United States Remote (Country) Full-time USD 120,000 – 154,000 / year

Mob Entertainment is hiring a Production Lead

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
Required Skills
Confluence
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Mob Entertainment
Mob Entertainment is a startup multimedia studio best known for the hit indie horror game 'Poppy Playtime'. The franchise is one of the hottest new properties in gaming.
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