Senior Producer (Pillar) - AAA Game Development

About the role

NBCUniversal is looking for an experienced Senior Producer (Pillar) in AAA game development to support delivery across a large-scale project. You will partner closely with the Product Owner and pod leads to turn priorities into clear plans, facilitate key Scrum rituals, remove blockers, manage dependencies and support team health across the pillar. The role combines game production experience, agile facilitation and day-to-day team leadership.

Key responsibilities

• Translate pillar priorities into sprint plans, team commitments and clear delivery expectations.
• Facilitate planning, refinement, reviews, retrospectives and cross-pod coordination rituals.
• Maintain visibility on progress, risks, dependencies, capacity and delivery confidence.
• Keep backlogs clear, prioritized and actionable with the Product Owner, pod leads and craft directors.
• Identify blockers early and help teams resolve or escalate them.
• Support communication across pods and improve workflows and delivery habits through retrospectives.
• Coordinate execution against production pipelines, milestones and project goals.

Required profile

• Minimum 10 years of experience in AAA game production, content or asset production, or related roles.
• Proven game production experience, ideally on complex AAA or large-scale projects.
• Experience as a Scrum Master, agile producer, delivery lead or senior producer supporting multiple teams.
• Experience supporting several teams within a product area, pillar or large-scale initiative.
• Willingness to work in the Montreal office at least 4 days a week, work overtime when required under Quebec labour standards, hold a Canadian work permit and travel for work-related business if needed.

Required skills

• Strong understanding of Scrum, Kanban or hybrid production approaches.
• Sprint planning, backlog refinement, retrospectives, risk tracking, dependency management and milestone planning.
• Experience with JIRA or similar project management tools.
• Desired: Scrum Master certification or formal agile training, experience with live service, platform or large-scale online games, and a background in design, engineering, art, QA, technical art or production technology.