Technical Producer

Job Description

Your Platform

Activision Central Tech works to support our development studios and their titles. Comprising of seven main teams, we have many specialties including data, privacy and security, motion capture and animation pipeline technologies, graphics, build and infrastructure for studio development and data centers, optimization, systems programming and online services including matchmaking and networking. We are distributed globally with offices across the US, and in Canada, England, Ireland and Japan.

Most of our teams are composed of both engineering and research talent, allowing us to always have an eye on the future. Our engineers help with title development and provide valuable collaboration between studios while our researchers are forward thinking and keep a strong connection with the needs of the game studios.

Central Tech is part of Activision. To learn more about us and our research, please visit us at https://research.activision.com/.

Your Mission

We are looking for Technical Producers to join Activision Publishing's (AP) Central Technology (CT) organization. Activision's CT organization provides global leadership, engineering support, analysis, and recommendations across various specialized fields for AP's studios and projects.

The Technical Producer will lead on project managing, scheduling, and communication with team members. In this role, there will be a focus on technical requirements and delivery on features. This role will be instrumental in the transformation of the Call of Duty franchise and will provide the technical production management and oversight vital to coordinate the work of many teams across distinct studios and geographies.

Responsibilities include:
• Establish relationships and lines of communication with production personnel.
• Build shared technical roadmaps across studios for each of the core technology fields with agreement from studio and CT engineering leadership and production. This may involve establishing new processes and frameworks in an organization that may have operated with a different model.
• Collaborate with internal resourcing teams to ensure adequate staffing to meet technology roadmaps.
• Help enhance the structure and communications within our core technology development teams to increase efficiency.
• Ability to deliver on set goals as determined by leadership partners.

Player Profile:

Communication & Connection
• Excellent communicator with the ability to lead multiple teams with sometimes divergent requirements along different timelines.
• Comfortable with building trust in a large organization with many independent functional units.
• Understanding of the technical process of software development.

Production & Project Management
• Production or other project management background, preferably in the games space or other software-forward environment.
• Skilled with project management tools such as JIRA, Confluence, and communication infrastructure such as Slack and Miro.
• A track record of helping ship software products in a timely manner or in rapid development cycles.
• Build regular reports of key actions and risks at different levels of detail.
• Successful project planning leading completion and the timely delivery of quality projects.

Extra Points!
• Experience working on AAA and or first person shooter games.
• A technical degree or similar experience is a plus.
Our world

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), is one of the world's largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, Candy Crush™ and Bubble Witch™. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network in the world!
Our ability to build immersive and innovate worlds is only improved by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We seek to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being.

About Activision Blizzard Media

Activision Blizzard Media is the gateway for brands to the #1 cross-platform gaming company in the western world, with hundreds of millions of players across over 190 countries. Our legendary portfolio includes iconic mobile game franchises such as Candy Crush™, esports opportunities like the Call of Duty® and Overwatch® Leagues, and some of the top PC and console gaming franchises such as World of Warcraft®, Call of Duty®, and StarCraft®.

The idea is simple: great game experiences offer great marketing experiences. We have built a new team to introduce innovative, impactful, and rewarding advertising experiences to our huge audience of highly-engaged players. We are looking for new talents to help take our emergent media offering to the next level.

We need all sorts of heroes

Making games is fun. Especially when you do it with people who share the same idea of what makes a good workplace, great. We design games for everyone, no matter where they are or who they are, and we employ all sorts of people from all kinds of backgrounds to bring them to life. Truth is, we simply can't expect diversity in our players and originality in our games without first nurturing it in our people.

Ready to play?

Come join our world and work alongside some of the best and brightest minds in the business.

All applications should be made in English.

Discover more at https://www.activisionblizzardmedia.com/

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d2yvv2-3-145-130-31-42 in your application.