Executive Producer
Sports & Core Games
Posted on 4/3/2023
INACTIVE
2K

1,001-5,000 employees

Sports-based game development studio
Company Overview
2K’s mission is to enable all gamers to build, connect, escape and dream big with their wide array of interactive entertainment for video game consoles, personal computers, and mobile devices. The company is committed to maintaining and developing some of the most creative, respective and premium games in today’s gaming market.

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Founded

2005

Headquarters

Novato, California

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

3%

2 year growth

3%
Locations
Novato, CA, USA
Experience Level
Entry
Junior
Mid
Senior
Expert
Desired Skills
Quality Assurance (QA)
Marketing
Customer Service
Requirements
  • An experienced Executive Producer with 9+ years in game production and a minimum of 7 years direct supervisory experience
  • Expert-level understanding of the game development process, including hands-on experience leading development teams
  • Track record of strong internal & external partner advocacy which leads to sustained relationships
  • Consistent track record in achieving consensus from partners, peers and executive management for critical initiatives via influence and tact
  • Experience with the publishing process, particularly for AAA PC/console titles
  • Ability to foresee and mitigate key development risks including those related scope, budget, staffing and product quality
  • Ability to lead to and deliver on hard product timelines with rapid development cycles while being the guardian over product quality in all phases of game development
  • Knowledge of live operations and games-as-a-service (GaaS)
  • Confident leader with the ability to inspire and empower those that work for them and those they work with
  • Excellent communicator and presenter (both verbal and written) who is adept at addressing a diverse audience of team members and executives
  • An accomplished mediator who can resolve challenges
  • Displays resourcefulness, passion and self-motivation
  • Acts as a role model who embodies what we value
Responsibilities
  • Partners with extraordinary game studios to ensure quality execution against each game's creative vision, while balancing critical business objectives
  • Serves as the franchise/product authority, its voice within 2K's publishing organization, and as an advocate for product quality with the studio & QA
  • Deeply understands who the target audience is for each title and relentlessly advocates for our players at every opportunity
  • Ensures every title's business outcomes and investment thesis are aligned within publishing and understood by the studio so that product decisions are made with clear success criteria and publishing goals in mind
  • Understands all metrics of success - both internal and external. Challenges the ones that don't make sense. Champions the ones that do. Defines and implements metrics for their own team in order to support business outcomes
  • Models the standard for how to collaborate with other departments and with studios). Operates as an authority in navigating and resolving conflicting agendas within and outside the organization
  • Acts as the motivator, enabler and mediator between studios and publishing to drive clear alignment between the studio's creative vision and 2Ks business goals and initiatives
  • Serves as a studio advocate and enabler to ensure publishing is supporting studio operations and studio needs are met by publishing with an appropriate level of priority
  • Coaches and leads studios through each milestone gate, resolving misaligned expectations ahead of time, with an emphasis on adherence to schedules, budget, scope and quality, at each phase of development
  • Provides 2K's executive leadership with clear, timely and accurate information throughout the entire product lifecycle, regarding product strategy, status, budget, quality
  • Champions and ensures coordination regarding the game release process with studios and internal groups including Marketing, Live Services, QA, Core Technology and Customer Service
  • Responsible for P&L management, accurate budget forecasting and scenario planning to anticipate, identify and resolve overruns. Serves as liaison between Finance partners, studios and support teams
  • Monitors and mitigates risks across all titles and raises critical issues which require executive team decision/approval/prioritization
  • Coaches and mentors Sr. / Lead Producers in effectively auditing development plans and milestone goals from studios, including tracking and mitigation of critical development risks
  • Collaborates with 2K Live Services to ensure titles are set up for success regarding games-as-a-service (GaaS) goals - including a post-launch strategy that is data-driven to support key performance indicators
  • Establishes and ensures consistent recruiting and interview methodologies, along with career development for production staff
  • Responsible for identifying and enacting efficiency changes to strengthen the department and improve the output of the teams as well as ensuring process changes are properly integrated into production workstreams
  • Collaborates with studio and publishing partners to do diligence and prepare greenlight pitches for investments in new IP, sequels & ports
  • Assists in portfolio planning, including due diligence on game pitches from internal or external studios and identifying key products to acquire or license to achieve business goals
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with AAA console / PC products preferred
  • Knowledge of and experience with shooters, RPGs and/or action games is a plus
  • Travel, both domestic and international, may be required