Partner Manager (Greater China Gaming Market)

Nicoll Curtin; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Nicoll Curtin is seeking an experienced gaming-partnerships professional to manage and grow relationships with game developers across Greater China from Singapore. The role is a 12-month contract based in Singapore, with potential extension.

You will oversee 10–15 partners, coordinate with product and engineering, and help developers on onboarding, user acquisition, monetisation, and growth. Fluent Mandarin and English required; 8+ years in partnerships; regional exposure in China gaming

Qualifications

• 8+ years in strategic partnerships, account management or business development.
• China-based gaming companies or game developers experience.
• Experience with gaming platforms, developer platforms, or game engines.
• Post-launch growth activities: user acquisition, monetisation, or retention.
• Understanding of how games are developed, launched, integrated and grown.
• Ability to assess game fit for a platform based on features and audience.
• Strong client-facing and communication skills; matrix org experience.
• Mandarin and English proficiency for regular partner communication.
• Technical integration knowledge is a plus.
• Experience in technology, gaming, advertising or digital platforms is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of 10–15 gaming-developer partners across Greater China.
• Maintain regular contact to track game progress, priorities and issues.
• Evaluate games for platform fit and potential monetisation.
• Support onboarding and adoption of platform features.
• Drive growth post-launch through UA, monetisation and retention initiatives.
• Review partner data to identify growth opportunities.
• Collaborate with product and engineering to resolve integrations.
• Represent partner needs and provide updates on product changes.
• Lead regional projects across partnerships, product, marketing and engineering.
• Identify new partnership opportunities in the Greater China ecosystem.

Skills

Strategic partnerships

Account management

Business development

Relationship management

Client-facing

Mandarin

English

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis

Gaming industry knowledge

Platform integration

Partner onboarding

Job description

An established global technology company is looking for an experienced gaming-partnerships professional to manage and grow relationships with game developers across Greater China.

This is a 12-month contract based in Singapore, with the possibility of conversion to full-time or extension depending on business needs.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of approximately 10–15 gaming-developer partners across Greater China.
• Maintain regular contact with developers to understand game progress, priorities and potential issues.
• Evaluate which partner games are best suited to the platform’s features, audience and social experience.
• Support new developer onboarding and the adoption of new platform features.
• Help partners grow games after launch through user acquisition, monetization, retention and revenue initiatives.
• Review game and partner-performance data to identify growth opportunities and areas requiring attention.
• Work with product and engineering teams to resolve platform, integration or performance issues.
• Represent developer needs internally and provide partners with clear updates on product changes.
• Lead regional projects involving partnerships, product, marketing, engineering and other business teams.
• Identify new partnership opportunities and developments within the Greater China gaming ecosystem.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of experience in strategic partnerships, account management or business development.
• Direct experience managing relationships with China-based gaming companies or game developers.
• Experience working within a gaming platform, developer platform, game-engine or similar ecosystem.
• Proven experience supporting games after launch through user acquisition, monetisation or user-growth initiatives.
• Strong understanding of how games are developed, launched, integrated and grown.
• Ability to assess whether a game is suitable for a platform based on its features, audience and commercial potential.
• Strong client-facing, communication and relationship-management skills.
• Professional proficiency in Mandarin and English for regular communication with developer partners.
• Experience working across product, engineering and commercial teams within a large matrix organization.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to turn performance data into practical partner recommendations.
• Technical integration knowledge would be advantageous but is not the main focus of the role.
• Experience within a major technology, gaming, advertising or digital-platform company would be beneficial.