Senior Game Producer, World Development - Overwatch 2

Team Name:

Overwatch

Job Title:

Senior Game Producer, World Development - Overwatch 2

Requisition ID:

R026162

Job Description:

Soldiers, scientists, adventurers, oddities… game producers? Overwatch, a team of passionate gamers and game developers, is looking for a new hero to help us develop Overwatch 2 – Blizzard’s acclaimed globe-spanning team-based FPS.
 

Members of the Overwatch team are driven to deliver the most fun and compelling experiences to our players. As a Senior Game Producer for World Development, you will collaborate with both internal and external development teams responsible for crafting Overwatch’s vibrant maps and world. Our goal is to surprise and delight our players. We believe in communication and collaboration within our team and with our players. This philosophy – along with Blizzard’s values of “For the Love of Play” and “Better Together” – have made Overwatch one of Blizzard's most successful games and forged a bond of trust with a global player community that is one of the keys to Overwatch’s success.

Are you the hero who has what it takes to produce Overwatch’s game maps and modes? If you are passionate about Overwatch and the craft of game content production, we’d love to hear from you!
 

This is a full-time position – in-office in Irvine, California Tuesdays through Thursdays – with the option for work-from-home on Mondays and Fridays.
 

Responsibilities:

• Build, curate, and drive (with alignment from pipeline leads) a content development process for game maps and modes
• Develop, maintain, and communicate team goals, roadmaps, capacity plans, and schedules
• Lead cross-disciplinary strike teams building world-related game content & features
• Schedule, organize, and drive a game content pipeline spanning level design, concepting, modeling, scripting, playtesting, iteration, outsourcing, finaling, engine performance, quality assurance and defect resolution, delivery, shipping, and live patching
• Partner with pipeline and discipline leadership to clearly define goals and deliverables – and drive communication to ensure alignment is reached and deadlines are met while respecting plans, work balance, and quality standards
• Partner with Quality Assurance to ensure game maps and modes are configured, functional, performant, and thoroughly tested before release
• Facilitate and manage healthy communication throughout the team. Champion the team and its members. Foster a culture of collaboration and trust
• Identify, communicate, and work to mitigate risks and challenges that may prevent the team or its partners from realizing its deliverables and goals at quality and on-time
• Communicate frequently with the stakeholders on deliverable status and improvement insights
• Own, define, and refine processes and workflows throughout the Worldbuilding team
• Own the game lobby screen pipeline, ensuring setup, timely release, and on-time asset delivery through cross-team coordination
   

Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience with a Producer or Project Manager title on a significant shipped or shippable game title
• Shipped significant game world content or patches as a game producer
• Demonstrable ability to create, track, and maintain clear roadmaps, team schedules, and drive multiple projects to completion on-time and at-quality while ensuring work balance
• Communicate effectively and succinctly with and solicit, receive, and integrate feedback from leaders and stakeholders
• Comfortable with ambiguity and able to drive to clarity through collaboration, alignment, planning, risk-mitigation, and problem-solving
• Knowledge of software development, game art production, and project management – including Agile and Waterfall processes
   

Pluses:

• Overwatch fan or player
• Prior experience in design, story, or art-related development
• An eye for art and design and an interest in fostering the creative process
• Multiplayer / online game development experience
• Expertise with Jira, Confluence, Miro, Slack, Excel, Sheets, and comparable systems
• BA / BS (or equivalent)
   

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Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, and StarCraft®, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), a division of Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences. Blizzard Entertainment has created some of the industry’s most critically acclaimed and genre-defining games over the last 30 years, with a track record that includes multip