Senior External Development Producer

The role

You will manage external co-development partners, outsourcing vendors and licensees for Poppy Playtime, from concept through live ops. You will review 2D/3D art, animation and VFX submissions and write RFPs and SOWs with Legal, Finance and Business Development.

What you will do

• Review 2D/3D art, animation and VFX submissions for creative and technical alignment before engine integration.
• Be the main contact for external co-development partners, outsourcing vendors, licensees and distributors.
• Work with Art Directors and Discipline Leads to set up external resourcing and asset submission pipelines.
• Write RFPs and detailed SOWs covering scope, deliverables, acceptance criteria, milestones and payment terms.
• Work with Legal, Finance and Business Development on partnerships, contracts, procurement and external spend.
• Run structured milestone reviews to check partner velocity and deliverable quality.
• Monitor burn rates, bandwidth bottlenecks and project risks, and run scope triage and contingency plans.

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of game production experience.
• At least 3 years managing external co-development partners, outsourcing studios and remote teams on shipped titles.
• Deep understanding of game production pipelines, with hands-on expertise in 2D/3D art, animation and VFX workflows.
• Proven track record of integrating outsourced assets within memory, performance and formatting constraints.
• Experience writing SOWs, managing RFP processes, evaluating bids and executing vendor agreements with Legal and Finance.
• Strong financial literacy, including tracking multi-million-dollar external production budgets and evaluating invoices against milestones.
• Expert command of Jira, Confluence and vendor/asset management tools.
• Exceptional negotiation, communication and interpersonal skills.

Nice to have

• Previous experience as a 2D/3D Artist, Art Lead or Art Director in the gaming industry.

Benefits

• Profit sharing.
• Medical, dental and vision insurance.
• 401(k) matching.
• FSA/HSA.
• Paid time off.
• Sick time.
• Holidays.
• Parental leave.

Before you apply

• Benefits are offered to eligible U.S.-based full-time employees.
• Mob Entertainment does not extend offers via text, social media DM, or without a completed application and interview.
• Verify that recruiting emails come from @mobentertainment.com.
• The company considers qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with Fair Chance laws.

About the company

Mob Entertainment is a startup multimedia studio best known for the indie horror game Poppy Playtime. More than 200 billion YouTube views of Poppy Playtime related content have occurred since the game launched 6 years ago.