Back to all jobs
TPM
Location
Bellevue, Washington
Experience
Mid
Posted
18 days ago
Type
Permanent · Remote

About the role

Company Information

The Pokémon Company International manages the Pokémon property outside of Asia and is responsible for brand management, licensing and marketing, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the animated TV series, home entertainment, and the official Pokémon website. Pokémon was launched in Japan in 1996 and today is one of the most popular children’s entertainment properties in the world.


Role Overview

  • Job Title: Game Producer
  • FLSA Classification (US Only): Exempt
  • People Manager: No
  • Job Summary: As a Game Producer for Live Operations, you will coordinate production workflows, live service operations, release readiness, deployments, incident responses, and game launch updates throughout the release lifecycle. This role will work closely with cross functional teams to align priorities and ensure builds, content, and systems are validated and ready for release.

Responsibilities

  • Support internal development teams through clear planning, prioritization, and coordination to maintain alignment on operational needs.
  • Drive sprint and milestone workflows, ensuring progress is tracked and risks are surfaced early.
  • Coordinate release readiness activities to ensure builds, content, and systems are prepared for deployment across all platforms.
  • Organize incident response activities, including triage, escalation, stakeholder communication, and resolution tracking within established operational processes.
  • Maintain accurate project documentation, schedules, operational runbooks, and status updates for stakeholders and studio leadership.
  • Leverage data and operational insights to support decision-making and improve release quality and service stability.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of production processes, release coordination practices, and operations workflows.

Qualifications

  • Experience: Three (3) to five (5) years of related professional experience in game production, supporting live service games, release management, live operations, or technical production environments.
  • Operational Background: Prior experience supporting the launch or ongoing operation of a live game or online service.
  • Technical Knowledge:
    • Strong understanding of standard game development production processes and lifecycles, supporting live service operations, incident response, build pipelines, and supporting software releases.
    • Familiarity with mobile submission and release processes.
    • Experience using Jira for task management, bug tracking, workflow organization, and reporting.
  • Collaboration: Experience working closely with engineering, QA, and technical teams within a development environment.
  • Communication: Demonstrated ability to adapt communication style for various partners maintaining clarity across teams and priorities.
  • Problem Solving: Proven experience navigating ambiguity and breaking down complex work into clear, actionable plans.
  • Industry Interest: A passion for making and playing games, with awareness of current industry trends.
  • Travel: Ability to travel up to 2 times per year domestically or internationally.

Compensation

  • Base Salary Range: New hires generally start between $99,000.00 - $129,000.00 per year.
  • Full Salary Range: $99,000.00 - $173,000.00 per year.
  • The final base salary is directly related to the candidate’s qualifications and professional experience.

How You’ll Be Successful

  • Passion for Pokémon: Develops an understanding of the Pokémon brand, the impact it has on our people, culture, business, fans, and communities, and applying that knowledge and passion to everything you do.
  • Challenging the Expected: Approaches challenges with curiosity and creativity, embracing the possibility of failure as an opportunity to learn something new, develop innovative ideas, solve complex problems and identify unique opportunities.
  • Integrity and Respect: Demonstrates integrity and respect by leading with empathy, listening to others, seeking out different perspectives, and taking personal responsibility for decisions, actions, and results.
  • Dedicated to Quality: Takes ownership to maintain and promote high standards, looks for new ways to learn and improve, and embraces a growth mindset to seek and apply feedback from others in an effort to continuously improve.
  • Building Relationships: Develops and strengthens relationships, adopting a “team first” mentality and working collaboratively to solve problems and meet shared goals.
  • Delighting Customers: Listens and understands the interests and needs of our customers and stakeholders, making them feel heard and important, and embracing these learnings to continue delivering a unique Pokémon experience.

Benefits and Perks

  • An innovative culture driven by impact, delivering meaningful outcomes.
  • Company events that celebrate the spirit of Pokémon.
  • Competitive cash-based compensation programs.
  • 100% employer-paid healthcare premiums for you.
  • Generous paid family leave.
  • Employer-paid life insurance.
  • Employer-paid long and short-term income protection insurance.
  • US Employees: 401k Employer Matching.
  • UK/IRE/MX Employees: Pension Employer Contributions.
  • Fitness reimbursement.
  • Commuter benefit.
  • LinkedIn learning.
  • Comprehensive relocation package for certain roles.
  • Hybrid work environment.
TPM

The Pokémon Company

Games & Interactive
Open roles
9
Founded
1998
Employees
201-500
Location
Minato City, Tokyo, Japan