Description
We are seeking an Executive Producer, Head of Production to lead the Live Service operations for Apex Legends, one of the world's most popular battle royale games.
As Executive Producer, and Head of Production you will lead the Live Service operations for Apex Legends, engaging tens of millions of players globally across PC, console, and mobile platforms.
Based hybrid/on-site in Chatsworth, CA or Vancouver Canada, you will oversee full-scale game production, drive our seasonal content roadmap, and manage live operations. Reporting to the Franchise GM and partnering with the Apex Leadership team, you will unify development strategy, ensure executional excellence, and scale delivery across our global teams and EA publishing partners.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading live service production and partnering with heads of Creative and Technology to drive the multiyear roadmap, managing seasonal content delivery, live events, and long-term feature development across PC, console, and emerging platforms
- Driving operational excellence and managing the business rhythm of the franchise, including milestone forecasting, resource allocation, budget management, and the executive greenlight process
- Optimizing development workflows, designing and scaling pipelines, establishing clear KPIs, and continuously improving team development velocity, release stability, and cross-functional handoffs
- Championing cross-functional alignment and partnering with QA, User Experience, Engineering, Outsourcing, and Publishing partners to remove development bottlenecks and ensure highly coordinated global execution
- Growing and mentoring teams and cultivating a collaborative, inclusive, and sustainable team culture
Requirements:
- Extensive AAA Live Operations Experience with proven experience leading development and post-launch operations for large-scale, multi-platform FPS live service games (10+ years experience)
- Progressive strategic production leadership experience designing development pipelines, managing multi-million dollar budgets, and leading distributed, cross-functional teams through complex release cycles
- Organizational scale success in building structure, managing resource planning, and driving operational alignment for large-scale game development teams (100+ members)
- Agile Expertise with a mastery of iterative development methodologies, feature scoping, risk mitigation strategies, and industry-standard tracking tools (e.g., Jira and Confluence)
- Influence & Stakeholder Management with a track record of driving consensus, building trust, and presenting plans clearly to senior executives and publishing partners
Benefits: In the US, we offer a package of benefits including paid time off (3 weeks per year to start), 80 hours per year of sick time, 16 paid company holidays per year, 10 weeks paid time off to bond with baby, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees.
In Canada, we offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave), extended health/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan to regular full-time employees.
Salary:
- California: $249,200 - $361,600 USD
- British Columbia: $225,500 - $311,100 CAD