Senior Producer

Senior Producer

Hybrid (4 days a month in the office)

We're on the lookout for a dynamic and inspiring Senior Producer to join our expanding First-Party Production team at Team17.

At our core, we develop and publish games to bring quality gaming experiences to players across the world and multiple platforms. Our portfolio has over 100 games, including iconic first party IP titles such as Worms, Hell Let Loose, Escapists, Golf With Your Friends and Killer Frequency.

As a Senior Producer, you'll be taking ownership for the successful delivery of our very own IP! This is a unique opportunity to work in a varied role, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams across projects of varying scope and complexity.

Your natural curiosity helps you to critically assess and mitigate project risks, provide guidance and support across your project team and able to make informed decisions to ensure the projects are delivered to quality, time and budget.

What You'll Be Doing as a Senior Producer

• Lead multidisciplinary teams to deliver quality pioneering games across all stages of the development life cycle from conception to portfolio and beyond. Ensuring the team are all aligned to deliver projects in line with budgets, timescales and schedules.
• Key decision maker across own project portfolio, helping to mitigate risks, resolve challenges and expertly translate technical specifications to non-technical stakeholders.
• Review project milestones, reports and ensure the development statuses are accurate and fair.
• Provide accurate reporting across all projects and provide timely updates to all key stakeholders.
• Run Scrums and embedding agile working principles that help respond to urgent requirements.
• Provide guidance, mentorship, and support to a small team of producers to deliver the highest Project Management standards, balancing quality, budget, and timelines.
• Supporting Outsource partners and integrating and managing external outsource teams will be a key part of this role.
• Owning the production process whilst deployed on projects and delivering and maintaining Team17 standards will be crucial.

What We're Looking For

• Experience: Proven success in Production within a games developer with experience across all current platforms.
• Technical Knowledge: Strong grasp of multiplayer cross-play gaming, game server-client & P2P architecture, and live-ops.
• Leadership: Ability to lead, inspire, and motivate through excellent communication skills.
• Problem-Solving: Exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to make timely decisions, both solo and as part of a team.
• Hands-On: Ready to roll up your sleeves and work across all levels of Production.
• Clarity: Great at bringing clarity in uncertain situations.
• Agility: Able to juggle multiple tasks while keeping an eye on long-term goals.
• Project Management: Familiarity with modern methodologies like Agile (certification is a plus).
• Commercial awareness: Ability to deliver quality games in line with business needs through effective budget management.
• Jira / Confluence: Knowledge and experience of these would be beneficial.

What's In It For You?

• Bonuses & Shares: Annual bonus, pension match up to 8%, Share Save Scheme, and £1000 in free shares for all Teamsters!
• Learning: Dedicated learning time—6 days a year for self-directed learning, plus organised learning and conferences.
• Healthcare: Private medical insurance covering pre-existing conditions and reduced Dental scheme.
• Flexibility: Hybrid working, home and office.
• Perks: Game console loans up to £500, game keys, free arcade games, pool tables, and gaming competitions. Plus, look out for treats sent to your home throughout the year to celebrate life at Team17 and our successes!

The Process

The interview process for the Senior Producer is made up of 3 stages:

• Stage One - Screening (30 minutes) - You'll initially meet with Talent Acquisition. This is a great opportunity to talk through your experience and ask any questions about the role.
• Stage Two - Interview (60 minutes) - An interview with a Producer and IP team Lead to explore your experience and an opportunity to meet the wider team.
• Stage Three - Interview (60 minutes) - An interview with the Lead Producer (line manager) and another stakeholder where you'll be provided with a scenario beforehand to review and be discussed.

You will have the chance to speak to our recruitment team at various points during your process but if you do have any specific questions ahead of this, please contact simon.halkyard@team17.com. Prior to interview we will supply you will some of the questions that will be asked of you at interview, to support your preparation. We will also establish with you how you prefer feedback. Phone, Teams call or Email.

Find out more about us

Check out our Careers portal, where you can take VR compatible tours of our offices and meet our teams: Team17 Your World

Join our Team17 Careers Discord channel, find out more about our work communities and access interview support: Discord

Team17 is an equal opportunities employer with a commitment to building a diverse workforce, representative of the world we live and game in! Accessibility is at the heart of our games and we reflect that in how we operate as a business.

We can provide suitable adjustments for you during our recruitment processes from audio support to extra time on assessments. Should you require adjustments or flexible arrangements to interview, or take up a role at Team17, please let us know in the notes section of your application and be reassured that this will not affect your application.