(Senior) Producer, New Products (m/f) Job in Karlsruhe, Germany

In the year 2002, Alexander Rösner laid the foundation for one of the world’s most successful companies in the Free-to-Play online games industry, with the browser game OGame. Just one year later he founded Gameforge together with Klaas Kersting. In 2006, Gameforge brought what has become Europe’s most successful MMO, Metin2, to Germany. With the game’s success, the player numbers grew, along with the company itself. Over 450 million registered players immerse themselves into the fascinating worlds of more than 20 games every day; which are available in 75 countries.

(Senior) Producer, New Products (m/f) Job Description

Tasks to inspire:

• Oversee all stages of the external production of a project, from its initial feasibility analysis to its live operation on all targeted platforms
• Define, develop and audit schedules and specification requirements for deliverables based upon project goals
• Identify quality, time, inefficiency and cost conflicts during the game development and recommend solutions
• Manage the Milestone Review process ensuring that key deliverables are evaluated by the relevant stakeholders and that a comprehensive “State of the Game” can be presented to upper management for review and approval at all monetary and major development milestones
• Support the integration phase to facilitate a smooth handoff of operational capability from the external development team to the internal Gameforge Live team assigned to the game
• Perform due diligence and identify gaps in existing team and departmental processes and recommend viable improvements
• Communicate the project plan and progress to relevant teams; liaise with internal and external stakeholders

(Senior) Producer, New Products (m/f) Job Requirements

Qualifications to convince:

• A passion for games
• Several years of software development experience in the games industry; experience with online, free-to-play games is a plus
• Experience in project management in a leadership role
• Expert knowledge of the use of project management tools, such as MS Project, JIRA, Hansoft
• Excellent knowledge of product life cycle, tools, processes and execution planning
• Experience working in a live services model is preferred
• Demonstrated ability working with multiple distributed development teams
• Strong negotiation, communication and conflict resolution skills
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• Proficiency in English, written and oral; German a plus!

• The informality of a start-up combined with 10 years’ experience in the industry
• A challenging working environment offering opportunities for personal development and for contributing ideas
• The chance to mould your own working environment
• A personal contact person to ensure a smooth start to working at the company
• A job in the “Tuscany of Germany” with 1691 hours of sunlight per year

(Senior) Producer, New Products (m/f) Application Information

A company to connect:

• The informality of a start-up combined with 10 years’ experience in the industry
• A challenging working environment offering opportunities for personal development and for contributing ideas
• The chance to mould your own working environment
• A personal contact person to ensure a smooth start to working at the company
• A job in the “Tuscany of Germany” with 1691 hours of sunlight per year

(Senior) Producer, New Products (m/f) Summary