Senior Game Producer
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SciPlay is a leading developer and publisher of digital games on mobile and web platforms, providing highly entertaining free-to-play games that millions of people play every day for their authenticity, engagement and fun.
SciPlay currently offers nine core games, including social casino games Jackpot Party Casino, Gold Fish Casino Slots, Hot Shot Casino and Quick Hit Slots, and casual games MONOPOLY Slots, Bingo Showdown, 88 Fortunes Slots, Backgammon Live, and Solitaire Pet Adventure with offices all over the world!
About the Role:
Using excellent communication and great project management chops, the SENIOR PRODUCER will work with the team and company leadership to drive development processes for the game. You have prior experience in game/software development and a keen knowledge of how each discipline operates and interacts. You are self motivated, have the ability to anticipate production issues and find effective solutions, and utilize a high degree of emotional intelligence to provide guidance to the team.
Essential Job Functions:
Facilitate communication, organization, and process improvement across all departments
Own an area of development (features or live ops), including all development milestones, reviews, playtests, verifications, and integrations
Communicate daily priorities to leads, follow up on tasks/ issues as needed to keep teams moving forward
Motivate and provide support to the game team, always contributing to a positive work environment
Collaborate with the EP and discipline leads to define release content and drive the development/release process
Identify roadblocks, project risks and be involved in finding solutions
Proactively work with Customer Service, Analytics, and Product Managers to identify possible issues in the live game and ensure they receive the proper attention from developers
Champion quality and a positive player experience; acts as the voice of the consumer on the game team
Education:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
Required Experience:
5+ years of game production experience
3+ years of live operations game production
Strong familiarity with game development processes and pipelines
Experience tracking a complex project and communicating project status using available tools (emphasis on JIRA/Confluence/Excel)
Demonstrated people management skills and high emotional IQ
Knowledge, Skills, & Characteristics:
Passion to create fun games with an engaging player experience
Able to work with team leads and team leadership to align priorities and drive towards solutions, a true team player
Understands the core role of being a game producer and works to serve the team
Actively engages in “leveling up” the team, encouraging communication and knowledge share throughout the company and game teams
Excellent organizational and communication skills
Excellent problem solving and time management skills
The ability to remove ambiguities in both communication and planning by providing additional detail and context
Understands and champions company culture
Bonus Points:
Experience with AAA game development in any capacity (art, development, production, etc)
Creativity and/or design experience
Familiarity with game play features of current casino games
We are SciPlay! We make games!
The roots of our company are simple and strong: our founders fell head over heels for casino games and had a vision to create the most entertaining free-to-play casino games for gamers around the world. We’ve grown into a company that makes games we are truly proud of and that are enjoyed by millions of players every day. Our history is extensive, but we’re just getting started. In 1998, we got our start as Phantom EFX and in 2019, we reintroduced ourselves as SciPlay and went public on the Nasdaq.
At SciPlay, we are programmed to think untraditionally. From our yearly development conferences, shindigs, and new game launches, we believe in doing what you love and doing it well. We take great pride in our ability to create authentic experiences for players and we are excited to continue investing in our workforce, technology, and our data-driven approach, all with the mission of delighting our players long into the future. We believe that if we continue to stay passionate, set ambitious goals, live our values and play together, we will become the #1 social casino and casual gaming company in the world.
A few of our highlighted perks and benefits:
Competitive salaries and annual bonuses and other competitive benefits.
Strong commitment to work life balance
Fully stocked kitchen
Fully stocked gameroom featuring current generation consoles and titles, shuffle board table, foosball table, and arcade cabinets (including our prized 5v5 cabinet ultra-rare copy of Killer Queen!)
Brand new, shiny, and aesthetically pleasing 10,000 sq ft office located in the Arboretum area in Austin
SciPlay Corporation and its affiliates (collectively, SciPlay) are committed to creating a workforce of credibility and dependability. As a prerequisite to employment with SciPlay (to the extent permitted by law), you shall be asked to consent to SciPlay conducting a due diligence/background investigation on you. This job description should not be interpreted as all-inclusive; it is intended to identify major responsibilities and requirements of the job. The employee in this position may be requested to perform other job-related tasks and responsibilities than those stated above. SciPlay is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. If you’d like more information about your equal employment opportunity rights as an applicant under the law, please click here EEOC Poster.
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