Senior Technical Producer, Tech Strategy | Central Technology

Activision Publishing•Santa Monica, CA

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About The Position

Activision Central Tech is seeking a Senior Technical 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. The producer works with stakeholders across Call of Duty studios, manages plans and project backlogs, coordinates resources, tracks risks and progress, and reports project status and KPIs to stakeholders and leadership. The position also contributes to improving development processes, documenting project requirements, and delivering shared technology capabilities according to goals set with leadership partners across studios. Central Tech supports Activision development studios and their titles. Its specialties include big data, privacy and security, motion-capture and animation pipeline technologies, graphics, build and infrastructure for studio development and data centers, optimization, systems programming, and online services such as matchmaking and networking. Central Tech is distributed globally, with offices in the U.S., Canada, England, Ireland, and Japan, and includes engineering and research talent.

Requirements

At least 5 years of production or other project management experience.
Experience in the games industry or another software-focused environment, on either client or backend projects, is preferred within the stated production/project management background.
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 in rapid development cycles.
Experience planning projects, leading them through completion, and delivering quality projects on time.
Deep experience across the software development lifecycle, from inception, design, and implementation through QA and deployment.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to lead multiple teams with divergent requirements and timelines.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Lead the full product development lifecycle, from gathering requirements and prioritizing features to assisting with specifications and ensuring alignment with 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 multiple projects and work with studio Producers to allocate staffing across project initiatives.
Manage project backlogs, track progress, identify critical issues, escalate blockers, monitor project velocity, and highlight risks.
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 in 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.
Communicate across multiple teams with potentially divergent requirements and timelines, building trust across a large organization.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
Health savings account or health reimbursement account.
Healthcare spending accounts 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 and parental leave.
Mental health and wellbeing programs and fitness programs.
Free and discounted games.
Other voluntary benefits, including supplemental life and disability coverage, legal service, ID protection, and rental insurance.
Relocation assistance may be available if the Company requires a geographic move for the job.
May be eligible for incentive compensation; incentive compensation is not guaranteed.