Director, Production (Licensed IP and Partner Titles - Fortnite Ecosystem)

Epic Games • Cary, NC

13d • $219,811 - $322,389

About The Position

Epic Games is hiring a Director, Production to lead production across its licensed IP and partner titles in the Fortnite ecosystem. Epic’s third-party content group brings entertainment and gaming intellectual property into Fortnite as creator-enabled experiences made with Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN). The group funds and ships licensed and partner titles through external studios and vendors and operates the live platform where that content is discovered and grows.

The Director will lead production across the licensed IP slate from planning through launch and live operations. They will coordinate delivery with internal development and platform teams, manage production relationships with licensors and external studios, and oversee launch readiness, budgets, vendor contracts, and capacity plans. In partnership with design, art, production management, and engineering leads, they will build and lead a production team that can scale with the slate.

The role is open to multiple locations across North America and Europe, including New York City. The listed New York City annual base pay range is $219,811–$322,389 USD. Epic states that most employees are eligible for its benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs, subject to their terms.

Requirements

• Significant experience shipping games or live services within a first-party or internal development organisation.
• Experience managing multiple external partners in parallel, such as licensors, publishers, or studios, including publishing production.
• Experience leading live operations for a platform or live service at scale.
• Demonstrated experience owning multi-million-dollar budgets, vendor management, and capacity planning, and presenting and defending plans at the executive level.
• Proven ability to establish production methodologies and standards adopted across teams and the broader organisation.
• Strong people leadership, including building effective teams and structures, empowering others through delegation, and growing a production organisation while protecting team health.
• Ability to build trust across teams, executives, and external partners; navigate ambiguity and complex challenges with clarity, sound judgment, empathy, and strong communication.
• Strong strategic judgment and ability to see the bigger picture, navigate competing priorities, and make thoughtful trade-offs.
• Comfort collaborating closely with teams and partners across UK and US time zones.

Nice To Haves

• Passion for user-generated content and creator communities.

Responsibilities

• Own launch readiness for each title, chairing weekly status reviews across workstreams including creator tools, island production, publishing and access, discovery placement, IP and content moderation, brand compliance, creator-facing UX, monetisation, documentation, marketing, and QA.
• Manage partner production and serve as the production contact for licensors, aligning on brand guidelines and content review and carrying decisions between partners, legal, business development, and development teams.
• Own the platform’s live operating rhythm, including release cadence, events, merchandising, discovery, monetisation health, and feedback from live metrics into the slate and roadmap.
• Build and run the production organisation, establishing clear ownership, delegation, and team ceremonies that support a slate spanning UK and US time zones.
• Own vendor statements of work, budget management and annual planning, capacity and staffing plans, and organisational design in partnership with discipline directors; provide senior leadership with a high-level view of people, projects, and spend.
• Own the production view of the organisation-wide roadmap and align priorities, sequencing, and resourcing across teams, disciplines, and partners.
• Lead AI adoption where it can make a meaningful difference and evolve production practices as the technology matures.
• Build and lead a production team that can grow with the slate while protecting team health.

Benefits

• Most employees are eligible to participate in Epic’s benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs, subject to the terms of those plans or programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed