Production Lead

Responsibilities

• Lead production efforts across one or more game teams, ensuring milestones are delivered on time and at quality expectations
• Develop and maintain production roadmaps, sprint plans, schedules, and project tracking systems
• Partner with department leads to establish priorities, allocate resources, and manage development risks
• Facilitate Agile development processes, including sprint planning, standups, retrospectives, and milestone reviews
• Monitor project health through reporting, metrics, and team feedback, proactively identifying and resolving risks and dependencies
• Create clear visibility into project status, timelines, scope changes, and resource needs for stakeholders
• Define and improve production processes, workflows, and best practices across the organization
• Mentor and support producers, associate producers, and coordinators, helping elevate production excellence across the studio
• Collaborate with leadership to balance creative ambition with practical execution and delivery goals
• Champion a positive team culture that emphasizes ownership, accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement

Requirements

• 10+ years of game production experience, including experience leading multidisciplinary development teams
• Experience managing teams through major milestones such as vertical slices, alpha, beta, certification, and launch
• At least one shipped PC AND console title in a production leadership capacity
• Strong understanding of game development pipelines across design, engineering, art, animation, audio, and QA
• Demonstrated experience managing Pre-Production milestones schedules, dependencies, resource planning, and risk mitigation
• Experience working within Agile development methodologies
• Exceptional organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Prominent ability to influence outcomes and drive alignment across multiple teams and departments
• Experience with project management tools such as Jira, Confluence, or similar platforms
• Ability to thrive in a remote-first environment and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced studio

Nice to Have

• Experience leading production on horror, action-adventure, or narrative-driven games
• Familiarity with Unreal Engine development pipelines
• Background scaling production processes for growing teams and multiple concurrent projects
• Familiarity with the Poppy Playtime universe and audience
• Passion for creating memorable player experiences and fostering high-performing teams

Benefits

Mob Entertainment offers the following benefits to all eligible U.S.-based full-time employees:

• Profit sharing
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) matching
• FSA/HSA
• Paid time off
• Sick time
• Holidays
• Parental leave

Mob Entertainment is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and complies with all federal, state, and local laws prohibiting discrimination in employment. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, age, disability, military service, or any other protected class under applicable state or local law.

Mob Entertainment also considers all qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with Fair Chance laws as well as any other applicable state and local laws.