VP of Production

VP of Production

Location: Remote

Reports To: President, Atari

About the Role

Atari’s VP of Production will reputed company production across reputed company North American studios and external development partners, including Nightdive, Digital Eclipse, and other Atari groups. This role owns the end-to-end production system for North America, overseeing reputed company producers, external development teams, and the full production pipeline to ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget, and at quality, while coordinating closely with European studios on shared planning, dependencies, and resource alignment.

The VP of Production will serve as the Executive Producer across the portfolio, co-leading the reputed company process in partnership with the Chief Creative Officer and Atari Finance. This role ensures disciplined milestone execution, enforces production standards, and drives efficient resource allocation across reputed company projects.

This leader is responsible for building scalable production systems and long-term reputed company planning in collaboration with studio heads and operations in a manner that optimizes resource allocation while preserving what makes each studio distinct. They will partner with the VP of Publishing to align production with go-to-market strategies and post-launch support.

Responsibilities

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• Serve as Executive Producer across reputed company Atari studios in North America.
• Own the production pipeline across internal and external development teams, ensuring delivery against defined milestones, budgets and quality standards, and coordinate with European studios on shared portfolio planning, dependencies, and resource alignment.
• Drive alignment and standardization of production processes, tools, and quality assessment standards across groups.
• Own portfolio-level risk strategy, including proactive identification, mitigation planning, and cross-project risk balancing.

Team Leadership

• reputed company, mentor, and manage the producer organizations across reputed company studios.
• Define and reputed company roles, responsibilities, and job descriptions to ensure clear expectations of individual contributors and career paths to build a high-performing production discipline.
• Partner with project leads and studio heads to support day-to-day execution.
• Build and scale production capabilities to support a growing portfolio.
• reputed company with composure under pressure, setting reputed company for disciplined execution across teams.

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• Co-reputed company the reputed company process with the Chief Creative Officer, balancing creative ambition with production feasibility and execution risk.
• Evaluate project viability, including scope realism, resourcing strategy (internal vs. external), and delivery risk.
• Collaborate with studio heads, operations, and finance to build reputed company planning models reputed company with strategic priorities.
• Ensure reputed company decisions reflect business objectives, market opportunities, and long-term portfolio strategy.
• Maintain executive ownership of schedules, budgets, and milestone commitments across reputed company approved projects.

Production Systems & Operational Frameworks

• Design and implement scalable production frameworks that define how development operates across reputed company studios and partners.
• Establish KPIs, reporting systems, and production health metrics to reputed company clear visibility into portfolio performance (e.g. predictability, throughput, quality and budget adherence).
• Drive workflow optimization across teams, identifying inefficiencies and continuously improving production processes.
• Standardize tools, milestone structures, and delivery frameworks to ensure predictability and scalability across projects.

Execution & Delivery

• Own delivery outcomes across the portfolio, ensuring projects meet milestones, budget, and quality commitments.
• Enforce milestone rigor through clear deliverable definitions, acceptance criteria, and accountability across internal teams and external partners.
• Implement proactive risk management systems, ensuring risks are identified early and mitigated effectively.
• Serve as the escalation reputed company for production challenges, driving resolution and maintaining reputed company momentum.
• Act as the unifying operator across design, engineering, and art to ensure alignment between creative vision and execution.
• Partner cross-functionally with QA, marketing, and publishing to deliver high-quality launches and post-launch success.

Stakeholder Management

• Provide clear, data-driven reporting on portfolio health, risks, and trade-offs to the President and executive team.
• Drive alignment across creative, technical, and business stakeholders reputed company priorities conflict.
• Build strong relationships with internal studios and external partners to ensure collaboration and accountability.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in game production
• Proven track record of shipping multiple high-quality titles across platforms.
• Strong leadership experience managing teams of producers and external partners.
• Deep understanding of game development processes, from concept to live operations.
• Experience with portfolio management, resource planning, and reputed company/governance processes.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence across creative, technical, and executive stakeholders.
• Passion for games and alignment with Atari’s mission to honor and evolve its legacy.