Senior/ Principal Producer (Mandarin-speaking)

Job description

Bellota Labs is a gaming studio building competitive, multiplayer-first experiences with a focus on live operations, player engagement, and long-term product excellence. We are the team behind ClubWPT Gold, the flagship product of the World Poker Tour (WPT) — one of the most recognized brands in global poker. ClubWPT Gold blends competitive gameplay, live-service systems, and real-money prize structures, serving a highly engaged player base. We operate with high ownership, speed, and accountability — and we're looking for leaders who want to build products that last. We're also an AI-native studio: we expect our producers to use modern AI tools to increase clarity, compress cycle times, and give the team superpowers it wouldn't otherwise have. ### What You’ll Do - **Own and drive development schedules** across multiple teams, using AI tools to accelerate roadmap drafting, dependency mapping, and scenario planning. - **Translate high-level product strategy** into actionable roadmaps and milestones. Leverage AI (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude) to pressure-test plans, surface edge cases, and draft clear documentation at speed. - **Partner with Design and Engineering leads** to define scope and delivery timelines, using AI-assisted estimation and risk-analysis techniques to sharpen forecasts. - **Proactively identify production risks and resolve blockers**, using AI to synthesize signals across tickets, docs, and meeting notes so nothing falls through the cracks. - **Facilitate sprint planning, milestone reviews, and cross-functional syncs.** Use AI-powered meeting tools (e.g., Granola, Fireflies, Otter, Notion AI) to capture, summarize, and distribute action items — so meetings become decisions, not overhead. - **Improve production workflows** to increase clarity and velocity. Evaluate and roll out AI-powered PM tools (e.g., Linear, Jira, Notion, ClickUp with AI copilots) to reduce coordination tax across the org. - **Coordinate internal stakeholders** across product, engineering, and operations. Use AI to draft crisp status updates, executive summaries, and stakeholder comms that keep everyone aligned without drowning the team in meetings. - **Support live ops initiatives, seasonal content, and ongoing feature releases**, using AI tooling to monitor rollouts, synthesize player feedback, and accelerate post-mortems. - **Champion AI in production workflows**, continuously evaluating new tools and techniques that elevate team velocity, clarity, and quality — and sharing learnings broadly. ### What We’re Looking For - 5+ years of experience in game production or technical production - Experience shipping and operating a live-service game - Strong understanding of agile development and production frameworks - Experience working closely with engineering teams on complex systems - **Hands-on fluency with AI tools** in a professional production workflow — for planning, documentation, meeting synthesis, stakeholder communication, and risk analysis — with clear judgment about where AI accelerates the work and where human leadership must lead - Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills - **Mandarin fluency required** — this person will serve as a key bridge between our U.S. and APAC teams, ensuring clear communication, alignment, and collaboration across teams. - High ownership mentality and bias toward action ### Nice to Have - Experience in competitive multiplayer or real-money gaming environments - Background in technical production - Experience in early-stage or high-growth studios - Experience introducing or scaling AI-powered workflows in a production or PM context - Passion for poker, strategy games, or competitive ecosystems ### Why Bellota Labs - **A globally recognized brand as your foundation.** You won't be building awareness from scratch — you'll be building on top of the World Poker Tour, one of the most iconic names in gaming, with a built-in audience of passionate players worldwide. - **Real ownership, real visibility.** This isn't a role where your work gets lost in a layer of middle management. You'll have meaningful equity, direct exposure to leadership, and a seat at the table where decisions are actually made. - **Compensation that reflects the stakes.** Competitive salary, equity, and benefits designed to reward the people betting on us early. - **A rare chance to shape what comes next.** ClubWPT Gold is just the beginning. You'll help define the operational DNA, product cadence, and cultural footprint of a company with ambitions well beyond a single launch.