Development Producer

Smoking Gun Interactive, a Keywords Studio , is an industry-leading game development studio founded in 2007 by award-winning industry veterans. SGI is fearless in creating IP and boldly partners with renowned brands to develop a wide range of world-class, immersive titles and interactive experiences that resonate with strategy gamers worldwide and entertain millions of casual players every day.

As a Producer at Smoking Gun Interactive (SGI), you’re an experienced team leader with excellent communication skills, and expertise in managing projects, priorities, schedules and team members. Additionally, you serve as the main point of contact with external publishers, and are able to communicate the project status and identify potential risks clearly at any time. You have robust experience producing and releasing PC and mobile titles in the game industry, and running live operations on released games. Whilst this position is being offered on a remote basis, we are only able to consider applicants who are currently located within the greater Vancouver area
Manage the development of a game title from concept to final product release, with an eye towards meeting defined budgets, schedules and quality targets;
Create milestone schedules to build the game in an optimal way for the, client, the team and the success of the product; Own the holistic long-term vision and strategy for the game, ensuring all development efforts align with the product's core pillars, player experience goals, and business objectives;
Continually drive forward the development of the game;
Work with team members to ensure daily tasks are in line with the product vision and that each member of the team is working from a tracked schedule and has a strong sense of ownership, responsibility and accountability for quality and timelines;
Identify risks as early as possible in order to mitigate them and communicate both issues and proposed solutions clearly;
Continuously assess risk and keep scope of the project in line with budget and schedule, while also working with team to be creative and produce the best quality game achievable within constraints;
Exhibit passion and ability to rally others by providing motivation for the team and all involved in the project;
Create and maintain project management documents including status reports, project plans, communications plans, post-mortems and compiling of historical information;
Minimum of 5 years’ experience in the production of PC, mobile, and console games, working in a project or product management role;
Experience with at least 2 shipped titles in a project manager, product owner, or senior production role;
Experience working from start to finish on a full game project;
Strong grounding in project management practices and agile development, with hands-on experience using tools such as Jira (ADO, Excel Dev, Test Dev, etc.);
A strong product mindset — capable of championing and maintaining the product vision, aligning teams around it, and ensuring execution supports long-term product goals;
A natural ability to be highly responsible, self-directed, and detail-oriented, with a strong drive to contribute to a creative environment;
Ability to manage and run effective live operations for released games;
Knowledge of additional software such as Photoshop, PowerPoint, MindManager;
A Bachelor’s Degree/Diploma or equivalent experience.
10 days vacation leave

• 5 paid days personal leave
• Life Insurance & Accidental Death & Dismemberment
• Dependent Life Insurance
• Long Term Disability (LTD)
• Dental Care
• Training & Development

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran’s status, age or disability.

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Area of Work: Game Development
Employment Type: Full Time
Remote