Senior Game Producer, Engine - Overwatch | Irvine, CA

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Senior Game Producer, Engine - Overwatch | Irvine, CA

Requisition ID:

R025859

Job Description:

Soldiers, scientists, adventurers, oddities! We are the Overwatch team, passionate gamers at heart, and we’re looking for a new hero to help us make Overwatch 2 - the globe-spanning sequel to Blizzard Entertainment’s acclaimed team-based game.  
 

As a Senior Producer on the Engine team, you will leverage your production craft mastery and experience, driving the engineering team responsible for the Overwatch 2 game engine.  You will partner with engineering, design and art leaders across the Overwatch development team to ensure the engine   

This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position, with some work on-site and some work-from-home. The potential home studio for this role is Irvine, CA. 

  

Responsibilities: 

• Partner with the engine team leads to set achievable, strategic goals each quarter and sprint. 

• Partner with Overwatch design and content teams to build and refine a product backlog that aligns with the project’s larger strategic release goals. 

• Produce the various Engine development teams, empowering them to deliver against annual, quarterly, and sprint goals. 

• Drive the definition and engagement of a list of key collaborators for each content team, ensuring their feedback empowers an iterative loop of continuous improvement. 

• Facilitate team ceremonies applying agile methodologies, such as, but not limited to, standups, sprint/milestone planning and reviews, playtests, and vision-setting. 

• Create alignment between partners and facilitate the flow of information to achieve a shared understanding of the goals and results within the project. 

• Proactively identify gaps, roadblocks, and bottlenecks that may prevent the team from achieving their goals in a timely manner. 

• Exemplify reliability, accountability, and professionalism in all work-related interactions. 

• Monitor and understand key trends in graphics, game engine and console technologies and use this knowledge to craft a multi-year technology strategy for Overwatch 2.   

• Engage and manage partner and co-dev relationships including requirements documentation, schedule alignment and resource management.   

  

Experience: 

• 8+ years of AAA game development experience in a production or engineering role or combination of education and applicable experience. 

• Must have shipped at least one AAA game as a producer or equivalent role OR worked on a Live Service AAA game for multiple season or patch cycles. 

• Experience with Unity, Unreal or proprietary game engines.   

• Experience working with different project management methodologies (i.e. Sprint, Agile, Kanban) and can identify which methodology is best suited for the different needs of the project. 

  

Knowledge & Skills: 

• Strong technical expertise, specifically in the domain of game engines or engine development about delivering an extraordinary experience to our players. 

• Ability to work under stress and help your team members to navigate various challenges and a