Senior Producer

Who We Are

Second Dinner is an award-winning independent game development studio that is here to make the most fun games in the world. Not super fun games. Not SUPER DUPER fun games. We mean the MOST fun games. In fact, our game MARVEL SNAP has earned multiple Mobile Game of the Year Awards (Game Awards, DICE), Best Strategy Game (IGN), and the Apple Design Award for Innovation!

Second Dinner is a remote-first studio, so while we are headquartered in Irvine, California, most of our team is fully remote across the United States. We want the most talented teammates wherever they call home. A diverse team with varied perspectives makes us a better company and will help us make better games. If you can bring something new to the table and expand our point of view, that's a huge upside. 

Our Production Team

The Production Team at Second Dinner has a goal of shipping two things: an awesome team and an awesome game. We strive to support the team in doing the work they love to do by removing roadblocks, aligning with our north star, and keeping our scope and priorities in check. We care a lot about making great games, and part of that is fostering a healthy team through maintaining a project scope that doesn’t require overtime, pairing work with people that focuses on their zone of genius, and creating best practices for sustainable game development.

Your Role

You will report to the Senior Director of Production. Your primary responsibility is to partner with Product, Content, Marketing, Data & Analytics, and Production to deliver new content to make our game crazy fun and HUGE worldwide. If you love crafting world-class game experiences and collaborating with extraordinarily talented cross-functional teams, then APPLY!

What You’ll Do:

• Oversee end-to-end development and deployment of live content

• Partner with strategic leaders to determine game priorities and execute against them

• Establish and maintain best practices for live content development

• Create and communicate project schedules

• Lead producers and other team members in the planning and execution of tasks

• Drive the completion of goals and facilitate communication, organization, and accountability across the team

• Course-correct against live data and player experience

• Proactively identify and mitigate bottlenecks to keep the team running smoothly

• Ensure the team works at a sustainable pace and continuously improves

• Production nuts and bolts: task tracking, bug assignment, running retrospectives, running meetings 

• Champion the project vision to the team

What You’ll Need:

• Experience shipping and supporting a game as a producer in a senior role

• High levels of empathy and support for team members

• Excellent communication skills and able to manage a large number of diverse stakeholders and rally them to a shared vision

• Positive and optimistic leadership style and the ability to stay cool under pressure

• Excellent and flexible communication skills whether in person, over Zoom, or in writing

• Comfortable with ambiguity while working to reduce the cone of uncertainty

• Love for playing and making great games

Nice to Have But Not Necessary:

• Experience with Unity

• Experience working on a live mobile game

The total compensation for this position includes a new hire offer base salary range of $130,000 to $190,000 USD + equity + comprehensive benefits + potential for discretionary performance bonuses.

Individual pay within this salary range may span multiple levels within the discipline and is determined by assessed job-related skills, experience, relevant education or training. It also factors in market demands and business needs. The disclosed range is not adjusted based on location and may be subject to change or modification based on business needs in the future. Your recruiter can answer any questions about new