Senior Associate Producer

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About Ubisoft & Ubisoft Shanghai

Ubisoft's 21,000 team members, working across more than 30 countries around the world, are bound by a common mission to enrich players' lives with original and memorable gaming experiences. Their dedication and talent have brought to life many acclaimed franchises such as Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Just Dance, Rainbow Six, and many more to come. Ubisoft is an equal opportunity employer that believes diverse backgrounds and perspectives are key to creating worlds where both players and teams can thrive and express themselves. If you are excited about solving game-changing challenges, cutting edge technologies and pushing the boundaries of entertainment, we invite you to join our journey and help us create the unknown.

As Ubisoft's first production studio in China, Ubisoft Shanghai opened its door in 1996 and has been at the forefront of the Chinese game industry. It has been working on major Ubisoft brands such as Splinter Cell®, Assassin's Creed®, Might & Magic®, Just Dance®, Far Cry® and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora™.

With our mission to leverage our presence in China, bring a stronger long-term added value to the group, 600+ talents from around the world have jointly developed a world-class expertise in development of open world and wildlife in AAA games, as well as mobile games and live operations.

To learn more, please visit: www.ubisoftgroup.com

Job Description

About the Role

As a senior associate producer, you will be commissioned to cultivate and lead a high performing team to drive the production excellence by the rightful resource, budget and schedule.

Along with the deliveries of assigned mandates, you are also a critical part of the Studio Management team collectively bestowed with the responsibility of moving the studio forward by the exemplary sharing of insights, exploring global-level opportunities of collaborations, mentoring talents and iterating processes and tools.

What you will do
• Autonomously manage a medium-sized team responsible for developing major features/content with Co-dev partners
• Ownership of the project roadmap, production plan and budget
• Coordinates with studio leadership to identify and set up the staffing plan to ensure the success of the mandate
• Identify production dependencies and facilitate communication to mitigate the issues.
• Identify and analyze risk and design the processes to eliminate or mitigate the potential risks.
• Collaborate with multiple external partners and effectively manage the stakeholders' expectations
• Set up and ensure efficient team communication and timely dissemination of information
• Provide mentorship and people management to job function leads (such as design, programming, animation, etc.)
• Collaborate with job function leads to motivate and inspire the team while encouraging creativity and building group cohesion
• Lead by example and promote inclusion and diversity in the team

Qualifications

What you bring
• Proven project management experience in leading the game development of 2+ shipped games
• Outstanding Project Management/Leadership skills
• Knowledgeable, skillful and experienced in continuous improvement and optimization of processes and workflows
• A creative problem-solver with good analytical skills and critical thinking
• A strong team leader, who promotes a sharing and collaborative team dynamics
• Excellent written and oral English communication skills
• A passion for creating and playing video games

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r7w5e6-18-190-156-78-42 in your application.