Senior Producer, External Projects

You will have impact and fun at work by:

• Liaising with internal and external development teams to oversee external game production, including quality and KPI follow-ups, providing feedback, brand approvals, and facilitating milestone approvals
• Tracking schedules, identifying risks, troubleshooting communication and dependency issues, and working with the teams on contingency plans
• Being responsible for demonstrations and presentations of the projects, ensuring they seamlessly reach their milestone goals
• Maintaining and enhancing creative relationships with external teams; possibly finding potential partners to work with, especially in the Casual / Puzzle genre
• Implementing and coordinating the common activities between internal Rovio teams and external partners to secure smooth delivery, well coordinated liveops activities or new feature launches
• Managing project planning, coordinating with local game teams to create and maintain schedules and staffing plans
• Supporting stakeholder deliverable creation (HQ, platform holders, etc.) with local teams as needed
• Conducting regular check-ins with key stakeholders
• Constantly helping teams to improve their ways of working, team interactions and culture

Experience and skills we are looking for:

• Strong knowledge of game production scheduling as well as schedule management
• Solid networks and contacts with external partners
• Experience handling IPs for F2P mobile games ensuring brand guidelines are strictly followed and allowing best utilisation of IPs and its existing audience
• Experience working with and coordinating external development teams
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to prioritise, assess risks, and solve problems
• Strong understanding of the mobile video game landscape, including current gaming trends and competitive benchmarks
• Track record of managing all phases of production of a mobile F2P title, from prototyping to soft launch and LiveOps operations
• Effective communication skills, with the ability to foster team collaboration and ensure the team continuously moves toward the same goal; and communicate clearly with external stakeholders
• Solid business mindset and an ability to handle unexpected situations

What's in it for you:

• This role is instrumental in Rovio’s future success with external titles. This is a rare opening in a successful, and stable company
• We have mastered the mobile puzzle genre for ages. You’ll get to work with a very talented team that knows the ins and outs of making successful games that last 
• We’re built on independence and responsibility. We understand the way for our people and teams to do their best work is to give them the freedom and independence to truly own their projects 
• We cherish the Nordic work culture. We create joy, value teamwork, and support career growth, wellbeing and overall work life balance
• Rovio’s mission is “We craft Joy”. We know that companies don’t create games, people do and we know that our people are our most valuable asset. We want to make sure everyone has personal growth possibilities at Rovio and we focus on inclusion and diversity