Founded in 2023, 2K Sports Lab is the newest stand alone studio at 2K looking to push game development boundaries to bring 2K's next groundbreaking sports franchise to life. We're building a world-class team at our new Vancouver, BC location where our goal is to deliver an exceptional experience through bold ideas, technical excellence, and creative collaboration. We're seeking passionate and driven professionals across all areas of game development to help shape this ambitious vision.
Producers on the team and who sets a high quality bar, values efficiency, productivity and the satisfaction that comes from helping a team do their best work. We’re seeking someone who is passionate about building games and has the ability to inspire teams to strive for excellence. The ideal candidate combines technical expertise with exceptional organizational and communication skills, ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with business goals.
Your core responsibilities will be to help to ensure timely and efficient delivery of a game area. Partner with design and tech peers to ensure the impact and quality of established goals and deliverables for your group Make it your business to become well versed in the features being built for the game which will allow you to run your sub-team and appropriately prioritize the team’s work in partnership with designers.
Project
Manage your group Align with the Producer lead to iterate on and develop structure and workflows in Jira and other project management tools such as Flow Work with the team to help coordinate, focus,
prioritize and track progress Decompose long term efforts into incremental steps, planning and communicating road maps and risks to all stakeholders Work with multi-disciplinary teams of designers, engineers and artists to establish, prioritize, plan and deliver on short term and long term goals for the project Drive alignment, resolve ambiguity, and clarify technical and design strategy to improve your impact Partner with a senior producer to build, enhance Jira workflow and tools, evaluate and add plugins that will help streamline either workflows or reports and dashboards You will play the game. Through understanding our game, you will be able to gauge the quality of completed deliverables against the intended quality targets 3-4 years of game production experience ~ Has completed at least 1 full game development cycle from pre-production to shipping ~ Understands that outstanding teams make great games – focuses on healthy team culture and understands how to strengthen team dynamics ~ Passion for games and cares deeply about product quality – is not purely focused on just task management ~ Experience setting clear goals,
planning and delivering features with cross functional teams and multiple competing requirements ~ Excellent project management capabilities, documentation, tracking and visibility ~ Strong understanding of technical concepts - has the skill to work with engineers and understand technical implications of their work - the “why” behind what they are doing, not just the “what” ~ Project management training in Scrum or other agile framework ~ Experience in project management methodologies such as Waterfall and Agile ~ An engineering background would be an asset ~ Love for sports is an asset Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards and eligibility to participate in our 401(K) plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program. Regular, full-time employees are also eligible for a range of benefits at the Company, including: medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance coverage; 14 paid holidays per calendar year; paid vacation time per calendar year (ranging from 15 to 25 days) or eligibility to participate in the Company’s discretionary time off program; paid parental and compassionate leave; As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided suitable accommodations to enjoy equal employment opportunities, including the ability to participate in the job application or interview process.
Please contact us if you need an accommodation as part of your application process or otherwise have questions about the Company’s accommodation policy and review process. #
📌 Producer, Creative Services (Vancouver)
🏢 2K
📍 Vancouver