We’re looking for a Lead Producer to join our fully remote boutique videogame studio.

What you’ll do

• Collaborate closely with the Directors to facilitate focus on creating an amazing game while simultaneously managing operations, project scope, schedule, and communications
• Work in partnership with the Director and Studio Assistant to oversee studio operations
• Develop and review hiring plans with the Director for scaling a team from 5 collaborators to roughly 15 collaborators
• Maintain a production pipeline with tools based on the team’s needs
• Build and maintain project backlogs, roadmaps, and schedules
• Manage development budgets and define milestone deliveries for our current project, and create and manage budgets for future projects
• Anticipate and address potential problems like blockers, quality concerns, budget compromises and scope changes, and communicate those effectively
• Oversee production throughout the lifecycle of the project - from prototype to production and through to launch on console and PC
• Spearhead the creation, organization, and maintenance of meeting notes (in collaboration with studio assistant) and project documentation, and assist in creation of employee handbook and culture documentation
• Work with our QA contractors, platform, and localization and other partners to coordinate delivery of milestones

Who we’re looking for

• Extensive experience working in a senior production role in video game development
• Experience in running or assisting with studio operations at a game studio
• Experience with self-publishing a commercial video game on PC and console
• Shipped at least one commercial video game title on PC and console
• Empathetic and collaborative team leader who can inspire and manage others
• Experience with the whole lifecycle of game development from start to finish
• Prior experience with localization, QA, submission, and build processes
• Excellent leadership, project management, oral and written communication skills
• Thorough understanding and experience across product management tool sets (Favro, Notion, Miro, Google Workplace, etc.) and agile methodology
• Strong capability to multitask, prioritize, take initiative and work autonomously to strategise and spearhead deliverables
• Solid organizational skills and highly efficient time management - both for yourself and supporting others
• Committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive creative culture in a diverse studio

Must-haves

• Based in the UK or EU/EEA
• Aspirations towards an operations and/or production leadership role as studio grows
• Desire to grow with and collaborate in the growth of the studio

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Nice-to-haves

• Prior experience delivering a 3D first-person title
• Prior experience shipping a game on PlayStation

What we offer

• Four-day weeks
• Flexible hours
• Unlimited paid vacation (minimum 24 days)
• Sick leave
• Menstrual and menopause leave
• Extended year-end holidays

Important notes:

• We’ll begin scheduling interviews in April
• Successful candidates will be contacted to schedule an interview
• Candidates who have not been chosen for an interview may not be contacted or will be informed at the end of the interview process once the position is filled

Join our team

Does this sound like you? Would you like to build a new studio together from the ground up? Click the button to apply now.