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Technical Producer
Redmond, WA, US
Job Category: Software Engineering: Program Management
Location: Redmond, WA, US
Job ID: 782796-73098
Division: Interactive Entertainment Business
Microsoft Studios is looking for an experienced Technical Program Manager to help us deliver innovative and ground-breaking experiences that push the boundaries of what is possible.
We’re the people that developed Kinect and profoundly changed the way people interact with technology. Now our incubation team is ready to change the world again, but we need your help!
We’re a small and growing team of experienced incubators and game developers working with truly inspiring entertainment technology. We brainstorm exciting and ground-breaking experiences and quickly build working prototypes on top of developing tech. We transform our ideas into reality through shipping a first-to-market product.
This position will be responsible for owning multiple deep technical pieces of the project, while running a feature team focused on those technical areas. The producer will also be responsible for pioneering development processes, establishing schedules and budgets, leading feature teams in completing work, and ensuring development and production work align to the overall vision and strategy for the project. Daily tasks will include analyzing progress against the development plan, making adjustments as needed with the feature teams, making prioritization decisions for production and development, reviewing builds and giving feedback, and working with other functional leads and peers to resolve all process and technical hurdles for creating a world-class experience
The ideal candidate must have excellent communication skills, the ability to drive teams and individuals towards common goals, is an effective liaison between multiple disciplines and teams, will possess a broad understanding of hardware and software, can ramp up quickly on new and development and technology. Knowledge of game production and development is a plus.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Deliver creative, fun, and innovative experiences
Champion a piece of technology and drive it to completion
Build strong working relationships with all members of the team and external teams
Manage development and production plans to deliver world-class quality on schedule.
Create tools, standards, processes, schedules, communication methods, and anything else that helps a team stay on vision and on schedule.
Establish and maintain the project’s vision, scope, schedule, budget, and resource plan.
Communicate risks and opportunities to upper management on a regular basis.
Create and improve internal processes for signing and shipping games.
QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS
5+ years working as a Producer or Program Manager
Strong experience working with all disciplines (Art, Design, Dev, PM, Test)
A history of high quality products and experiences
Problem solving and management of creative teams
Strong technical skills
Knowledge of all aspects and stages of game development
*To consider similar job openings within Microsoft Game Studios on MS Career, use keyword: Microsoft Studios
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Location: Redmond, WA, US
Job ID: 782796-73098
Division: Interactive Entertainment Business
Microsoft Studios is looking for an experienced Technical Program Manager to help us deliver innovative and ground-breaking experiences that push the boundaries of what is possible.
We’re the people that developed Kinect and profoundly changed the way people interact with technology. Now our incubation team is ready to change the world again, but we need your help!
We’re a small and growing team of experienced incubators and game developers working with truly inspiring entertainment technology. We brainstorm exciting and ground-breaking experiences and quickly build working prototypes on top of developing tech. We transform our ideas into reality through shipping a first-to-market product.
This position will be responsible for owning multiple deep technical pieces of the project, while running a feature team focused on those technical areas. The producer will also be responsible for pioneering development processes, establishing schedules and budgets, leading feature teams in completing work, and ensuring development and production work align to the overall vision and strategy for the project. Daily tasks will include analyzing progress against the development plan, making adjustments as needed with the feature teams, making prioritization decisions for production and development, reviewing builds and giving feedback, and working with other functional leads and peers to resolve all process and technical hurdles for creating a world-class experience
The ideal candidate must have excellent communication skills, the ability to drive teams and individuals towards common goals, is an effective liaison between multiple disciplines and teams, will possess a broad understanding of hardware and software, can ramp up quickly on new and development and technology. Knowledge of game production and development is a plus.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Deliver creative, fun, and innovative experiences
Champion a piece of technology and drive it to completion
Build strong working relationships with all members of the team and external teams
Manage development and production plans to deliver world-class quality on schedule.
Create tools, standards, processes, schedules, communication methods, and anything else that helps a team stay on vision and on schedule.
Establish and maintain the project’s vision, scope, schedule, budget, and resource plan.
Communicate risks and opportunities to upper management on a regular basis.
Create and improve internal processes for signing and shipping games.
QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS
5+ years working as a Producer or Program Manager
Strong experience working with all disciplines (Art, Design, Dev, PM, Test)
A history of high quality products and experiences
Problem solving and management of creative teams
Strong technical skills
Knowledge of all aspects and stages of game development
*To consider similar job openings within Microsoft Game Studios on MS Career, use keyword: Microsoft Studios
J2WERPL1