Production Manager, Co-Development - XDefiant

Company Description

We are looking for a highly talented, motivated, and experienced person to work with us on XDefiant, a new multiplatform online multiplayer action game. XDefiant is a free-to-play, fast-paced arena shooter that combines intense gunplay with personalized loadouts and specialized factions, as teams of gunfighters battle for domination. We are open to candidates who seek Full Time remote employment based in the Continential United States. 

Job Description

Co-development is a unique and core part of Ubisoft’s game development philosophy. The co-dev production manager ensures the successful partnership and deliverables of our inter-studio collaborations, building and maintaining clear communications and process between our San Francisco and its associate studios.

This role is a mixture of project management and diplomacy.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Production Management:

• In collaboration with the stakeholders and producers in the respective studios, supervise the work carried out by the collaborating studios during each development phase of the feature, content or code
• Keep associate studios included and informed of relevant current milestone goals, priorities, and issues that may affect them
• Keep the associate studio/team on task and on-target. Know where the associate studio is tracking to their current milestone, keeping the co-dev producer and production teams informed
• Continually asses and mitigate risks throughout entire collaboration. Make suggestions for improvements to development processes, pipelines, and communication
• Contribute to the implementation of co-development mandates with collaborating studios, communicate the mandate to the teams, make any necessary adjustments and ensure a good working relationship throughout the production process
• Help prepare collaborations: communication networks, associate studio training programs, site visits, etc. Help to onboard new teams and transition teams off
• Ensure that the studios that are geographically and culturally distant build trusting relationships and feel part of a single, large team
• Keep documentation updated as mandates change
• Understand the game vision and priorities, to be able to intervene and guide when defining the Keep the co-dev producer informed on potential or actual collaboration issues and collaborate around possible solutions
• Support co-dev teams when they’re blocked from achieving their commitments to the project

Qualifications

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

• Junior to associate level relevant experience in team coordination/management in a game development team
• Experience in video game production; technical or feature development experience preferred
• Preferred experience with remote workers and/or with distributed teams
• Ability to adapt to different people with different personalities and from different cultures
• Good listening and diplomacy skills; always looking for optimal win/win solutions
• Impartial and solution oriented; ability to see many sides of an issue
• Comfortable with Influential Leadership (rather than direct control)
• Clear communication in writing and spoken, with a emphasis on follow-up and closure
• Bilingualism is a bonus
• Available for travel

Learn more about XDefiant here - https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/xdefiant
Learn more about the Snowdrop engine here - https://www.ubisoft.com/snowdrop

Additional Information

WHAT YOU'LL GET

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Employer HSA contribution to fully cover your deductible (with enrollment in a HSA eligible medical plan)
• 401k match
• Paid vacation, holiday and wellness time
• Fitness, physical challenge, and eSports competition reimbursements
• Ginger emotional support app for you and your adult dependents with up to 10 sessions per year of video-based therapy and psychiatry services
• Membership to One Medical
• Rocket Lawyer online legal service membership
• Paid parental leave
• Paid time off to volunteer
• Pawternity – paid time off to bond with a newly adopted pet
• Sabbatical leave available after 5 years of employment
• Access to all of the latest Ubisoft games for PC
• Generous discount on new Ubisoft games

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guideline

MORE ABOUT US

Ubisoft is composed of over 21,000 talented people located in 45+ development studios and offices across the globe. With more than 80% of our teams dedicated to creation, Ubisoft is the biggest in-house creative force in the industry.