Sega of America Is Hiring A Producer Bilingual

Join Our Dynamic Team with a Hybrid Work Model 🚀

We are seeking a skilled Producer with bilingual Japanese skills to oversee game production, coordinate international teams, and lead localization efforts in a collaborative, hybrid environment.

Job Summary 🎮

(Bilingual Japanese Skills Required)

As a Producer, you will coordinate the production and release of game projects and product lines, ensuring timely delivery, adherence to budgets, and achieving target quality standards. You will leverage your extensive experience managing internal and external teams—including Localization, Marketing, QA, Game Development, and more—to drive success, with a particular focus on Localization.

You will independently lead your projects, direct related teams, and align strategic directions set by department leadership, all while building consensus and promoting collaboration across global teams.

The ideal candidate combines excellent production expertise, people leadership, Japanese business acumen, and a proven track record of delivering world-class localization in a global context.

Scope of Responsibilities 🌍

• Manage assigned titles from conceptualization through post-release support, coordinating U.S., European, and Japanese development teams.
• Handle budgeting, scheduling, and business-roadmap planning, including localization production, consumer research, and more.
• Provide evaluation feedback, lead the publishing process, and advise on broad production topics.
• Participate in industry trade shows, demonstrating products and promoting projects via interviews and stage appearances.
• Act as a communication hub—engaging with Marketing, QA, and executive teams to address production issues.
• Maintain transparent communication with external partners—developers, vendors, colleagues—to ensure smooth project flow.
• Serve as the face of SOA with Japanese partners, building professional, productive relationships across cultures.

Key Duties & Responsibilities 📝

• Resolve production blocking issues by acting as a central asset and information hub.
• Develop and implement departmental and corporate initiatives aligned with company vision.
• Negotiate schedules, budgets, and resources internally and externally.
• Assess project scope by gathering and digesting relevant information.
• Create resource and project plans, review proposals, and oversee the publishing process.
• Guide team members, review tasks, and ensure deliverables meet quality standards.
• Procure resources and manage all communications, documentation, game text, and bug reports.
• Coordinate external activities, including marketing initiatives and voice recording sessions.
• Maintain accurate project scheduling and information sharing internally and externally.
• Conduct post-mortem analyses and generate evaluation feedback to inform future improvements.
• Negotiate with external vendors and partners as needed.
• Represent projects at trade shows, facilitating product demonstrations and interviews.

In-office attendance is essential for supervision, team cohesion, collaboration, and effective communication to ensure project success and stakeholder alignment.

Qualifications & Skills ✅

• 4+ years of production and localization experience.
• Ability to work across multiple regions and time zones.
• Exceptional organizational, communication, and multitasking skills.
• Deep passion for video games with broad playing experience.
• International, cross-cultural mindset with proven management of game projects and teams.
• Experience managing franchises and collaborating with external licensees or partners.
• Fluent in Business-level English and Japanese (speaking and writing).
• Non-localization production experience (e.g., game design, art, voice recording, user testing) is a significant plus.

Localization Expertise 🎯

• Expert understanding of localization practices, nomenclature, and timelines.
• Proven success in localization projects, with extensive J2E and/or E2FIGS experience.
• Experience working across multiple languages and in cross-cultural environments.
• Proficiency with PowerPoint and Excel.

Bonus Skills 🎁

• Experience living or working in Japan and familiarity with Japanese business and pop culture are highly advantageous.