Daybreak Games is hiring: Executive Producer - Magic The Gathering Online in Den

Executive Producer - MTGO

Studio/Department: MTGO/Live Development

Employee Type: Full Time, Regular

Location: San Diego, CA/Remote (Daybreak Approved Remote Locations (CA, WA, TX, NY))

Salary Range: $150,000 - $200,000, pay may vary on location.

Daybreak is the home of Darkpaw Games, creators of the legendary EverQuest and EverQuest II games, and Rogue Planet Games, developer of the award-winning MMOFPS PlanetSide 2.

Daybreak will now develop and publish Magic: The Gathering Online, a video game adaptation of the global phenomenon Magic: The Gathering, a tabletop and digital collectible card game enjoyed by millions of players worldwide and owned by Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc.

The Executive Producer is responsible for being the Studio Head, leading the overall studio business and organization for Magic: The Gathering Online, reporting to the CEO. This position will be responsible for:

• Responsible for the overall direction and success of the studio as a business unit
• Lead the team in establishing and guiding the long-term vision and direction of the game IP for the studio and franchise
• Own the vision for product, process, practices, people, and tools across the franchise
• Establish and drive execution of business plan for studio and franchise IP
• Scope and develop the execution plan against the vision
• Sequence and stack-rank priorities into near-, medium-, and long-term for successful execution against the business plan
• Establish/refine resource plan, team, organizational and structure to successfully execute against plan
• Partner with department leaders to establish and maintain the product vision, scope, staffing plan, schedule, and budget
• Lead development, management, and direction of:
  • Live game service and operations
  • Content production, systems, features for the live game
• Lead exploration and development of investment plan for new game opportunities with the studio's core IP
• Manage studio and development teams
• Oversee studio staffing across all key disciplines (e.g., production, design, engineering, art, live service, product management, project management and operations)
• Drive financial performance for the studio (e.g., existing live title and new investments)
• Report game and business performance to stakeholders and publisher on a regular cadence
• Foster relationships with partner teams and shared services to support the game
• Be a passionate ambassador for the game IP

Other Criteria

• Years of Experience, Education, and/or Certification
• 10+ years of production, development, and product management experience on a live game as a service product
• 3+ years of leadership role (within the 10+ years of game experience)
• Additionally, you should possess:
• Must have shipped multiple successful titles, with significant experience in cross-platform and large-scale live operations
• Strong knowledge and experience with F2P GaaS economy design and service operations
• Experience with and full embrace of data analytics and data-driven decision-making:
  • Familiarity and utilization of A/B testing framework
  • Leverage data to estimate expected outcomes and potential ROI, then stack rank and prioritize
  • Market awareness & analysis
  • Consumer awareness & analysis
  • Player and marketing mana