Director of Production
On-siteVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Job Summary
Own the delivery plan across live and core work, establishing studio methods, tooling, and quality gates. Hold go/no-go decisions on every release and manage external development scopes, SLAs, and vendor performance. Lead capacity, headcount, and delivery-cost planning aligned to commercial targets while balancing output against team health. Mentor the Production discipline, run 1:1s, and partner with Product, Live Service, and senior leadership on organizational changes. Anticipate delivery risks, reallocate capacity, and drive AI-assisted delivery and QA tooling to improve throughput. Ultimately accountable for quality standards, the release train, and protecting the live player experience through defined thresholds.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or higher, with a specialization in production, delivery, engineering management or a related discipline.
- Strong grasp of the technologies behind game development, with their capabilities and limits.
- 10+ years in games or entertainment development and production, with 5+ years leading, in a mid or large studio.
- 7+ years in a product development role; shipped at least one title through the full cycle, including live production.
- Direct experience across concept, pre-production, production and live production, and of managing QA, release and external partners on a live-service title.
- Transformative leadership style that grows and mentors teams; strong written and oral communication with solid presentation skills.
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