Background Producer (Retro Studios)

About the role

Retro Studios is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nintendo Co., Ltd., and a powerhouse in game development. Working hand-in-hand with Nintendo, we craft award-winning titles for the company’s cutting-edge platforms, blending innovation, artistry, and gameplay excellence. Our home base is Austin, Texas, a vibrant city known for its creative energy, live music, stunning natural scenery, and forward-thinking culture.

Responsibilities

• 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.

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.