At a glance
- Experience
- 5+ years experience
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Location
- Canada
About the role
- Skeleton Key is seeking a passionate and dedicated Senior Producer to join its new, growing team in Montreal, QC.
- The Senior Producer will oversee production for one or more development teams, managing schedules, dependencies, capacity, and blockers to keep deliverables moving.
- This role will coordinate cross-disciplinary development, improve team workflows, and serve as the on-site point of contact for the Montreal SK team.
Responsibilities
- Own and maintain production schedules for one or multiple teams consisting of features, assets, and other content deliverables.
- Track content through development pipelines involving multiple teams to ensure proper dependency handoffs, updates, and delivery.
- Be the "go-to" person for your team to help them connect with others, remove their development blockers, and guide them on how to approach problems.
- Serve as an on-site point of contact for the Montreal SK studio space, helping with day-to-day operational needs in partnership with HR, IT, and studio administration.
- Lead and moderate team meetings with clear agendas, focused discussions, and actionable, reliable meeting notes.
- Be the first line of defense and representative for your teams in regard to their capacity, velocity, and current priorities.
- Build trust and positive relationships across all teams.
- Communicate effectively across multiple teams and seniority levels.
- Resolve problems, prioritize, and find creative solutions to achieve results.
- Track team performance metrics to communicate overall team velocity, project health, and progress towards project goals.
Requirements
- 5+ years of proven experience in multi-disciplinary game development for AAA games.
- Shipped at least one AAA title.
- Comprehensive experience with all phases of game development from concept to launch.
- Knowledge of various development methodologies and their applications (e.g. Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall) and the adaptability to apply them to specific team needs.
- Experience managing team planning, schedules, and roadmaps.
- Strong experience with project planning, presentation, and documentation tools, including Jira.
- Experience with studio site operations or office management, including coordinating with HR, IT, and administrative partners.
- Strong interpersonal skills; operates with empathy and understanding.
- Self-sufficient and self-motivated, with a deep passion to help teams succeed and create amazing gaming experiences and content.
Preferred qualifications
- Hands-on production experience embedded with a gameplay or combat team, coordinating across the disciplines that feed it, including Animation, Engineering, Gameplay Design, VFX, and Audio.
- Direct experience shipping character action, combat, or systems-driven gameplay in a AAA production.
- Familiarity with Unreal Engine development workflows and the dependencies between gameplay design, engineering, and animation.
- Experience coordinating with external vendors and co-development partners.
- Experience defining and rolling out production process improvements from a mix of production metrics and developer feedback.
- Experience working on RPGs or story-focused games.
Benefits
- Health & Wellness
- Time Off to Recharge
- Financial Well-being
- Life & Family Support
- Volunteer and Community Initiatives
- Learning & Development
- Exclusive Perks
- Annual and long-term incentives
Workplace
- On-site point of contact for the Montreal SK studio space
Skills
- Jira
- Scrum
- Kanban
- Waterfall
- Unreal Engine
