SeniorFull TimeEN
Join our Tokyo team at Shapefarm, where creativity, technology, and production expertise come together. We’re building innovative games that bring players together across the globe — and we need a skilled producer to help guide our projects from concept to launch, ensuring they’re delivered on time, on budget, and at the highest quality.
As a strategic and highly organised Senior Producer, you need to champion and oversee the end-to-end production of our game projects. This role is pivotal in bridging creative vision, technical development, and business objectives while coordinating teams across our Japan, Europe and New Zealand studios.
The Senior Producer will ensure that projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards while fostering a collaborative, creative, and supportive work environment. You will work closely with Game Director, Art and Design Leads, and Technical teams, balancing the agility of indie development with professional production discipline.
Working with the Lead Producer, manage the full game production pipeline from concept through launch
Coordinate communication between creative, technical, and business teams across Japan, New Zealand and Europe
Protect the creative vision while ensuring decisions are grounded in technical feasibility, team bandwidth, and commercial goals.
Maintain production pipelines, tools, and processes that support efficient workflow and agile iteration
Oversee task prioritisation, scope management, and iterative development cycles
Support alignment between art, design, engineering, and QA teams to ensure smooth workflows and handoffs
Serve as a primary point of contact for project stakeholders, ensuring clarity of vision, priorities, and progress
Track project performance metrics and provide transparent reporting to senior management and stakeholders
Initiative and autonomy: You take responsibility for your work and are able to work autonomously. You show initiative and determine when issues should be escalated.
Clear, consistent and proactive communicator: You think about what information people need and convey that information in a transparent, clear and timely manner. You check to see if people have understood or need additional information. You identify when you need more information to do your job and ask for it.
Problem solving: Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to exercise sound judgement and make decisions based on accurate and timely information.
Openness to change: You want to learn what works, share ideas, and are willing to try new things out. You are adaptable and prepared to shift direction after discussion about benefits and risks.
Teamwork: You are willing to assist and support others as required and get on with team members.
Planning, organisation, and attention to detail: You develop and use systems to organise and keep track of information or work progress. You review and check the accuracy of information. You show an ability to work on and prioritise multiple initiatives at the same time.
Essential
Full professional proficiency in both English and Japanese
5+ years of experience in game production or project management, preferably with shipped titles in indie or mid-size studios.
Proven track record of successfully managing multi-disciplinary teams in cross-regional or remote environments.
Strong understanding of game development processes, from concept through production to release.
Demonstrated experience with project management tools and methodologies (Agile/Scrum, JIRA, Asana, etc.).
Excellent organisational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to balance creative ambition with production realities and deadlines.
Preferred
Experience in coordinating international teams, especially with Japan-based studios.
Knowledge of budgeting, financial planning, and resource allocation within game development.
Familiarity with indie-scale production challenges, including small-team dynamics and tight development timelines.
Experience with indie games, post-launch support, or multiplayer development.
A bachelor's degree or 10 years of experience.
We want to set you up for success and make our recruitment process as accessible as possible for you.
In your application, feel free to let us know if you need anything to make your experience or environment more comfortable. We'll do our best to support you!
Are humble
Make sure the job gets done
Take responsibility for our work and our actions
Have the willingness to walk the extra mile to help others
Have a positive attitude towards problem-solving
