Senior Technical Producer, Tech Strategy | Central Technology

Activision Blizzard, Inc.•Santa Monica, CA

12d•$94,580 - $174,988

About The Position

Activision Central Tech is seeking a senior producer to drive 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 Call of Duty studios and Central Technology partners to plan and deliver shared technology capabilities, manage resources and project progress, report on outcomes and risks, and improve development processes. Central Tech supports Activision’s studios with specialties including big data, privacy and security, motion capture and animation pipeline technologies, graphics, build and infrastructure, optimization, systems programming, and online services.

Requirements

At least 5 years of production or other project management experience, preferably in games or another software-forward environment, on client or backend products.
Experience 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 to 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 ability to lead multiple teams with differing requirements and timelines.

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 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 projects and coordinate with studio Producers to allocate staffing to project initiatives.
Manage project backlogs, track progress and velocity, identify issues and risks, and escalate blockers.
Drive recurring project updates, including team meetings, stand-ups, post-mortems, and sprint kick-offs.
Provide stakeholders and leadership with regular, timely, and accurate reports, including KPIs for project timeliness and quality.
Work with internal resourcing teams in PMG and studios to improve development efficiency and communication and structure within Core Development teams.
Create wireframes, process flow diagrams, UI mock-ups, and other documentation supporting 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 a large organization.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
Health savings or health reimbursement account and healthcare and dependent care spending accounts.
Life and AD&D insurance and disability insurance.
401(k) with Company match.
Tuition reimbursement and 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.
Voluntary benefits including supplemental life and disability, legal services, ID protection, and rental insurance.
Relocation assistance may be available if the Company requires a geographic move for the job.
Eligible employees may be eligible for incentive compensation; it is not guaranteed.