About the role
Company Overview
Retro Studios, founded in 1998, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nintendo Co., Ltd. Based in Austin, Texas, the studio focuses on crafting award-winning titles for Nintendo platforms through a blend of innovation, artistry, and gameplay excellence. The company maintains a culture centered on kindness, empathy, respect, and inclusivity.
Description of Duties
- Support Environment, Lighting, and VFX teams to define, track, and prioritize work based on product readiness, critical path needs, and development priorities.
- Support cross-discipline teams and initiatives by facilitating meetings, taking notes, resolving blockers, and capturing/following up on action items.
- Work with Leads, Feature Owners, Stakeholders, and dependent groups to capture, vet, organize, prioritize, and track development work.
- Coordinate and run sprint and milestone planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
- Track team velocity and scope-versus-capacity data to improve forecast accuracy for future sprint and milestone commitments.
- Communicate high-level status (on track, at risk) and use historical data to inform strategies to hit long-term milestone goals.
- Share and refine risk mitigation strategies with Department Directors, Lead Producer, and VP of Development.
- Collaborate with other producers and departments to establish and refine content pipelines and development processes.
- Coordinate with the Quality Assurance department for build deployments and build notes.
Summary of Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in game development as a Producer or Project Manager of cross-discipline teams.
- Deeply familiar with pre-production and production phases of AAA game development.
- Deeply familiar with art content pipelines and how they overlap with design and engineering disciplines.
- Deeply familiar with ShotGrid/Flow.
- Excellent soft skills with a firm yet supportive demeanor.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent time management skills.
Preferred Skills
- Familiarity with tracking efforts executed by external studios/vendors.
- Familiarity with Excel.
- Familiarity with Miro or similar collaborative whiteboard solutions.
- Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, and other Atlassian products.
Additional Information
- This job description outlines primary duties and requirements and is not intended to identify all tasks that may be performed; individuals occupying the position may be required to perform other duties.
- The company may modify job duties from time to time, either in practice or in writing.
- Retro Studios is an equal opportunity employer.
- Applicants are encouraged to be curious, ask questions, and take initiative. Candidates do not need to match every requirement perfectly.