Director, Slate Strategy

2K; Ontario; On-site; USD 186,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

A global interactive entertainment company seeks a Director of Slate Strategy to lead market analysis and product strategy for their game development initiatives. Candidates should possess strong analytical and leadership skills, with a deep understanding of the gaming landscape. This role offers the opportunity to significantly influence product direction while collaborating with diverse development teams. The position is flexible with a competitive salary range, reflecting the level of expertise required in this dynamic and innovative field.

Benefits

Equity options

Comprehensive healthcare benefits

Retirement benefits

Paid holidays

Unlimited paid time off

Qualifications

• Strong quantitative background and hands-on experience with data.
• Experience in the gaming industry, ideally at a portfolio level.
• Successful track record in game-making teams.

Responsibilities

• Drive the Scopely slate organization through organic development and acquisition.
• Manage product strategy needs for cutting-edge design practices.
• Provide insights to maximize impact on development and investment slate.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Market understanding

Leadership

Education

Degree in Business, Marketing, Game Design or related field

Job description

Scopely is looking for a Director of Slate Strategy to join the Slate Development Group. The position will be responsible for in-depth analyses of Casual genre games across platforms to provide clear market-based theses for investment and game development. The location is flexible, and some travel will be required.

At Scopely, we care deeply about what we do and want to inspire play, every day - whether in our work environments alongside our talented colleagues or through our deep connections with our communities of players. We are a global team of game lovers who are developing, publishing and innovating the mobile games industry, connecting millions of people around the world daily.

Slate Development Group owns Scopely’s editorial and content strategy, including the company’s greenlighting, Game Development Framework (GDF), studio strategy (organic and inorganic) and slate-wide budget and investment strategy.

What You Will do:

Your work will drive the entire Scopely slate organization to seize market opportunities through organic development, acquisition and/or investment. You will also partner deeply with Scopely’s development teams to provide actionable, KPI-driving improvements across our games in-development.

• You will be the thought leader in forming the core forward-looking hypotheses of the company slate and product strategy. You will set the priority and the tempo of the organization’s product strategy. This includes but is not limited to
• What the key market trends are telling us in terms of our slate & product strategy
• What are the key success factors to maximum chance for success
• How do we build confidence in our hypothesis through innovative ways to get data
• You will be responsible for assessing some of our opportunistic acquisition and investment opportunities and act as the key voice of product strategy.
• Manage a pipeline of product strategy needs to make sure the development slate is on the cutting edge of design practice, surfacing the most impactful KPI-lifting product insights from the market to the game teams. Ensure ruthless prioritization and alignment with business priorities, both urgent and strategic.
• Partner with Game Teams to make sure your team’s insights are driving maximum impact on the development and investment slate
  
  

What We’re Looking For:

• A deep understanding and perspective on the gaming market and landscape, ideally working at the portfolio level, though not required.
• An analytical mind driven always to understand why successes happen and can consistently come up with new hypotheses and frameworks to capture success & failure patterns
• A strong quantitative background and ability to do hands-on work with data to generate key strategic hypotheses
• Been part of successful game-making teams as a leader and know how to create influence with creative leadership
• A very strong set of communication skills, both in person and written. Oftentimes, you need to convince others of your point of view through influence and rallying cross-functional teams to deliver results.
• You deeply understand free-to-play design, execution, and the rigors of live game operations. You know what it is to run a live game and know how to help teams make the hard prioritization decisions necessary to grow LTV without infinite resources
• Infectious passion and love for games

For candidates in CA, CO, NJ, NY, and WA, the annual salary range is provided below. In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for equity, bonuses, and a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare benefits, retirement benefits, pet insurance, paid holidays, paid Scopely free days, and unlimited paid time off. Base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

CA, CO, NJ, NY, and WA Annual Salary Range

$186,300 — $244,600 USD

About Us

Scopely is a global interactive entertainment and mobile-first video game company, home to many top, award-winning experiences such as "MONOPOLY GO!," “Star Trek Fleet Command,” “Stumble Guys,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” and “Yahtzee With Buddies,” among others.

Scopely creates, publishes, and live-operates immersive games that empower a directed-by-consumer experience across multiple platforms--from mobile, web, PC and beyond.

Founded in 2011, Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform Playgami that supports one of the most diversified portfolios in the games industry.

Recognized multiple times as one of Fast Company’s “World’s Most Innovative Companies,” Scopely is a multi-billion-dollar business due to its ability to create long-lasting game experiences that players enjoy for years.

Scopely has global operations in more than a dozen markets across Asia, EMEA, and North America, and is home to many internal game development teams, referred to as Scopely Studios, with additional game studio partners across four continents.

Scopely was acquired by Savvy Games Group in July 2023 for $4.9 billion, and is now an independent subsidiary of Savvy.

For more information on Scopely, visit: scopely.com

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