Expert Technical Producer

Job Title: Expert Technical Producer

Requisition ID: R027121

Job Description:
Your Mission

Activision Central Tech is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Expert Technical Producer to join our team. The Central Tech production team provides global leadership and support across technology development powering the Call of Duty franchise. In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing the entire development lifecycle of complex technology, aligning technical requirements across stakeholders, and collaborating with various teams to achieve shared technology goals.

This role is based in our Vancouver, BC office and follows an onsite work schedule of four days per week. Work arrangements may change at the company’s discretion to meet business needs.

What you bring to the table

The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners. This role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:

• Bring active leadership, proactivity and strong execution in your areas of responsibility, ensuring delivery predictability and operational health
• Own planning, progress tracking, and dependency management for large scope with significant unknowns through all project phases
• Collaborate across discipline to define and document realistic milestones, capacity plans, progress reports, and other relevant documentation.
• Drive rigorous production processes, reporting standards, and risk management frameworks across mandates.
• Maintain strong visibility of development health, progress and risks to managers and directors.
• Proactively initiate and drive discussions with teams and leads across disciplines to confirm objectives, resolve challenges, support informed decisions, and ensure success of initiatives.
• Participate in building strong production culture through continuous improvement of team processes and production practices.

Player Profile

• 8+ years of technical production in game development.
• Possess strong understanding of both production methodologies and technical development workflows in games.
• Structured and rigorous, with a proven ability to manage ambiguity and maintaining flexibility in plans to respond to change
• Strong communicator, known to bring depth to decision-making and problem-solving
• Ability to lead, influence and mobilize teams without direct authority.
• Skilled with project management tools such as JIRA, Confluence, and communication infrastructure such as Slack and Teams.
• Proven ability to build positive working relationships and contribute to an environment of trust, respect, and accountability.

Extra Points

• Experience working on AAA and/or first-person shooter games.
• A technical degree or similar experience.
• Experience managing production tooling workflows to increase efficiency.

Your Platform

Activision Central Tech works to support our development studios and their titles. Comprised of seven main teams, we have many specialties including 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 including matchmaking and networking. Central Tech is distributed globally with offices across the U.S., and in Canada, England,Irelandand Japan.

Most of our teams arecomprisedof both engineering and research talent, allowing us to always have an eye on the future. Our talented engineers help with title development and provide valuable knowledge sharing between studios while our researchers are action-oriented and keep a strong connection with the needs of the game studios.

Central Tech is part of Activision. To learn more about us and our research, please visit us at https://research.activision.com/ .

Our World

At Activision, we strive to create the most iconic brands in gaming and entertainment.We’redriven by our mission to deliver unrivaled gaming experiences for the world to enjoy, together. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, Crash Bandicoot™, Tony Hawk’s™ Pro Skater™, and Guitar Hero®. As a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and products, our “press start” is simple: delight hundreds of millions of players around the world with innovative, fun, thrilling, and engaging entertainment experiences.

We’renot just looking back at our decades-long legacy;we’reforging ahead to keep advancing gameplay with some of the most popular titles and sophisticated technology in the world. We have bold ambitions to create the most inclusive company as we know our success comes from the passionate, creative, and diverse teams within our organization.

We’rein the business of delivering fun and unforgettable entertainment for our player community to enjoy. And our future opportunities have never been greater – this could be your opportunity to level up.

Ready to Activate Your Future?

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminateon the basis ofrace, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonableassistanceto individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to [email protected] . General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.

Rewards

We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ – we’ve got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:

• Extended health plan, including medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, for employees and their dependents, as well as disability insurance;
• RRSP with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
• Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
• Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other benefit programs like supplemental life & critical illness, legal service, and others;
• If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.

Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company.

The standard base pay range for this role is $96,285.00 – $203,490.00 CAD. These values reflect the expected annualized base pay range of new hires in British Columbia, Canada. Actual amounts will vary depending on experience, performance and location. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed.