Senior Producer

Turtle Rock Studios

$115K — $150K *
Media
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in the games industry
  • 2+ years collaborating with cross-functional teams on feature production
  • Expertise in Jira and Confluence; Jira Plans experience preferred
  • Strong project management skills including resource and time management
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills under pressure
  • Ability to multitask and manage competing priorities
  • Proficient in communicating risks and obstacles to stakeholders

Responsibilities

  • Own high-level initiatives and collaborate across departments to achieve goals
  • Maintain the UI roadmap and backlog, communicating progress effectively
  • Conduct milestone planning and prioritize tasks and bugs with UI leads
  • Collaborate with producers to schedule UI-led feature work across teams
  • Estimate tasks with UI leads and ensure timely task progression
  • Manage change requests by negotiating solutions with stakeholders
  • Lead regular meetings to keep all stakeholders updated on production status
  • Enhance team processes to improve predictability in work execution
  • Optimize feature pipeline and team workflows for efficiency
  • Identify production issues proactively and propose solutions
  • Ensure meetings yield actionable outcomes and essential follow-ups
  • Serve as a reliable source of information and support for the team
  • Participate in playtesting to gather feedback and enhance player experience

Benefits

  • 100% Medical, Dental, Vision Coverage for you and your family
  • Retirement Savings Plan Matching
  • Career Improvement Plan
  • Flexible Work Arrangements - In-House, Hybrid, and Remote
  • Generous Time Off Policy
  • In-Person and Virtual Company Events
  • Fully Stocked Kitchen and Sponsored Food Trucks
Full Job Description
At Turtle Rock, UI/UX is a high-value driver of major features in our games, not just a support function. As a Senior UI Producer, you're the production hub of all things UX and UI. You are not only the day-to-day planner, runner, and advocate of a cross-functional UI team of designers, engineers, and artists, you are also a key driver in building UI-led features across the wider team.
Responsibilities
  • Take ownership of high level initiatives and work with all departments to complete goals.
  • Own and maintain the UI roadmap and the UI backlog, ensuring progress or changes are communicated across various channels.
  • In partnership with the UI Design, Art, and Engineering Leads, conduct milestone planning, task and bug prioritizations to ensure the team is working on the right things at the right time.
  • Work with other Producers to plan and schedule work across teams for features led and supported by UI.
  • Work with UI leads and team to create estimated tasks for work and follow the work through its lifecycle, unblocking as needed along the way.
  • Manage change requests, both at the stakeholder and team level. Negotiate compromises and propose solutions to get the project's needs met.
  • Keep stakeholders apprised of feature production status (leading regular feature review meetings, weekly team syncs, stakeholder syncs).
  • Maintain and improve team processes (kick-offs, planning, stand ups, triages) to ensure work is asked for, created, and completed in a predictable manner.
  • Maintain and improve feature pipeline and team workflows.
  • Proactively identify production problems, establish facts, and propose solutions.
  • Ensure meetings are productive, noted, and that actions captured are followed up on.
  • Be the reliable, stable source of information, support, and engagement that our team counts on to thrive.
  • Playtest with the studio and UI team to iterate based on playtest feedback and player experience.
Requirements
  • 5+ years experience in the games industry
  • At least 2 years working with larger teams in a cross-functional feature production capacity
  • Expert with Jira (Jira Plans experience a plus), Confluence, the Google suite
  • Expert project management skills: resource management, time management
  • Warm and supportive verbal/written communication skills, even under pressure
  • Proficient at multitasking and managing competing priorities
  • Effectively communicate risks and obstacles to both team members and stakeholders
Preferences
  • Shipped at least 1 AAA title
  • Experience working with teams with timezone deltas of 3 hours +/-
  • Strong passion for playing games
  • Experience working with contract/outsourcing partners
  • Experience managing feedback from test and focus groups
Benefits

Some of the benefits and perks our employees get to enjoy, include:
  • 100% Medical, Dental, Vision Coverage for you and your family
  • Retirement Savings Plan Matching
  • Career Improvement Plan
  • Flexible Work Arrangements - In-House, Hybrid, and Remote
  • Generous Time Off Policy
  • Company Events - In-Person + Virtual Events
  • Fully Stocked Kitchen + Sponsored Food Trucks

The estimated base pay range for this role is: $115,000 - $150,000 USD

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