Senior Producer

Who We Are

Founded in 2005, 2K Games is a global video game company, publishing titles developed by some of the most influential game development studios in the world. Our studios are responsible for developing 2K’s portfolio of world-class games across multiple platforms. Include Visual Concepts, Firaxis, Hangar 13, CatDaddy, Cloud Chamber, and HB Studios. Our portfolio of titles is expanding due to our global strategic plan, building, and acquiring exciting studios whose content continues to inspire millions of players around the world! 2K publishes titles in today’s most popular gaming genres, including sports, shooters, action, role-playing, strategy, casual, and family entertainment.

Our team of engineers, marketers, artists, writers, data scientists, producers, problem solvers, and doers, are the professional publishing stewards of our growing library of critically acclaimed franchises such as NBA 2K, BioShock, Borderlands, Mafia, Sid Meier’s Civilization, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, WWE 2K, and XCOM.

At 2K, we pride ourselves on creating an inclusive work environment, which means encouraging our teams to Come as You Are and do your best work! We are dedicated to diversity and inclusion and want our community of candidates to reflect this commitment. We encourage all qualified applicants to explore our global positions.

2K is headquartered in Novato, California, and is a wholly owned label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).

What We Need

2K is looking for a seasoned and strategic Senior Producer to join our Core Games Publishing team. You’ll collaborate closely with Gearbox and internal publishing groups to support milestone delivery, cross-functional alignment, and operational execution across multiple high-profile AAA projects. Reporting to a Lead Producer or Executive Producer, you will serve as a right hand in managing the day-to-day on a brand new IP and the opportunity to support other franchises currently in development, helping drive execution of project plans, identifying and mitigating risks, and maintaining clear lines of communication across all stakeholders. This is a role for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, creatively ambitious environment and who brings clarity, ownership, and accountability to complex, cross-functional efforts.

What You Will Do

• Industry & Product Expertise - Understand and communicate how individual features and creative goals map to player expectations and broader product strategy. Leverage knowledge of the game development process, genre-specific considerations, and player motivations to guide planning and decision making.
• Judgment & Decision-Making - Support milestone planning and delivery by collaborating with dev and publishing partners to ensure the right information flows to the right people at the right time. Use judgement through a player-first lens to prioritize efforts and escalate issues with clear, actionable recommendations that drive decision making.
• Production Leadership - Drive day-to-day publishing production support for multiple titles. Track progress, flag risks, and coordinate across functions to ensure milestone success. Actively contribute to improving tools and processes that benefit the broader team and publishing function.
• Relationship Building - Develop strong working relationships with studio and publishing peers. Act as a steady, trustworthy point of contact who listens, follows through, and drives alignment across groups with differing priorities. Partner closely with a Lead or EP to provide consistent coverage and continuity across projects.
• Communication - Craft clear, concise updates for stakeholders at all levels. Support the creation of decks, reports, and milestone documentation that drives decisions and support transparency. Work closely with peers across both the development and publishing teams to account for all voices on the projects.
• Player-Focus - Actively champion the player experience in all stages of development. Work closely with Research, Community, and Product Management teams to synthesize findings, elevate key insights, and ensure those insights directly inform feature prioritization, tuning, and live content decisions. Maintain awareness of player sentiment and identify opportunities to close gaps between design intent and actual player experience.
• Quality-Focus - Maintain a high bar for quality across all deliverables, from milestone builds to final polish. Proactively track quality risks, advocate for resolution of known issues, and collaborate with QA, studio, and publishing partners to improve test coverage, prioritize bugs, and reinforce a culture of excellence across all disciplines. Help ensure the game delivers a consistently engaging and stable player experience across platforms and release windows.

 What Will Make You a Great Fit  

• 5+ years of experience in game production, publishing production, product management, or related roles, with exposure to full game lifecycles including post-launch operations.
• Comfort with distributed development, including studios in different time zones or regions.
• Hands-on experience with live service games or ongoing content production.
• Experience working cross-functionally with development teams and internal publishing groups (i.e. Marketing, Commercial, QA, Research).
• Proven ability to manage schedules, deliverables, and communications across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Comfort with ambiguity and strong instincts for risk spotting and issue triage.
• A proactive mindset: you spot gaps, ask questions, and push to improve how things get done.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to write clearly, lead meetings, and create documentation that drives alignment and action.
• Skilled at building trust and alignment across a wide range of partners – developers, executives, and publishing functions alike – through thoughtful communication and a player-first mindset.
• Deep passion for games and a keen ability to articulate what makes a quality AAA game in a given genre.
• Embodies 2K’s values and serves as a role model for excellence, integrity, and creative leadership.
• Unafraid to roll up sleeves and help out wherever needed.
   

Bonus Points 

• Experience helping to establish new IP, reinvigorate dormant IP, and/or grow. franchises with an active playerbase are all welcomed pluses.
• A self-motivated, lifelong learner who recognizes the games industry is always. evolving; the only constant is change. 
• Background in QA, Community, or User Research a plus.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform their essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us if you need reasonable accommodation.

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The pay range for this position in Washington, New York and California at the start of employment is expected to be between $133,900 and $187,500 per year. However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations.

Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards and eligibility to participate in our 401(K) plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program.

Regular, full-time employees are also eligible for a range of benefits at the Company, including: medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance coverage; 14 paid holidays per calendar year; paid vacation time per calendar year (ranging from 15 to 25 days) or eligibility to participate in the Company’s discretionary time off program; up to 10 paid sick days per calendar year; paid parental and compassionate leave; wellbeing programs for mental health and other wellness support; family planning support through Maven; commuter benefits; and reimbursements for fitness-related expenses.