, multiplayer games.

Phoenix Labs has a physical studio located in Vancouver (BC), but we are open to remote or hybrid for certain roles.