The Pokémon Company International

Game Producer

The Pokémon Company International • $99K — $173K *
Bellevue, WA 98006In-Person
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3-5 years of experience in game production, especially with live service games
  • Prior experience in launching or operating a live game or online service
  • Strong knowledge of game production processes and lifecycles, including incident and build management
  • Experience collaborating with engineering, QA, and technical teams
  • Familiarity with mobile game submission processes
  • Adaptable communication style for various stakeholders to maintain clarity
  • Experience with Jira for task management and reporting
  • Passionate about gaming and aware of industry trends

Responsibilities

  • Support development teams by planning and coordinating operational needs
  • Drive workflows for sprints and milestones, tracking progress and risks
  • Coordinate release readiness activities for platform deployments
  • Organize incident response activities including triage and resolution
  • Maintain project documentation and status updates for stakeholders
  • Leverage data and insights for decision-making to improve release quality
  • Contribute to enhancing production processes and operational workflows

Benefits

  • 100% employer-paid healthcare premiums
  • Generous paid family leave
  • Employer-paid life insurance
  • Employer-paid income protection insurance
  • 401k Employer Matching for US employees
  • Pension contributions for UK/IRE/MX employees
  • Fitness reimbursement
  • Commuter benefits
  • Access to LinkedIn learning programs
  • Comprehensive relocation package for some roles
  • Hybrid work environment
  • Company events celebrating Pokémon culture
Full Job Description
Get to know the role
  • Job Title: Game Producer
  • Job Summary: As a Game Producer for Live Operations, you will coordinate production workflows, live service operations, release readiness, deployments, incident responses, and game launch updates throughout the release lifecycle. This role will work closely with cross functional teams to align priorities and ensure builds, content, and systems are validated and ready for release.
    The ideal candidate has experience in live service operations, incident management, release and game development best practices. You excel at organizing complex work, driving execution, managing risks, and communicating clearly across teams. You thrive in fast-paced environments, balancing competing priorities, and supporting high-quality releases through strong partnership with engineering and QA.
  • FLSA Classification (US Only): Exempt
  • People Manager: No


What you'll do
  • Support internal development teams through clear planning, prioritization, and coordination to maintain alignment on operational needs
  • Drive sprint and milestone workflows, ensuring progress is tracked and risks are surfaced early
  • Coordinate release readiness activities to ensure builds, content, and systems are prepared for deployment across all platforms
  • Organize incident response activities, including triage, escalation, stakeholder communication, and resolution tracking within established operational processes
  • Maintain accurate project documentation, schedules, operational runbooks, and status updates for stakeholders and studio leadership
  • Leverage data and operational insights to support decision-making and improve release quality and service stability
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of production processes, release coordination practices, and operations workflows


What you'll bring
  • Three (3) to five (5) years of related professional experience in game production, supporting live service games, release management, live operations, or technical production environments
  • Prior experience supporting the launch or ongoing operation of a live game or online service
  • Strong understanding of standard game development production processes and lifecycles, supporting live service operations, incident response, build pipelines and supporting software releases
  • Experience working closely with engineering, QA, and technical teams within a development environment
  • Familiarity with mobile submission and release processes
  • Demonstrated ability to adapt communication style for various partners maintaining clarity across teams and priorities
  • Proven experience navigating ambiguity and breaking down complex work into clear, actionable plans
  • Experience using Jira for task management, bug tracking, workflow organization, and reporting
  • A passion for making and playing games, with awareness of current industry trends
  • Ability to travel up to 2 times per year domestically or internationally


Base Salary Range: For this role, new hires generally start between $99,000.00 - $129,000.00 per year. The full range is $99,000.00 - $173,000.00 per year. This range is applicable for the labor market where the role is intended to be hired. The final base salary is directly related to the candidate's qualifications and professional experience uniquely.

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How you'll be successful
  • Passion for Pokémon: Develops an understanding of the Pokémon brand, the impact it has on our people, culture, business, fans, and communities, and applying that knowledge and passion to everything you do.
  • Challenging the Expected: Approaches challenges with curiosity and creativity, embracing the possibility of failure as an opportunity to learn something new, develop innovative ideas, solve complex problems and identify unique opportunities.
  • Integrity and Respect: Demonstrates integrity and respect by leading with empathy, listening to others, seeking out different perspectives, and taking personal responsibility for decisions, actions, and results.
  • Dedicated to Quality: Takes ownership to maintain and promote high standards, looks for new ways to learn and improve, and embraces a growth mindset to seek and apply feedback from others in an effort to continuously improve.
  • Building Relationships: Develops and strengthens relationships, adopting a "team first" mentality and working collaboratively to solve problems and meet shared goals.
  • Delighting Customers: Listens and understands the interests and needs of our customers and stakeholders, making them feel heard and important, and embracing these learnings to continue delivering a unique Pokémon experience.


What to expect
  • An innovative culture driven by impact, delivering meaningful outcomes.
  • Company events that celebrate the spirit of Pokémon.
  • Competitive cash-based compensation programs.
  • 100% employer-paid healthcare premiums for you.
  • Generous paid family leave.
  • Employer-paid life insurance.
  • Employer-paid long and short-term income protection insurance.
  • US Employees: 401k Employer Matching.
  • UK/IRE/MX Employees: Pension Employer Contributions.
  • Fitness reimbursement.
  • Commuter benefit.
  • LinkedIn learning.
  • Comprehensive relocation package for certain roles.
  • Hybrid work environment.

About The Pokémon Company International

The Pokémon Company is a Japanese company responsible for brand management, production, publishing, marketing, and licensing of the Pokémon franchise, which consists of video game software, a trading card game, anime television series, films, manga, home entertainment products, merchandise, and other ventures. It was established through a joint investment by the three companies holding the copyright of Pokémon: Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures. It began operating in 1998 and adopted the moniker Pokémon Ltd. in October 2000. The company is headquartered in the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo. The company has separate subsidiaries that handle operations in different parts of the world, with the Pokémon Company International supporting the territories outside Asia and being responsible for brand management, licensing, marketing, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the animated TV series, home entertainment, and the official Pokémon website on the territories outside Asia. The Pokémon Company also handles publishing of all Pokémon video games since 2001 alongside Nintendo. The Pokémon Company is mostly responsible for marketing and funding, while Nintendo handles distribution of the titles in Japan and outside it. Both companies work together in localization, production, QA, and other aspects. The company is solely responsible for publishing and licensing mobile Pokémon titles, unlike console titles where it has help from Nintendo.
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