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Producer (Contract) Please note that this is a contract role providing services to Microsoft through external staffing partners of Allegis Global Solutions. If you are selected for this role, you will be employed by AGS and will not be an employee of Microsoft. Summary We are seeking an experienced Technical Program Manager / Producer to join a fast-paced engineering systems team supporting game development. In this role, you will be the operational backbone of a highly technical team — facilitating sprint ceremonies, managing delivery schedules, tracking team velocity, and ensuring that builds, tests, and engineering pipelines run smoothly for developers. You will serve as the connective tissue between creative artists, programmers, QA, and executive stakeholders, keeping cross-functional work aligned and moving forward. This is a fully remote, contract position requiring availability during Pacific Standard Time business hours. Job Responsibilities <ul><li>Facilitate sprint ceremonies including stand-ups, sprint planning, triage sessions, office hours, and retrospectives — both live and asynchronously</li><li>Own the feature delivery schedule and manage work item assignment across the team</li><li>Create and maintain sprint and milestone dashboards, calendars, trackers, and transition checklists</li><li>Create meeting invites and prepare agendas, pre-reads, and status questions for team rituals</li><li>Create user story stubs, tasks, and bugs in collaboration with leads and PMs; scrub the backlog and clear stale work</li><li>Update work items with decisions, owners, status, and next steps after every meeting or sync</li><li>Maintain action logs, reminders, and workflows; follow up on blocked or at-risk work items</li><li>Identify, escalate, and track risks, dependencies, and blockers; maintain up-to-date documentation in ADO</li><li>Represent features or workstreams in release forums alongside leads and PMs</li><li>Review release queries, clear stale work, update fields, and confirm next actions with feature owners</li><li>Consolidate changelog review posts, track feedback and open items, and confirm follow-up with feature owners</li><li>Partner with QA to coordinate validation and test plans, reproductions, regression tracking, and release dependencies</li><li>Track critical-path work, validation dependencies, readiness signals, release risks, and unresolved bugs</li><li>Coordinate dependencies, partner commitments, and technical initiatives across teams; escalate decisions when needed </li></ul>Requirements <ul><li>5–7 years of experience in technical program management, production, product management, data analysis, or product development</li><li>4–7 years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects</li><li>Producer or TPM experience within a gaming studio strongly preferred</li><li>Demonstrated experience running Agile ceremonies and managing sprint-based delivery for engineering or development teams</li><li>Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field required; equivalent professional experience considered in lieu of degree</li><li>Deep familiarity with project tracking and documentation tools such as Azure DevOps (ADO), Jira, or Confluence for task management, sprint planning, and pipeline documentation</li><li>Strong working knowledge of Agile and Scrum frameworks to manage team velocity, capacity, and milestone delivery</li><li>Proven ability to bridge communication gaps between creative, technical, and executive stakeholders</li><li>Capacity to motivate cross-functional teams and resolve conflicts under tight deadlines</li><li>Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously</li><li>Strong written and verbal communication skills for async and live facilitation</li><li>Flexibility and adaptability to thrive in a fast-moving, evolving environment</li><li>Ability to adjust work priorities quickly and maintain a positive, solutions-oriented approach to change </li></ul>Additional Details <ul><li>Location: Remote</li><li>Duration: 9 months</li><li>Pay Range*: $39 - $44.50 per hour</li><li>Weekly Schedule: 40 hours</li><li>Job Status: Non-Exempt</li><li>Application Deadline: Apply within 72 hours of the posting date to ensure consideration. </li></ul>This Role Is Eligible For The Following Benefits <ul><li>Medical, dental & vision</li><li>Hospital plans</li><li>401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available</li><li>Life Insurance (Company paid Basic Life and AD&D as well as voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)</li><li>Company paid short and long-term disability</li><li>Health & Dependent Care Spending Accounts (HSA & DCFSA)</li><li>Employee Assistance Program</li><li>Time Off/Leave(PTO, Allegis Group Paid Family Leave, Parental Leave </li></ul>Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. AGS is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law. If you require a reasonable accommodation related to the application or interview process due to a disability, please email accommodation@allegisglobalsolutions.com. This inbox is monitored solely for accommodation requests. For questions about open roles or to apply, please submit your application through the job posting, as this inbox is not monitored by recruiters and applications sent here will not be reviewed. In accordance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, employment is contingent upon verification of identity and authorization to work in the United States. All persons hired will be required to complete Form I-9 and provide acceptable documentation as required by law. Please note that we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to screen, assess, or select applicants for this position. These tools may analyze application materials and assist our team in identifying candidates whose qualifications best match the requirements of the role. If you have questions about our use of AI in the hiring process, or would like more information, please contact us. <ul><li>We reserve the right to pay above or below the posted wage based on factors unrelated to protected classifications. </li></ul>Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

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