This article is part of our Get into Games special, offering students insight on life in the games industry and advice on how to get into the business
While many roles across game development do exactly what they say on the tin – artist, composer, programmer; it's hardly rocket science – one of the more essential roles is harder to define: producer.
Not only can the duties of a producer change from studio to studio, but almost from producer to producer, too.
source https://www.gamesindustry.biz/an-introduction-to-video-game-production