Senior Producer

NetherRealm Studios

(Chicago, Illinois)
Full Time
Job Posting Details
About NetherRealm Studios
NetherRealm Studios, wholly owned by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, is a leader in the development of interactive entertainment as the creator of the billion dollar Mortal Kombat franchise. Mortal Kombat has spawned two theatrical films, multiple television series, and has sold over 28 million games to date. Located in Chicago, Illinois the award-winning NetherRealm team has been working and creating games together since 1992.
Summary
NetherRealm Studios, a division of WB Games Inc, and developers of Mortal Kombat and Injustice, seeks a Senior Producer to be responsible for overseeing the development team on one or more AAA projects. This position supports the leads, producers and assists the team by managing and executing a variety of tasks to support the teams in developing AAA video games. This position should be the pivotal person for information on the projects, and when something needs to get done they should know how to navigate the waters to achieve results.
Responsibilities
* Work with studio management and leads to establish and maintain the game’s vision, feature set, scope, staffing plan, schedule and budget. * Champion the game with the team to help maintain and drive energy, enthusiasm and urgency to the team. * Ensure that the project is delivered on time, that milestone goals are set and achieved, and that the team meets the ship date target while also hitting the quality and budget goals. * A natural leader: people listen to the direction you give them, and are willing to follow you. You are ready and willing to lead the charge. * With strong verbal and written communication skills, you are able to talk easily with all departments about all aspects of the project and facilitate communication among all internal disciplines of the team. * Interested in being in the trenches, involved with day to day decisions, while also being aware of the high-level vision. * Ability to lay out the overall development plan for a game, providing input for the design of games and nurturing the project from concept to implementation to ship. * Ability to take broad direction from studio and company senior management. * Manage day to day development issues, attempting to predict and avoid problems, while being prepared to troubleshoot and provide conflict resolution as needed. * Review and analyze all documents, task lists and interim builds from the team. Create and modify schedules as needed. * Review milestone deliveries to ensure quality and consistency with design and brand. * Source highly talented external resources to supplement all aspects of internal development.
Ideal Candidate
* A minimum of a bachelor's degree (or equivalent work experience) and 6+ years of production work experience. * The ideal candidate will have produced at least 5 game titles from inception to shipping as at least a producer title, at least one title as the Senior Producer, including one title which has shipped over 1 million units. * He/she will have excellent interpersonal skills. * He/she will be able to organize, prioritize and manage multiple tasks. * He/she will have relevant production & project management experience. * He/she will have the ability to see upcoming problems and work to solve them proactively. * Excellent communication skills required, both written and verbal. Must be able to manage communications effectively within development and publishing arms. * Must have strong organizational skills. * Must have strong scheduling, tracking and resource management skills. * Must have strong Production knowledge. * Must be collaborative and an effective negotiator. * Must be a resourceful and creative problem solver. * Requires a self -starter with high level of initiative and proactivity. * Work with QA Manager to review testing documentation and overall quality assurance process. * Participate in product demonstrations and press interviews as needed. * Travel and/or work at remote site as required. * The ideal candidate has previously led an internal, games development team, has shipped successful games on Console, and has also worked in the Mobile space.

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