Program Manager & Producer

Location: Remote - must work PST hours

Rate: $47/hr.

Req. ID: 164332-1

Role Overview

ANDERSEN is looking for an experienced technical Program Manager & Producer 3 to support an Engineering Systems team. This role will drive day-to-day execution by managing sprint ceremonies, planning, task tracking, dependencies, blockers, and release coordination to keep engineering work moving smoothly. The ideal candidate has 5–7 years of TPM/Producer experience, strong knowledge of Agile/Scrum, and hands-on experience with ADO, Jira, or Confluence. Previous experience working in a gaming studio is highly preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate sprint planning, stand-ups, triage, retrospectives, and other Agile ceremonies
• Manage sprint execution, team velocity, capacity, milestones, and feature delivery schedules.
• Create and maintain dashboards, trackers, calendars, and milestone plans.
• Manage user stories, tasks, bugs, backlogs, and work-item documentation in ADO or similar tools.
• Identify and escalate risks, dependencies, blockers, and release concerns.
• Coordinate QA validation, testing plans, regression tracking, and release readiness.
• Partners across engineering, product, creative, QA, and leadership teams.
• Track decisions, owners, action items, commitments, and follow-ups through completion.

Top 3 Must-Have Hard Skills

• TPM / Producer Experience – 4–7 years: Managing complex cross-functional or cross-team programs, preferably within engineering or product development.
• ADO, Jira, or Confluence – Strong hands-on experience: Managing work items, sprint planning, backlogs, dashboards, task tracking, and technical program documentation.
• Agile / Scrum – Strong working knowledge: Experience facilitating Agile ceremonies and managing team velocity, capacity, milestones, blockers, and delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years’ experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, product development or as a Producer
• Experience managing cross-functional projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communicator across creative, technical, and leadership teams.
• Adaptable and comfortable with changing priorities.
• Able to drive execution, resolve blockers, and keep teams on track.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree AND 5-7 years experience engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience.
• Producer/TPM experience in a gaming studio
• 5-7 years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
• Capacity to motivate cross-functional teams and resolve conflicts under tight deadlines.

* Candidates should be prepared to have their camera on during the assessment process.