Blizzard Entertainment
Senior Game Producer, World Development - Overwatch 2
Blizzard Entertainment, Irvine, California, United States, 92713
Senior Game Producer, World Development – Overwatch 2
Blizzard Entertainment is looking for a Senior Game Producer for World Development, responsible for crafting Overwatch’s vibrant maps and world. This full‑time position is based in Irvine, California, with optional work‑from‑home on Mondays and Fridays.
Responsibilities
Build, curate, and drive a content development process for game maps and modes.
Develop, maintain, and communicate team goals, roadmaps, capacity plans, and schedules.
Lead cross‑disciplinary strike teams building world‑related game content & features.
Schedule, organize, and drive a game content pipeline spanning level design, concepting, modeling, scripting, playtesting, iteration, outsourcing, finaling, engine performance, quality assurance, and defect resolution.
Partner with pipeline and discipline leadership to define goals and deliverables, and drive communication to ensure alignment and deadlines are met.
Partner with Quality Assurance to ensure maps and modes are configured, functional, performant, and thoroughly tested before release.
Facilitate and manage healthy communication throughout the team, fostering a culture of collaboration and trust.
Identify, communicate, and mitigate risks and challenges that may prevent deliverables from being achieved on time and at quality.
Communicate frequently with stakeholders on deliverable status and improvement insights.
Own and refine processes and workflows throughout the Worldbuilding team.
Own the game lobby screen pipeline, ensuring timely release and asset delivery through cross‑team coordination.
Requirements
Minimum 5 years’ experience as a Producer or Project Manager on a significant shipped or shippable game title.
Shipped significant game world content or patches as a game producer.
Demonstrable ability to create, track, and maintain clear roadmaps, team schedules, and drive multiple projects to on‑time, high‑quality completion while ensuring work balance.
Effective communication skills with leaders and stakeholders.
Comfortable with ambiguity and able to drive clarity through collaboration, alignment, planning, risk mitigation, and problem‑solving.
Knowledge of software development, game art production, and project management – including Agile and Waterfall processes.
Pluses
Overwatch fan or player.
Prior experience in design, story, or art‑related development.
An eye for art and design and an interest in fostering the creative process.
Multiplayer/online game development experience.
Expertise with Jira, Confluence, Miro, Slack, Excel, Sheets, and comparable systems.
BA/BS (or equivalent).
Your Platform Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, and StarCraft®, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com) is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences. Blizzard has created some of the industry’s most critically acclaimed and genre‑defining games over the last 30 years, with a track record that includes multiple Game of the Year awards. Blizzard is a division of Activision Blizzard, Inc., which was acquired by Microsoft.
Our World Activision Blizzard, Inc. is one of the world’s largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies, home to beloved franchises such as Call of Duty®, World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, Candy Crush™, and Bubble Witch™. Our combined network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet. We prioritize diversity and strive to build an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.
EEO Statement We are an equal‑opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We are committed to providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you require accommodation, please email accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com.
Benefits
Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance.
401(k) with company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching.
Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave.
Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and other voluntary benefits such as supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and more.
Relocation assistance if required.
Compensation In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $80,800.00 – $149,400.00 annually. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed.
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology
Computer Games industry
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Responsibilities
Build, curate, and drive a content development process for game maps and modes.
Develop, maintain, and communicate team goals, roadmaps, capacity plans, and schedules.
Lead cross‑disciplinary strike teams building world‑related game content & features.
Schedule, organize, and drive a game content pipeline spanning level design, concepting, modeling, scripting, playtesting, iteration, outsourcing, finaling, engine performance, quality assurance, and defect resolution.
Partner with pipeline and discipline leadership to define goals and deliverables, and drive communication to ensure alignment and deadlines are met.
Partner with Quality Assurance to ensure maps and modes are configured, functional, performant, and thoroughly tested before release.
Facilitate and manage healthy communication throughout the team, fostering a culture of collaboration and trust.
Identify, communicate, and mitigate risks and challenges that may prevent deliverables from being achieved on time and at quality.
Communicate frequently with stakeholders on deliverable status and improvement insights.
Own and refine processes and workflows throughout the Worldbuilding team.
Own the game lobby screen pipeline, ensuring timely release and asset delivery through cross‑team coordination.
Requirements
Minimum 5 years’ experience as a Producer or Project Manager on a significant shipped or shippable game title.
Shipped significant game world content or patches as a game producer.
Demonstrable ability to create, track, and maintain clear roadmaps, team schedules, and drive multiple projects to on‑time, high‑quality completion while ensuring work balance.
Effective communication skills with leaders and stakeholders.
Comfortable with ambiguity and able to drive clarity through collaboration, alignment, planning, risk mitigation, and problem‑solving.
Knowledge of software development, game art production, and project management – including Agile and Waterfall processes.
Pluses
Overwatch fan or player.
Prior experience in design, story, or art‑related development.
An eye for art and design and an interest in fostering the creative process.
Multiplayer/online game development experience.
Expertise with Jira, Confluence, Miro, Slack, Excel, Sheets, and comparable systems.
BA/BS (or equivalent).
Your Platform Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, and StarCraft®, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com) is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences. Blizzard has created some of the industry’s most critically acclaimed and genre‑defining games over the last 30 years, with a track record that includes multiple Game of the Year awards. Blizzard is a division of Activision Blizzard, Inc., which was acquired by Microsoft.
Our World Activision Blizzard, Inc. is one of the world’s largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies, home to beloved franchises such as Call of Duty®, World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, Candy Crush™, and Bubble Witch™. Our combined network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet. We prioritize diversity and strive to build an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.
EEO Statement We are an equal‑opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We are committed to providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you require accommodation, please email accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com.
Benefits
Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance.
401(k) with company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching.
Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave.
Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and other voluntary benefits such as supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and more.
Relocation assistance if required.
Compensation In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $80,800.00 – $149,400.00 annually. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed.
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology
Computer Games industry
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