Senior Technical Producer, Tech Strategy | Central Technology

Activision•Los Angeles, CA

6d•$94,580 - $174,988

About The Position

Activision Central Tech is seeking a senior producer to drive the success of its AI initiatives. The role oversees the product development lifecycle, aligns technical requirements across stakeholders, and collaborates with teams to achieve shared technology goals across Call of Duty studios. The producer develops plans and roadmaps, balances resources, tracks delivery and risks, reports on project performance, improves development processes, and creates documentation to support project requirements. The role also works with leadership and studio partners to deliver shared technology capabilities.

Requirements

At least 5 years of production or other project management experience, preferably in games or another software-focused environment on client or backend projects.
Skill with project management tools such as JIRA and Confluence and communication tools such as Slack and Miro.
A track record of helping ship software products on time or through rapid development cycles.
Experience planning projects, leading them to completion, and delivering quality projects on time.
Deep experience with all stages of the software development lifecycle, from inception, design, and implementation through QA and deployment.

Nice To Haves

Experience working on AAA and/or first-person shooter games.
Experience with AI/ML or LLMs.
A technical degree, such as computer engineering, or similar experience.
Familiarity with data protection laws and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

Lead the product development lifecycle, from gathering requirements and prioritizing features to assisting with specifications and aligning work to strategic technology goals.
Align technical requirements and foster collaboration among stakeholders across Call of Duty studios.
Develop project schedules, implementation plans, status reports, burndown charts, and shared technical roadmaps across studios.
Balance resources across projects and work with studio Producers to ensure appropriate allocation and staffing for project initiatives.
Manage project backlogs, track progress and velocity, identify critical issues and risks, and escalate blockers.
Drive recurring project updates, including team meetings or stand-ups, post-mortems, and sprint kick-offs.
Provide regular, timely, and accurate stakeholder and leadership reporting, including KPIs for project timeliness and quality.
Collaborate with internal resourcing teams, PMG, and studios to optimize development efficiency and improve structure and communication within Core Development teams.
Create wireframes, process flow diagrams, UI mock-ups, and other documentation to support project requirements.
Deliver goals set by leadership partners across studios and drive development of shared technology capabilities.
Lead communication across multiple teams with potentially divergent requirements and timelines, building trust across independent organizational units.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
Health savings or health reimbursement accounts and healthcare and dependent care spending accounts.
Life and AD&D insurance and disability insurance.
401(k) with company match.
Tuition reimbursement.
Charitable donation matching.
Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, and floating holidays.
Compassion and bereavement leaves.
Parental leave.
Mental health and wellbeing programs.
Fitness programs.
Free and discounted games.
Other voluntary benefits, including supplemental life and disability coverage, legal services, ID protection, and rental insurance.
Relocation assistance may be available if the company requires the employee to move geographic locations for the job.
May be eligible for incentive compensation; it is not guaranteed.