Producer

Requisition Number: 160120

Position Title: Assoc Producer II

External Description:

Industrial Toys is a AAA mobile developer founded by Halo veteran Alex Seropian. Our mission is to make games that are Mobile To The Core! We are currently working to bring cutting edge FPS gaming to your phone. If you’re interested in working with veteran mobile, console, and PC developers in creating new AAA experiences that will reach billions of mobile players around the world we would like to hear from you!

Role Overview:

The Producer will be responsible for translating the business & milestone goals of the project into robust development backlogs & then work with the teams to organize and achieve these goals. This role would work closely with the lead producer, development directors & product leads to ensure we are properly prioritizing features, understanding resource limitations and delivering a quality product that aligns with our goals.

The ideal candidate has a deep understanding of the product development processes, organizing large backlogs and working with multi-disciplinary teams from the concept phase through to live service. This candidate has experience in mobile development, free to play games, virtual economies and ideally the mobile FPS market.

Responsibilities:

• Work with lead producer and product stakeholders to communicate high level milestone goals to the development team & help drive the development roadmap throughout production.
• Work with lead producer to understand the stack rank of key creative pillars of the product, expected quality targets and how to mitigate risk against the features.
• Manage the development teams’ backlogs through the creation of well-defined user stories, clearly articulated acceptance criteria and the tracking & management of dependencies across teams.
• Sit with the team and serve as a conduit between the development team and the lead producer/ product stakeholders.
• Work with Development Directors, QA and leads to ensure work is completed correctly and presented in software at desired levels of quality.
• Solve production issues unblocking teams to be successful in their work raising any issues such as; competing priorities, quality concerns & resource constraints

 

Required Skills:

• Recent experience working on AAA game titles. Mobile preferred but not required.
• Very strong project planning, team leadership & organizational skills.
• Strong communication and writing skills, with experience preparing and presenting information to various

stakeholders. Ability to effectively communicate both creative and technical progress to a diverse group of

stakeholders.

• Comfortable with creative and technical teams with a preferred previous background in development.
• Strong in JIRA, ability to create and manage many individual team backlogs simultaneously (all 1 product focus).
• Excellent organizational skills, with the ability to juggle priorities and stages of development.
• A strong background in AGILE development.

 

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS/BA degree, or relevant experience.
• 5+ years of experience in game production working on large scale games
• Previously built and maintained multiple team backlogs, ideally in JIRA from a concept phase through to ship/ release.
• Mobile and/or FPS development experience a plus

 

Enjoy EA Industrial Toys studio benefits of:

• Spacious 19,000 sqft 10th floor office with amazing views of the San Gabriel mountains, all of Pasadena, and Los Angeles (on a clear day)
• Weekly Happy Hours, donuts and bagels.
• Full kitchen with snacks, drinks, espresso machine and nitro cold brew
• A game room with classic multi-arcade machines, modern consoles, and PC gaming stations
• Foosball, Ping-pong table, and Cornhole game
• EV charging
• Motorized sit-stand desks
• Private wellness room

 

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Company Profile:

We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

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About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

Days Open: 18

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EEO Employer Verbiage:

About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.