Senior Producer, Bilingual

As a Senior Producer at PlayEveryWare you'll be critical to the success of port projects and co-development initiatives. You’ll work alongside indie and AAA development teams on unique and exciting games with no two projects ever the same.

Our focus on console ports, co-development, and original development provides the opportunity to work on cutting edge technology with world-class developers and teams across the globe.

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

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.

• 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

• BA/BS or MS Degree (if you require a work visa)

• Fluent English & Japanese language skills

• 5+ years of experience in game production, including console game development

• 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

• 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

Benefits & Perks

• Enrollment in Japanese Social Insurance and Pension

• 20 days of paid vacation time from the day you start

• 7 days of sick/personal days

• 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

PlayEveryWare does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or any protected category prohibited by local, state, or federal laws. We are committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion within our organization and the game development industry at large. Those with underrepresented identities, including but not limited to the above, are encouraged to apply.