Studio Production Director
$175–$220,000 year
On-siteToronto, Ontario, Canada
Toronto, Ontario, CanadaOn-siteFull Time$175–$220,000 yearSenior LevelGamingSmall
Full TimeSenior LevelSmallGaming
Job Summary
Design resilient, scalable production methodologies and manage QA oversight to minimize risk and maximize talent impact across AAA co-development and Lead Development projects. Lead the Production department as a Senior Leadership Team member, defining vision for high-performance standards while partnering with Business Development on pitches, contracts, and external vendor relations. Act as the central planner for studio-wide resource deployment, dynamically load-balancing staffing and deploying new production tools to eliminate waste and ensure agile, transparent operations.
Required Qualifications
- 12+ years of game production management experience
- 5+ years running a production team that has shipped multiple AAA console and PC titles
- Exceptional capacity to manage complex, concurrent variables across multiple teams, time zones, disciplines, and sometimes even languages without missing a beat
- A highly collaborative, low-ego team player who builds trust with the company's senior leadership team, welcomes candid and respectful debate, and works across functions to align priorities, resolve challenges, advance the broader interests of the studio, and ensure consistent high-quality project output and timeliness
- A proven track record of navigating high-stakes, highly sensitive conversations with internal executives, development partners, external publishers, global IP holders, sister studios, and vendors
- A solution-oriented change agent accustomed to utilizing processes to solve complex development problems and optimize operational efficiency
- A proven history of identifying critical threats to project goals early, and providing immediate, context-driven solutions without systemic escalation
- Deep, empirical understanding of the physical realities of game development: engine constraints, build pipelines, QA integration, cross-discipline dependencies, and the ability to build bulletproof contract and milestone architecture
Desired Qualifications
- Previous tenure as a Studio Production Director or equivalent multi-project operational lead
- Deep functional experience operating within the Unreal Engine (UE4/UE5) ecosystem and other proprietary game development engines
- Direct experience fostering productive, long-term relationships with established global brands and major IP holders
- An avid gamer across multiple platforms and genres
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