Producer - Smartsheet Expert (Contract)

At Wizards of the Coast, we connect people around the world through play and imagination. From our genre-defining games like Magic: The Gathering® and Dungeons & Dragons® to our growing multiverse, we continue to innovate and build new ways to foster friendship and connection. That’s where you come in!

We are looking for a Producer (Contract) who is an expert in Smartsheet to support our flagship game brand, Dungeons & Dragons! This role is a key member of the team, passionate about facilitating the project management and publication of the various products and other support initiatives within the D&D studio. Dedicated to the product development process for each of D&D's major releases and their related schedules and tracking, you are key to the support of our global releases.

The ideal candidate should have proven industry expertise in production workflows, tracking tools, strong communication and time leadership skills, a passion for product development, and cross functional workflows and an affinity for games/lifestyle brands. A solid understanding of and passion for D&D is a huge asset, and experience solving the challenges of highly interdependent development processes is a plus.

This is a contract role. Please see more details at the end of this job description.

What You'll Do:

• Manage systematic updates to Smartsheet workflows and build/optimize automations to multiple reports and dashboards. Implement blue print improvements in Control Center provisioning profiles.
• Assess, and validate schedule fidelity and associated cross functional timelines for all assigned projects. Optimize reporting and dashboard output based on variable inter-disciplinary stakeholders.
• Support the coordination of development for the D&D TRPG roadmap and drive alignment of cross-functional teams such as franchise, digital and marketing to ensure critical dates are accurate.
• Build visual representations of chokepoints and proactively suggest solutions to alleviate issues.
• Communicate results and recommendations to the broader D&D production team; work with vertical and horizontal producers to support various disciplinary pipelines and workflows.
• Work with Producers, Product Architects, Design and Art Leads to resolve ideal placement of these tasks in the development schedule and adjust for all inflight projects as well as future templates.

What You'll Bring:

• 3+ Years’ experience working as a Producer, Project Manager, or similar game project management position is helpful.
• Passion for entertainment and D&D a huge plus. Please specify any D&D-specific experience/knowledge on your resume.
• Confirmed strength in communication and organization
• Ability to drive projects forward within a highly matrixed organization:
• Provide clear and concise direction/feedback various parties and influence others to embrace their recommendations
• Strong project management abilities; capable of prioritizing and balancing multiple projects simultaneously, under tight time constraints and within budget parameters
• Experience with marketing processes and pipelines.
• Experience working with licensing and external partners.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications, especially Power Point and Excel
• Proficient with SmartSheet, Resource Manager, and Miro are big pluses
• Knowledge of the digital game and/or hobby game industries is helpful
• BA/BS or equivalent experience preferred