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Production Director

Permanent contract
Cergy
Salary: Not specified
Starting date: September 03, 2022
A few days at home
Experience: > 5 years

Virtuos France
Virtuos France

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Job description

• Lead and strengthen the growing production team and build the vision to maintain the excellence of the production in an ever-growing environment.
• Overview all the productions of the studio and support the producers in their roles.
• Collaborate with design, engineering, Q/A and art teams to make recommendations and decisions regarding overall production vision.
• Continuously assess risk with producers to identify project’s risks and provide mitigations.
• Support the production teams to manage the project budgets: identifying resource requirements and expectations, tracking actual project spend versus planned spend and continuously updating projections.
• Support the production teams to manage change: ensuring project scope is adhered to, controlling feature creep, ensuring project is delivered in accordance with expectations, and project budget changes if necessary.
• Manage communication of projects progress to the studio head, the division head and internal senior management teams, as well as clients.
• Ensure that each member of the production team has a strong sense of ownership, responsibility and accountability for the quality and timeliness of their contribution.
• Ensure excellent communication, positive working relationships and teamwork within the development teams and across disciplines.
• Support the producers and the studio management in their relationships with the clients.
• Coach and mentor junior production staff
• Work closely with the Studio Management to identify the projects that will help the studio fulfil its growth objectives.


Preferred experience

• 8+-year experience at a senior level working in AAA game production (shipped at least 2 AAA console title).
• Experience with leading a team with emphasis on collaborating with Senior and Executive level leadership.
• High level of accountability, with a desire to strongly contribute to a creative environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the capacity to adjust to the audience (team, internal or external stakeholders). A proven record in client relationship management is a plus.
• Experience with complex projects and tracking KPIs, including budget and plannings.
• Critical thinking, and analytical skills to resolve complex issues.
• Excellent decision-making capabilities.
• Exceptional project management practices including excellent knowledge of SCRUM and Agile practices.
• Strong ability to work under pressure.
• Skills to quickly master proprietary tools and development processes.
• Ability to take direction and criticism.
• Desire to foster a dynamic and collaborative team environment.
• Natural inclination to lead and mentor a team.
• Excellent understanding of the games industry and game development.

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