Production | Ana W Bettencourt

Production / Product

since March 2022 | SENIOR Producer at Super Evil megacorp

Currently the Producer responsible for platform expansion - Nintendo Switch, PC (Steam, Epic Games), etc.;

Report progress and risk on the roadmap to stakeholders, contributing to product strategy development;
Collaborate closely with partners to uphold intellectual property (IP) integrity;
Lead multiple production pods including the ones responsible for all Narrative, Art and Audio in the game;
Partner with the Creative Director and writer to ensure gameplay alignment;
Contribute to the development and execution of GTM strategies;
Facilitate communication and collaboration across disciplines and teams;
Ensure timely project delivery, identifying and resolving pipeline issues to mitigate obstacles;

Producer of Catalyst Black - Team Battleground Shooter

Report to stakeholders on roadmap progress and risk, contributing to the product strategy;
Supervise two Pods comprised of Engineers, Designers, Artists, and QA;
Facilitate communication and collaboration across disciplines and teams;
Ensure the team meets deadlines, raise awareness and eliminate pipeline issues to remove roadblocks;
Manage release processes to ensure successful game launch;
Facilitate communication and collaboration across disciplines, teams, and stakeholders;

Producer of Realm of the Mad God - MMO

Facilitate communication and collaboration across disciplines, teams, and stakeholders;
Roadmap owner: Manage risks and establish risk mitigation;
Help the Executive Producer, Product Owner and Lead Developer to make informed decisions: development pipeline, priorities, available resources and product quality;
Raise awareness of issues and help remove roadblocks;
Schedule and coordinate details for all necessary meetings and ensure completion of action items across Development, Design, LiveOps and CS teams;
Ensure the team meets deadlines within the budget;
Constantly implementing new processes using Agile Methodology to continuously improve the team’s velocity and collaboration;
QA Manager: Coordinate the QA team and responsible for the quality of each release;
Release Manager: Own and coordinate releases (Steam, Stand- alone on macOS and Windows);
Train Junior Producers;

LO Manager of Realm of the Mad God - MMO

Manage Sales and Events Plan
Coordinate the team to make data-driven decisions
Create specs to improve the game experience in events and purchases (Shop renovation, customization and skins improvements, events and campaigns access and design)
Coordinate across departments (Design, Art, QA and Dev team) to implement LO features
Implement new processes to optimize the team's performance, mitigate the risk of falling deadlines and guarantee quality
Coordinate with Community Managers and CS to ensure a rapid response in critical situations
Manage a team of Game Masters and LO Specialist

Set 2019 - DEcember 2019 | Product Manager at virtuleap

Product Manager of ENHANCE and Data Dashboard - VR and Web

Reported to Stakeholders: Responsible for the Roadmap;
Release Manager of ENHANCE: Oculus Rift and VIVEPORT;
Helped scale the team: Built a hiring plan and process;
Implemented new processes and structure in the company:
Coordinate on a daily basis with the Development team and
Scientists to meet deadlines;

JULy 2017 – June 2019 | Product Manager at Miniclip

Product Manager

Associate Activities

Assisted products such as 8 Ball Pool, Agar.io, and Soccer Stars: Managing the store, creating IAPs, set up , new releases, generating certificates, AB testing, etc.;
Managed the relationship with the partners responsible for the localisations;

Other Activities