Production Director
Tencent · US-California-Los Angeles, United States
Remote Full-time Posted 4 days ago
About this role
Business Unit What the Role Entails We are building a new AAA first-person shooter IP for a global audience. As Production Director, you will own milestone execution across disciplines, ensuring delivery against scope, quality, and schedule commitments. This is a hands-on execution leadership role focused on accountability, clarity, predictable delivery, and team health
Own milestone execution from Vertical Slice through launch. Translate creative vision into structured production plans with defined scope, dependencies, and delivery targets. Drive sprint planning, milestone planning, backlog management, and release readiness
Identify risks early and enforce trade-offs to protect schedule and quality. Maintain accurate forecasting for schedule, capacity, and delivery confidence. Lead dependency tracking across art, design, engineering, and external partners
Manage and evaluate output from global co-development teams. Ensure reporting to studio leadership is clear, data-informed, and decision-ready. Convert playtest and user feedback into prioritized, trackable work
Drive postmortems and continuous process improvement to increase velocity and predictability. Help build and reinforce strong team culture through effective rituals, clear operating principles, and disciplined production cadences. Who We Look For Shipped at least one AAA PC or console title as a Producer or Senior Producer (FPS preferred)
10+ years producing cross-discipline teams across art, design, and engineering. Experience delivering large-scale projects (50+ developers) with milestone-based funding or gated approvals. Experience managing multi-million-dollar development budgets and forecasting resource needs
Proven track record of shipping on fixed external deadlines (platform, publishing, or investment-driven). Experience managing global co-development teams with clear quality oversight. Strong operational rigor: schedule modeling, burn tracking, risk logs, and dependency mapping
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