Executive Producer

Executive Producer

An executive producer in generally going to have over ten years of production experience and oversees multiple projects. This type of producer focuses on the broader production tasks like examining hardware and middleware needs, negotiating contracts, and communicating with external vendors. The executive producer reports to the vice president or chief executive officer of a studio and focuses on managing multiple producers rather than day-to-day operations while looking for anything that can benefit future and current projects.

Source

Chandler, H. M. (2010), The Game Production Handbook, Second Edition