Producer - D&D

Hasbro•Renton, WA

16d•Hybrid

About The Position

We take play seriously. We’re looking for curious adventurers ready to find their party, fueled by imagination and drive to build what’s never been built before. At Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast, you’ll collaborate with passionate teams to reimagine our iconic brands and create experiences that spark joy, connection, and community through the magic of play. This is your chance to shape legendary play that lasts a lifetime. We are looking for a results-oriented, innovative Producer to support our flagship game brand, Dungeons & Dragons! This role is a key member of the team, passionate about facilitating the production and publication of the various products and other support initiatives within the D&D studio. Dedicated to the product development process and its related deliverables for each of D&D’s major releases within a Season, you are key to the dev support of our global releases. The ideal candidate should have proven games industry expertise in production workflows, tracking tools and resource management, strong communication and time leadership skills, a passion for product development, and cross functional workflows (marketing, localization, etc) and an affinity for games/lifestyle brands. A solid understanding of and passion for D&D is a huge asset, and experience solving the challenges of international physical product manufacturing are a strong plus. This role will be hybrid requiring three days a week in our Renton, WA office.

Requirements

3+ Years’ experience working as a Producer, Project Manager, or similar game project management position is helpful.
Confirmed strength in communication and organization
Ability to drive projects forward within a highly matrixed organization: ability to provide clear and concise direction/feedback to partners and the ability to influence others to embrace their recommendations
Strong project management abilities; capable of prioritizing and balancing multiple projects simultaneously, under tight time constraints and within budget parameters
Experience with marketing processes and pipelines.
Understanding of the challenges associated with being a global organization.
Proficient with Microsoft Office applications, especially Power Point and Excel

Nice To Haves

Passion for fantasy properties and D&D a huge plus. Please specify any D&D-specific experience/knowledge on your resume.
Experience working with external partners a plus
Proficient with SmartSheet, Confluence and Miro are big pluses
Knowledge of the digital game and/or hobby game industries is helpful
BA/BS or equivalent experience preferred
Experience solving the challenges of international physical product manufacturing are a strong plus.

Responsibilities

Support and coordinate the development of the various products for the D&D TRPG Seasonal roadmap with studio creatives and drive global alignment of cross-functional teams such as marketing, franchise, D&D Beyond, operations and localization to ensure critical dates and deliverables are met for product launches.
Maintain and validate Smartsheet schedules for the art team for all Worldbuilding and active Production art-related work.
Partner with the production team to validate full end to end viability as it relates to the vertical work.
Provide regular updates for all future facing work, such as week-to-week due date changes, keeping teams and leadership updated with schedule requirements.
Use weekly stand ups to drive productive conversation around workloads.
Coordinate regular budget check ins for each project via well maintained and accurate data of asset creation.
Work with various stakeholders to organize assets and materials for the gates and milestones associated with each products development.
Ensure that appropriate individuals are identified and included and required assets are scheduled and delivered to the appropriate locations.
Build visual representations of chokepoints and suggest solutions to management to alleviate issues with resources and capacity limits in relation to emerging work and new additions to the roadmap.
Work with Art Directors, Graphic Designers, Team managers, marketing partners, digital content managers and outsourcing teams to manage outsourced asset creation for scheduled products set for release on the roadmap.
Outline deliverables, timelines and file management protocols for external partners and vendors.
Identify opportunities to reduce roadblocks and increase output.
Outline potential solutions and validate mutually agreeable improvements.