General Manager, new football mobile game

Rovio 2; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 100.000 - 140.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Rovio 2 is seeking a General Manager to lead the development of a new free-to-play football game in Barcelona. This role demands strategic leadership, overseeing the entire game development lifecycle and financial success.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in mobile games, a strong understanding of the F2P landscape, and a proven track record in leading diverse teams. This position offers a hybrid work setup, providing a unique opportunity to shape the future of sports gaming.

Formación

• Deep executive experience with global contract negotiation.
• Enterprise-level product and market understanding.
• Mastery of the F2P mobile landscape, preferably in sports games.

Responsabilidades

• Steer the multi-year game strategy while aligning product across teams.
• Own the full P&L for the game and manage the budget.
• Assemble and nurture a high-performance development team.

Conocimientos

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Strategic planning

Data analysis

Team building

Executive communication

Descripción del empleo

Join us to shape the future of sports gaming! We’re looking for a General Manager in Barcelona to guide the journey of a new free-to-play football title. You'll be the ultimate strategic lead, overseeing the game's vision, financial success, and entire development lifecycle. This is a Tier 1 project with extremely high ambition, and you’ll have full profit and loss ownership. You'll play a central role in assembling a bespoke team and cultivating a supportive, high-performance culture. This is a rare chance to build a unique mobile game, delivering world-class results and a standout addition to Rovio’s portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Steer the multi-year game strategy as the central executive partner, fostering trust and ensuring seamless product alignment across internal teams.

• Own the full Profit & Loss for the game, managing the budget, and designing a world-class commercial roadmap that helps us maximise revenue.

• Assemble and nurture the core Barcelona development team, cultivating a high-performance culture.

• Ensure state-of-the-art Live Operations when we get there, including fun events, promotions, and content updates that drive daily player engagement and set a quality benchmark for the industry.

• Foster a data-informed team culture, using player behaviour insights and analytics to anticipate market shifts and guide all of our priorities.

• Lead big F2P projects from the earliest prototype stage all the way into highly profitable Live Operations, ensuring brand consistency.

• Possess a holistic understanding of the current mobile games business—from product strategy and design to user acquisition and commercial scaling—to guide the big-picture development strategy.

• Demonstrate absolute mastery of the F2P mobile landscape, preferably in football or sports games.

• Show proven track record of leading diverse, global teams and excel at stakeholder management, building trust-based relationships and driving collaboration across organisations.

• Exhibit inspirational executive leadership with professional humility, encouraging ownership and maintaining project momentum with exceptional communication.

Qualifications

• Deep executive experience with global contract negotiation.

• Enterprise-level product and market understanding that goes far beyond standard production.

Working Conditions

You’ll work in a hybrid setup with two to three days at the office per week. Kindly send us your CV in English. We look forward to speaking to you!

Equity and Accessibility

We welcome applicants to use the name they want to be addressed by in the application form, regardless of whether it is their legal name. At Rovio, we are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities or conditions in our working environment and job application procedures. We are committed to continuously improving workplace accessibility.