Producer

About the Hiring TeamWelcome to Lightspeed LA, the first U.S.-based, AAA game development studio for Tencent Games. Lightspeed LA is focused on building open-world games that emphasize an ambitious living world, sophisticated player-driven gameplay, and mature, thoughtful storytelling. We are developing the first in a series of genre-defining titles.
Why join Lightspeed LA?
For us, it's not only about the exciting, new AAA open world game we're developing but also about team values and studio culture. We foster an open and transparent environment where everyone feels comfortable providing constructive feedback about all aspects of our games.
● We encourage the showing of work that's still in progress.
● We don't attack or question unfinished work, we celebrate its promise.
● We have a No Blame Culture where we blame the problem, not the person.
This is a safe place to fail, and we don't view failure as a negative, but as the natural result of pushing boundaries and trying new things. We create together. We face Challenges Together. We succeed together.

What the Role Entails

Lightspeed LA is seeking a talented and highly motivated Producer with a passion for games. In this role, you will be collaborating with game industry veterans to produce high-quality content for an ambitious next-generation AAA game. The ideal candidate is a skilled Producer who has the production and organizational experience to help coordinate and support production departments, manage cross-departmental requests, and deliver high-quality work.

Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Own and manage various feature roadmaps which includes scheduling and tracking updates across all feature groups from design requests, engineering support, and game integration.
• Communicate frequently and effectively across all departments so visibility is clear, dependencies are tracked, and roadblocks are eliminated.
• Collaborate with various departments to create, track, weigh resource availability, and negotiate requests to ensure all work is on track for delivery.
• Ensure the impact of scope changes are understood and their ramifications are communicated.
• Work closely with the Production teams and development leadership to drive prompt decision making.
• Coordinate the day-to-day work of various teams, including conveying production and roadmap data to steer the production schedules and plans.
• Contribute to developing and refining our production processes to increase studio efficiency and quality.
• Champion long and short-term goals to further the studio’s overarching goals
• Serve as a production mentor and provide leadership, information, and mentoring for others.
• Other production duties as required.

Who We Look For

• 5+ years in game production or an equivalent project management role
• Experience developing multi-platform AAA game development
• Well versed in using Jira, Shotgun/ShotGrid, or other industry standard tasking systems, including crafting basic JQL or other equivalent searches to build relevant dashboards/data sets
• Ability to effectively work alongside a variety of different groups including designers, artists, engineers, and animators
• Detailed oriented with strong verbal and written communication skills
• Proven record of handling both day-to-day updates and longer-term strategy planning
• Demonstrated proficiency with building, growing, or improving existing development pipelines
• Capable of working independently and multitasking to cover various projects and pipelines as needed

Pluses

• Passion for video games
• Project Management Professional Certification
• Agile Project Management Certification

Why Join Us?

Location State(s)

US-California-Irvine

The expected base pay range for this position in the location(s) listed above is $92,880.00 to $214,800.00 per year. Actual pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Employees hired for this position may be eligible for a sign on payment, relocation package, and restricted stock units, which will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Subject to the terms and conditions of the plans in effect, hired applicants are also eligible for medical, dental, vision, life and disability benefits, and participation in the Company’s 401(k) plan. The Employee is also eligible for up to 15 to 25 days of vacation per year (depending on the employee’s tenure), up to 13 days of holidays throughout the calendar year, and up to 10 days of paid sick leave per year. Your benefits may be adjusted to reflect your location, employment status, duration of employment with the company, and position level. Benefits may also be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

Equal Employment Opportunity at Tencent

As an equal opportunity employer, we firmly believe that diverse voices fuel our innovation and allow us to better serve our users and the community. We foster an environment where every employee of Tencent feels supported and inspired to achieve individual and common goals.