[Hiring] Head of Production @That's No Moon Entertainment

Role Description

We are seeking a Head of Production to lead our production discipline through current and future development of our AAA action-adventure games. This role is critical to ensuring the successful delivery of a high-quality, narrative-driven experience while also bringing together, aligning, and empowering our production team as a cohesive, high-performing group.

As a key strategic and operational leader, you will:

• Define delivery strategy, set and uphold project management standards, and guide cross-functional execution across the studio.
• Lead and mentor a team of senior managers (who manage producers across disciplines and strike teams).
• Ensure the production organization is operating efficiently, sustainably, and in support of the game’s creative vision.
• Focus on executing the existing production plan to ship our first title.
• Solidify the foundation for our production process for the next game and identify and implement key improvements.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the supervising production lens for discipline leaders across the studio, giving them clear visibility into the delivery implications of their decisions and driving alignment across functions.
• Adopt and drive the existing production plan for closing the current game, while integrating incremental improvements and building a solid foundation for the initial development of the next title.
• Maintain and improve the delivery strategy for the project (e.g., how it is structured, phased, and executed through launch).
• Evolve the production org structure, including how producers are deployed across content and disciplines.
• Set and uphold production standards across tooling, tracking, and milestone processes.
• Monitor project and team health across strike teams and departments, proactively identifying risks and building mitigation strategies.
• Own the production headcount budget and workforce plan, including contractor strategy, backfill decisions, and ramp planning.

Qualifications

• At least 10+ years of experience in game production, with 4+ years at a senior leadership or director level.
• Shipped at least one AAA title in a senior production leadership role, ideally including ownership of preproduction, polish, and submission phases.
• Experience leading and mentoring a production team across multiple disciplines (design, art, engineering, narrative, audio).
• Deep understanding of dynamics of complex projects from feature integration through final content lock.
• Bachelor's degree in Production, Business Administration, Project Management, or related field (or equivalent experience).

Requirements

• Primary production leadership responsibility for a large-scale AAA project through the final phases from Alpha through Ship; Recent experience is a plus!
• Prior experience working with external publishing partners across regions and scale is a plus.
• Deep expertise in project management practices, milestone planning, risk mitigation, and production reporting to differing audiences.
• Strong operational leadership skills, able to set up and drive efficient, effective cross-functional workflows.
• Hands-on experience with production tools such as Jira, Perforce, Confluence, or similar.
• Exceptional team leadership and mentorship skills; proven success in managing other leads and developing talent within a production organization.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to balance creative needs with production realities, especially during polish and submission phases.
• Calm under pressure, highly adaptable, and able to drive alignment in complex and fast-moving environments.

Benefits

• Competitive and comprehensive benefits that include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, flexible PTO, supplemental life and disability, and more.