Job Details

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.

Netflix is looking for a versatile and engaged Senior Producer to join our dynamic Games Production team and contribute to our goal of bringing best-in-class Kids games to our members. We're a team with big ambitions and an obsession to deliver memorable game moments that leave players telling their own stories for years to come. As a part of Netflix, we strive to hire the best and value integrity, excellence, respect, inclusion, and collaboration.

As a Netflix Games Senior Producer for Kids games, you will be at the forefront of managing and delivering high-quality games. Working with the Executive and Lead Producers, you will be instrumental in guiding game development teams to ensure projects are executed within scope, time and budget to surprise and delight our members' kids and families.

This role is remote with PST time zone preferred. We hold quarterly in-person onsites at our Los Angeles or Los Gatos offices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Game Leadership: Produce a complex title from inception to live. Single source of truth for project information.
• Excellence in Game Production: Proven track record as an excellent game producer with a focus on game readiness, quality, predictability, impact, and performance.
• Primary Point of Contact: Serve as the primary point of contact for game development teams, collaborating on project and milestone schedules, submission planning, risks, dependency and and overall development plans.
• Roadmap and Schedule Creation: Develop and drive full lifecycle project roadmaps, schedules, and quality standards, ensuring alignment with broader portfolio and quality goals.
• Milestone Assessment: Collaborate with stakeholders to assess milestones, reviewing and evaluating game builds across design, creative, development, and production progress. Synthesize feedback from stakeholders into actionable systems for developers.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate with our operations teams to own partnerships with cross-functional teams, excelling in relationship management and delivery.
• Problem Solving and Risk Management: Be an excellent observer and proactive problem solver, maintaining an outstanding risk register and identifying risks early to remove roadblocks and potential bottlenecks. Drive ambiguity out of discussions and ensure active closure of outstanding issues.
• Efficiency Optimization: Seek efficiencies in workstreams, actively working to help drive out inefficiencies.
• Team Empowerment: Inspire and empower development teams, guiding them through continuous improvement and sharing learnings with the studio.
• Game Champion: Serve as an internal title champion/evangelist, crafting and presenting product updates to various audiences, providing visibility into milestones and challenges, and ensuring optimal product information for market delivery.
• Team Culture: Work cross-functionally to create a healthy team culture that is communicative, transparent, motivated, committed, and focused on realistic goals.
• Strategic Focus: Demonstrate a strong understanding of portfolio objectives and the ability to align project efforts with strategic goals.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in Video Game Production, preferably in both Publishing and Development, shipping multiple products from ideation to live operation on various platforms.
• Strong understanding of game development processes, including design, programming, art, and audio
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize tasks effectively.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex ideas clearly and effectively.
• Experience in presenting to and communicating effectively with stakeholders and partners at all levels.
• Creative problem-solving abilities to proactively mitigate obstacles in game development.
• Strong leadership skills to motivate and guide teams towards achieving project goals - influencing without authority. Experience in building and maintaining a positive and productive team environment.
• Consistently demonstrates great judgment in decision-making
• Able to build and maintain excellent cross-functional partnerships and workstreams
• Understanding of quality assurance processes and the ability to ensure high standards of quality in game production.
• Up-to-date knowledge of industry trends, player preferences, and competitive landscape.
• Ability to adapt to changing project requirements and work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Openness to feedback and willingness to iterate on processes and products.
• Sensitivity to cultural differences and the ability to work effectively with diverse teams and audiences.

Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.

Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.