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Lighthouse Games is a new AAA studio in Leamington Spa. We are defined by our pedigree of talent and serious ambition to build a new best-in-class game. When you join Lighthouse, you'll create the best work of your career within a collaborative, hybrid working environment. You'll learn from the best and work alongside the future greats of the gaming industry.
We're looking for an experienced Senior Technical Producer to join our Engineering team and help drive the development of our ambitious AAA title built in Unreal Engine 5.
Working directly alongside our engineering leadership, you'll be responsible for planning, coordinating, and driving the delivery of complex technical initiatives across multiple engineering teams. You'll enable engineers to do their best work by improving development processes, managing dependencies, removing blockers, and ensuring technical objectives are delivered on schedule.
This role is ideal for someone who understands the realities of software development, enjoys working with highly technical teams, and thrives on bringing structure, clarity, and momentum to complex engineering challenges.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with Engineering Leads to plan, schedule, and deliver technical roadmaps and milestones.
- Drive execution across multiple engineering teams, ensuring priorities remain aligned with project goals.
- Manage sprint planning, backlog refinement, capacity planning, and milestone forecasting.
- Track engineering deliverables, identify risks early, and drive mitigation plans before issues impact delivery.
- Coordinate technical dependencies between engineering teams and wider production where required.
- Remove blockers and enable engineering teams to maintain efficient, predictable delivery.
- Improve development processes, production workflows, and Agile practices across the Engineering department.
- Provide clear reporting on progress, risks, dependencies, and delivery status to Engineering leadership.
- Support release planning, feature integration, and technical milestone readiness.
- Foster strong communication and collaboration throughout the Engineering organisation.
Requirements
- Significant experience as a Technical Producer, Senior Technical Producer, or Technical Project Manager within AAA game development.
- Experience shipping one or more AAA console or PC titles through a full development cycle.
- Strong understanding of software engineering practices and game development workflows.
- Experience supporting Engineering teams developing in Unreal Engine 5 (or Unreal Engine 4 with UE5 experience preferred).
- Excellent knowledge of Agile development methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban.
- Experience with Jira, Confluence, and modern project management tools.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple complex workstreams simultaneously.
- Excellent communication skills and confidence working with highly technical stakeholders.
- A proactive, collaborative approach with a passion for continuous improvement.
Benefits
- 25 Days Holiday, plus 1 day for your birthday
- Studio Shutdown between Christmas and New Year
- Discretionary Bonus Scheme
- Private Pension Scheme
- Private Healthcare
- Health and Well-Being Benefits
- Dental Care
- Optical treatments
- Mental Health Support
- 3 days per week onsite