Senior Technical Producer, Tech Strategy | Central Technology (AI)

Location: Santa Monica, United States of America; other location: Sherman Oaks

Base pay: $94,580.00–$174,988.00 annual in the U.S.; incentive compensation may also be available but is not guaranteed.

Company

Activision develops, publishes, and distributes interactive entertainment, including major gaming franchises such as Call of Duty.

What you will do

• Lead the full product development lifecycle for shared Central Tech and AI initiatives, from requirements gathering and feature prioritization through specifications and delivery.
• Align technical requirements and collaboration across Call of Duty studios and other stakeholders.
• Build project schedules, implementation plans, status reports, burndown charts, and shared technical roadmaps.
• Manage resources across multiple projects and coordinate staffing with studio producers.
• Oversee backlogs, progress, velocity, risks, blockers, recurring project meetings, post-mortems, and sprint kick-offs.
• Provide KPI-based reporting, improve development processes, and create wireframes, process diagrams, UI mock-ups, and other project documentation.

Requirements

• 5+ years of production or project management experience, preferably in games or a software-focused environment involving client or backend development.
• Experience with project management and communication tools including JIRA, Confluence, Slack, and Miro.
• Track record of helping ship software products on time or through rapid development cycles.
• Experience planning projects, leading completion, and delivering quality projects on schedule.
• Deep experience across the software development lifecycle, including inception, design, implementation, QA, and deployment.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to lead multiple teams with differing requirements and timelines.

Nice to have

• Experience with AAA and/or first-person shooter games.
• Experience with AI, machine learning, or LLMs.
• Technical degree in computer engineering or similar experience.
• Familiarity with data protection laws and regulatory requirements.

Culture & Benefits

• Central Tech includes engineering and research teams supporting studios across big data, privacy and security, graphics, infrastructure, optimization, systems programming, online services, and related technologies.
• Benefits may include medical, dental, vision, health spending accounts, life and disability insurance, and a 401(k) with company match.
• Paid holidays, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, bereavement and parental leave are available subject to eligibility.
• Additional programs include tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching, mental health and fitness programs, and discounted games.
• If the job requires moving geographic locations, relocation assistance may be available.