Senior Producer

About the Role & Team

At Disney Consumer Products, we inspire imagination around the world and are committed to creating happiness for families and fans by bringing captivating, inspiring, and inclusive products into their daily lives.  From toys to t-shirts, console games, books, and more, our team brings our beloved brands and franchises into the lives of families through products and experiences that can be found worldwide, such as the Disney Store e-commerce platform, Disney Parks, local and international retailers, and Disney Store locations around the world.

Disney Digital Entertainment is looking for a uniquely talented Senior Producer to join us on an ambitious and exciting new project. If you are an imaginative creator with superb production leadership skills, and have a love of Disney/Pixar, Lucasfilm and Marvel properties, you’ll want to check out this opportunity! We are building an experienced leadership team that will set the direction for a groundbreaking game experience that will herald the next generation of Disney to the world. Working with top-class industry talent, this role is perfect for the seasoned visionary leader looking to create something epic - guiding and collaborating with a robust group of production leads focusing on individual experiences to create a wonderfully rich and cohesive product that is truly “Disney”.

This role will report to VP of Production, Product and Development

What You Will Do

• Lead the end-to-end production of several interactive games and experiences based on Disney’s robust portfolio of characters and worlds including Disney/Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm.
• Serve as a key point of contact, problem solver, and principal collaborator within Disney, providing crucial direction and steering the development across multiple IP groups
• Engage with internal and external partners, including other Production leaders, to plan, coordinate, and track development across the entire experience
• Review all production assets including content designs and roadmaps, schedules, staffing plans, and budgets, ensuring that they are well-structured and realistic, and serve the overall project.
• Foster the production vision for the project within Disney, working with various internal partners to coordinate bringing our content to life within the game.
• Provide recommendation and insights to key stakeholders regarding the experience, production of the interactive games, and Disney Intellectual Properties
• Drive the completion of goals and facilitate communication, organization, and accountability across the team.
• Continuously improve and refine production practices over time.
• Rally a diverse set of versatile teams to achieve their best, while having lots of fun along the way!

Required Qualifications & Skills

• 7 years of experience specifically in product development/production of Console/Mobile/PC games or other entertainment.
• 3 years of experience with managed teams.
• Shipping multiple mobile, console, and/or PC games with live operations components.
• Possess a broad and deep understanding of the art and science of high-quality game development, including familiarity with various methodologies, tools, and how to structure production to support a team’s strengths and workflow.
• Excel at partnering and collaborating with key collaborators - building positive relationships, working through challenging problems, and reaching consensus to achieve great things.
• Owned the creation and release of a successful AAA live-operated game in a Senior production role and have familiarity with producing products on various gaming platforms.
• Demonstrate outstanding development knowledge and judgment; experience guiding a compelling vision to reality.
• Inspire passion and creativity in others with motivational and supportive leadership.
• Enjoy creative problem-solving, working through unique development challenges, and building something new and innovative.
• Value and respect the work of every developer and know how to bring various development disciplines together to create amazing experiences.
• Can synthesize sophisticated development streams into crisp visualizations that provide clarity on status, progress, and future plans.
• Value building an inclusive and positive team culture and enjoy mentoring and growing other production leads.
• Know how to push past perceived boundaries and limitations, never losing site of the big picture and ultimate goal.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Agile and Scrum Methodologies

Education

• A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Benefits

Our Benefits: Disney offers a rewards package to help you live your best life. This includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities and special extras that only Disney can provide. Learn more about our benefits and perks at https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits

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The hiring range for this position in Glendale, CA is $130,600 to $201,400 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and /or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, finance, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.