Responsibilities
- Lead production efforts across one or more game teams, ensuring milestones are delivered on time and at quality expectations
- Develop and maintain production roadmaps, sprint plans, schedules, and project tracking systems
- Partner with department leads to establish priorities, allocate resources, and manage development risks
- Facilitate Agile development processes, including sprint planning, standups, retrospectives, and milestone reviews
- Monitor project health through reporting, metrics, and team feedback, proactively identifying and resolving risks and dependencies
- Drive cross-functional communication between design, engineering, art, narrative, audio, QA, marketing, and leadership teams
- Create clear visibility into project status, timelines, scope changes, and resource needs for stakeholders
- Help define and improve production processes, workflows, and best practices across the organization
- Mentor and support producers, associate producers, and coordinators, helping elevate production excellence across the studio
- Collaborate with leadership to balance creative ambition with practical execution and delivery goals
- Champion a positive team culture that emphasizes ownership, accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement
Requirements
- 10+ years of game production experience, including experience leading multidisciplinary development teams
- Experience managing teams through major milestones such as vertical slices, alpha, beta, certification, and launch
- At least one shipped PC AND console title in a production leadership capacity
- Experience supporting external development partners, vendors, or co-development teams
- Strong understanding of game development pipelines across design, engineering, art, animation, audio, and QA
- Demonstrated experience managing Pre-Production milestones schedules, dependencies, resource planning, and risk mitigation
- Experience working within Agile development methodologies
- Exceptional organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Proven ability to influence outcomes and drive alignment across multiple teams and departments
- Experience with project management tools such as Jira, Confluence, or similar platforms
- Ability to thrive in a remote-first environment and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced studio
Nice to Have
- Experience leading production on horror, action-adventure, or narrative-driven games
- Familiarity with Unreal Engine development pipelines
- Background scaling production processes for growing teams and multiple concurrent projects
- Familiarity with the Poppy Playtime universe and audience
- Passion for creating memorable player experiences and fostering high-performing teams
Additional Information
- Profit sharing
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) matching
- FSA/HSA
- Paid time off
- Sick time
- Holidays
- Parental leave