Producer (Contract) - Sledgehammer Games
About The Position
Sledgehammer Games is seeking a contract Producer to join our Engineering department. The Producer will be responsible for managing at least two engineering discipline pods, ensuring delivery of features, tech, tools, and supporting cross-functional collaboration. This role is ideal for candidates with strong project management skills, technical understanding, and a passion for empowering engineering teams to deliver world-class gameplay and systems. This is a hybrid position based in our San Mateo studio, offering flexibility with a combination of in-studio and remote workdays. Permanent remote work is not available for this position. Sledgehammer Games is part of the Activision family and is wholly owned by Microsoft.
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Producer or Project Manager in game development, preferably with engineering teams
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies, Kanban, Jira, Confluence, and production workflows
- Strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to manage multiple pods and priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Technical literacy and ability to understand engineering concepts and challenges
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Call of Duty or AAA online-multiplayer projects and/or live-ops is a plus
Responsibilities
- Manage and support two or more engineering discipline pods (e.g., AI Gameplay Engineering, Online Engineering, etc...)
- Facilitate sprint planning, backlog grooming, and task assignment using Jira and Confluence
- Drive feature & tech development, including technical design documents, reviews, and approval, in alignment with established workflows
- Track progress against deliverables, proactively identify risks, and resolve blockers to maintain schedule and quality
- Foster communication between engineering, design, QA, and other departments, ensuring alignment on goals and priorities
- Support onboarding, documentation, and process improvement initiatives within engineering pods
- Report status, escalate issues, and provide feedback to Engineering Leads and Production leadership
- Champion best practices in Agile production, including iterative development, feature gating, and cross-discipline collaboration
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance
- 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching
- Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave
- Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others
- Relocation assistance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
