About this role
Pipeworks Studios is seeking a Producer I or II, commensurate with experience, to lead cross-discipline teams on one or more projects and act as the central point of contact between clients, studio leadership, the project team, and all stakeholders. This role ensures development is coordinated so projects are delivered on-time, on-budget, and meet or exceed quality expectations. This role executes a variety of tasks and key management objectives related to the development of assigned software products, from concept, to release and/or live operations. This is a full-time temporary role with the possibility of extension or conversion to regular full-time employment after six months. Our studio is based in Eugene, Oregon, and the role may be performed remotely, in a hybrid arrangement, or in the office. Responsibilities • Act as primary point-of-contact for customer stakeholder(s) • Identifies and manages against project success goals • Collaborates with studio leadership and finance to align strategic goals and tactical measures • Project-related Software and equipment procurement • External development resource procurement. Owns outsourcing contract planning, negotiation, and management • Own the estimation, budgeting, and planning, prioritization, and scheduling of tasks related to the development of software projects, from concept to release and live operations • Track resource allocation, expenditures, project schedules and corresponding budgets against contractual commitments • Project financial tracking and reporting • Identify critical path risks and issues and responses, develop and implement mitigation plans as necessary. Drive risk action plan results • Identify, drive implementation, and improve project development pipeline and workflow • Provide regular project status and financial reports, communicate progress and risk to studio leadership • Provide clear project vision, goals, and objectives to project team and stakeholders • Facilitate communication and coordination for internal and external project resources to eliminate roadblocks and ensure successful SOW completion • Work with project team and QA to manage bug assignment, priority-setting, and progress towards resolution • Complete project retrospectives/post mortems • Provide project demos, interviews as needed • Effective contributions to department process and best practices