Join Creative Assembly and craft deep and detailed games that last, entertaining millions of players across the globe for decades.

The Role

Creative Assembly is looking for an Executive Producer who will be accountable for delivering one of our latest upcoming titles by leading a team of three counterpart Directors (Creative, Technical,

Development), expanding into Live Service and working within the Total War Franchise platform framework.

Reporting to the VP Total War, you’ll oversee all aspects of the product delivery, ensuring player value by prioritizing features, managing profitability, and championing the overall experience of Total War in the

game title and any post-launch, live products and services. You will take a long-term view of how we grow, including developing the team’s expertise, grounded in player feedback and data-informed business management.

Product Strategy & Franchise Ownership

• Own the product strategy, commercial performance and long-term success of your project and its contribution to the Total War franchise.
• Define target audiences, player value propositions, product vision and go-to-market approach, ensuring the product delivers both player value and business results.
• Contribute to franchise planning, future product opportunities, platform strategy and business growth.

Product Leadership & Quality

• Align priorities, timelines, risks, budgets and development objectives with Product, Franchise and Studio Leadership.
• Set clear quality standards, ensuring teams understand the vision, target audience and requirements for success.
• Use player research, analytics, competitor analysis and market trends to inform decisions.
• Challenge and support development teams, balancing innovation, player expectations, technical constraints and commercial objectives.
• Quantify the potential value and risks of new opportunities, then build alignment around a decision.

Leadership & Team Development

• Act as the lead advocate for your project, internally across Creative Assembly and SEGA, and externally with stakeholders where required.
• Communicate priorities, vision, strategy and status clearly to executives, external partners and your team.
• Lead, mentor and develop product leaders and teams, encouraging accountability, growth and high performance.
• Foster collaboration, trust and continuous improvement, so teams can deliver ambitious goals sustainably.
• Promote effective planning, decision-making and cross-functional alignment.

Franchise, Studio & Publishing Collaboration

• Build strong partnerships across the franchise, studio, publishing and SEGA corporate teams.
• Contribute to annual planning, business reviews, franchise roadmaps, financial planning, investment discussions and stakeholder communications, aligning long-term strategy, annual
• objectives and project timelines.
• Work with Brand, Marketing, Player Research, and Data & Analytics to set clear product positioning and explain its appeal to the target audience.
• Work with Franchise Resourcing and Studio Leadership to match capability and capacity to franchise priorities and product roadmaps, setting realistic milestones.

Strategic Leadership

• Recommend strategy on future products, business opportunities, technology trends, player expectations and market developments.
• Anticipate and resolve complex problems, building consensus and securing timely decisions in high-impact situations.
• Report on product health, commercial performance and strategic risks to senior stakeholders.
• Uphold Creative Assembly’s values, culture and diversity and inclusion initiatives, and help build high-performing teams.
• Lead in a people-first way, fostering an inclusive environment where individuals and teams can perform at their best.

You’ll collaborate with

• Project Leadership: Producers, Development Directors and Creative Directors.
• Stream Aligned Teams: Product Owners and sub-discipline leads in centralized franchise functions
• Franchise Leadership Team and Head of Production.
• Production, Brand, Player Research and Data teams, as well as publishing counterparts.

What we are looking for

Essential

• Multiple shipped titles, including at least one in an executive producer leadership role and one with proven impact on launching and maintaining a live service.
• Proven success growing game businesses and the teams that deliver them, including building and running structured development for a large team.
• Ability to navigate complex stakeholder relationships.
• Genuine interest in players and games development.
• Broad knowledge of the games business across platforms and genres, and a commitment to delivering player value.
• Strong understanding of what motivates players.
• Self-motivated and focused, consistently delivering high-quality work.
• A constructive approach to complex problem-solving and teamwork.
• A high-quality bar and a commitment to excellence in your team, your craft and the work around you, coaching and explaining when work falls short.
• Accountability for your own work, and clear expectations of others.
• Confidence using data to evaluate business decisions.
• Skill in working with external stakeholders and IP partners, balancing the needs of multiple businesses.

Desirable

• Familiarity with Total War, our catalogue and the strategy gaming space.

ABOUT CREATIVE ASSEMBLY

We care deeply about the experiences we create and put our players at the heart of our decisions. We are all game makers; no matter our role we are empowered to make significant contributions to our games, supported by skills development and growth opportunities.

Most roles at Creative Assembly are hybrid with 3 days a week in the studio. CA has the right to change requirements based on the needs of the business.

We offer many benefits to support you and your family including:

• Work from Anywhere for a temporary period each year (restrictions apply such as VISAs)
• Enhanced holiday allowance, maternity and paternity breaks, flexibility with our core hours, and no-notice holidays
• Performance-based discretionary bonus scheme
• Bespoke relocation package for you and your dependents
• Private medical and dental insurance, life insurance and free health care screening
• Additional benefits ranging from free games and work parties to discounts on technology
• Wellbeing support and virtual confidential counselling

We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief. Our studio sites have disabled access.