【Yokohama】Senior Producer (Console Game Development)

Japan, Kanagawa IT Full-Time

At PlayEveryWare (プレイエブリウェア), no two projects are exactly alike. We bring games to previous and current generation consoles and work on cutting edge technology. Each project brings exciting new technical challenges and opportunities to learn, adapt, and grow. We invite you to join our team of experienced industry veterans to stretch the limits of your skills and push your expertise into new areas with these unique projects.

Senior Producer, Bilingual (English & Japanese)

As a senior producer, you understand how to empower and support the developers you work with while also keeping them motivated and accountable to schedules and budgets.

You have a mastery of the processes, tools, and tricks needed to ensure project deliverables are completed on time and to quality. You’re a master at clear, concise, open, and transparent communication and strive to form strong interpersonal relationships that can be counted on.

This opportunity is for a full-time, benefits eligible position in Yokohama, Japan.

Qualifications:
- Fluent English & Japanese language skills
- 5+ years of experience in game production, including console game development
- Bachelor's degree
- Knowledge of agile development methodologies and software tools such as JIRA, ClickUp, etc.
- Proven ability to develop and deploy new processes to drive achievement of results
- Willingness and ability to work with people of all types in and outside the company
- Excellent overall communication skills and emotional intelligence

Nice to have:
- Experience shipping at least one high-profile or professional game project
- Experience working with platform development teams or cross-team features
- Proven ability to manage strategic partnerships across time zones and cultures
- Experience with release management and console certification

- Build, drive, and coordinate schedules, budgets, project, and team specific planning overseeing development velocity of multiple co-development and port teams
- Guide internal development efforts by consolidating feedback and requests against business needs
- Help define and control project scope and manage expectations. Make sure developers are building what’s needed and that clients are happy with what's made
- Lead production rituals including daily standups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives
- Understanding responsibilities and culture across the teams, both internal and external
- Generate production materials such as documentation and project reports for internal and external use
- Partner with internal QA leadership on release management and test scheduling
- Support teams and studio by maintaining project context to understand how project and people are performing, and to anticipate team needs, blockers, and other dependencies
- Serve as a hub for technical resources and risk mitigation best practices

This role's compensation rates are based on experience.

- Enrollment in Japanese Social Insurance and Pension
- 20 days of Paid Vacation Time
- 7 days of Sick/Personal days
- 7 days of Bereavement Leave
- Weekends off, as well as observation of all Japanese national holidays and winter holidays
- Commuting allowance of up to 25,000 yen, to and from the office
- Anti-Crunch Committment from Leadership
- Company events and SWAG
- Visa sponsorship available

Country / Region

Japan

Prefecture (State)

Kanagawa

Location (Address)

Park View Yokohama 2F, 1-17-1 Aioicho, Naka Ward, Yokohama