Lead Producer

About the role

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, w

Responsibilities

• In this role, you will
• Lead day-to-day production across a multi-disciplinary team, directly managing producers and partnering with leads and directors to drive development milestones and long-term roadmap execution
• Partner with creative and technical leadership to help define the vision, structure, and ways of working for the team building the game, ensuring the people and the process are set up to deliver something epic
• Manage relationships with external IP holders and partner organizations, establishing processes and workflows that align business, product, and development teams around shared goals
• Oversee co-development engagements with external studios, managing established partnerships while also identifying, onboarding, and building new co-dev relationships from the ground up
• Own the project's planning and health end to end, from requirements gathering and dependency mapping to risk identification and mitigation, keeping senior leadership informed and the work moving forward no matter how circumstances evolve
• Operate effectively across globally distributed teams, building communication rhythms and processes that bridge time zones and keep everyone aligned
• Proactively identify inefficiencies and implement scalable solutions that improve team velocity and production health

Requirements

• Significant experience in a production leadership role on AAA game development, with a track record of shipping high-quality titles
• Demonstrated experience managing co-development relationships with external studios, including both maintaining existing engagements and building new partnerships
• Experience working with IP holders and external partners, with the ability to navigate complex stakeholder relationships across business, product, and creative teams
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a strong problem-solving orientation; comfortable operating in ambiguity, building process where little exists, and adapting quickly to keep development moving forward
• Proven ability to lead and develop other producers, fostering growth and maintaining high standards across the team
• Experience leading production across teams distributed across multiple time zones
• Expert communication and organizational skills; someone who leads with transparency, builds trust quickly, and brings calm to high-pressure situations
• Deep understanding of dependency-driven pipelines, scheduling, asset tracking, and project management practices and tools
• Experience in game development incubation and pre-production
• Live service game experience is a plus
• EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

Benefits

Additional Information

WHAT MAKES US EPIC? At the core of Epic's success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it's building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we're always innovating. Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We're constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development. PRODUCTION What We Do Whether it's driving a vision from start to finish or collaborating with teams to inspire and deliver projects of Epic quality, Epic's production teams take pride in consistently delivering world-class products and experiences.

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