Does the opportunity to help create brand new Gaming experiences for multiple platforms, including Xbox and Windows excite you? Do you yearn to directly impact epic games and franchises you have been playing for years? Will you thrive in a fast-paced, continually evolving, customer-centric environment focused on delivering amazing entertainment?

343 Industries is looking for a Publishing Senior Producer to help develop projects in the Halo universe. This is your chance to work on one of the most exciting and creative intellectual properties in the industry with one of the industry’s most talented teams. As a Publishing Senior Producer, you are core to aiding the productivity of your development partner and ensure you remove any roadblocks for them whilst driving forward and representing the project’s needs internally. The ideal candidate will be able to gracefully shift between different teams (internal and external) aiding them were necessary and contributing to overall smooth running of the project/projects.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will have:

• Must be a self-starter and take initiative with little direction.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Must have strong cross team communication skills and be able to talk to all disciplines easily.
• Passion for and Knowledge of Games. Beyond loving video games, understanding what makes a great video game is key.
• Requires a positive, team-oriented attitude.
• Experience Shipping Games. You must have experience shipping games through multiple product cycles both from an internal and external producer perspective.
• Experience working in a Live Ops environment.
• Decision Making. You use your intellectual horsepower to break problems down into discrete elements and solutions, and can demonstrate how those solutions positively impact the entire product.
• Experience managing a team of producers.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize.
• Must have current gen video game knowledge, Halo knowledge is preferable.
• Should be comfortable with Excel and MS Project as well as bug tracking software programs.
• Experience working in a publishing role or with external development teams is a plus.

Qualifications

As a Publishing Senior Producer in 343 Industries, you will work directly with the publishing management team to define a project vision and then run and drive this project keeping it functioning smoothly. This role requires someone who can move between strategic thinking and planning to tactical execution. They will be responsible for owning the project overall and tasks include: 

• Build a strong working relationship with the game development team and help them with any obstacles to ensure that the game is “fun” and on time.
• Actively participate in a large cross-functional “virtual” team, including groups as diverse as: Programming, Art, Game Design, Audio, Test, Marketing, Content Publishing, User Research, Localization, Business Development, Finance, Legal, GeoPolitical, web site development teams, and more.
• Run risk assessments and identify problems before they occur, utilize 343 Publishing team expertise to resolve issues.
• Milestone scheduling, organize cross team assessment for approval with detailed follow up and arrange payment when approved.
• Construct structured and detailed reports showing current status of project.
• Work within the project database entering and triaging tasks.
• Create strategic initiatives with our internal and external partner teams to operate our games as a service.
• Exemplify 343 values and culture and own their promotion within teams.
• Ensure the game hits the quality expected of a title within the Halo Franchise.
• Focus on results and take pride in work done.
• Management of producers and associate producers on your projects.
• Management of external partners and their relationship with the studio.
  
  

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