Strategic Program Manager - Gaming

Russell Tobin; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Russell Tobin is seeking a seasoned Business Development professional to empower partners in discovering, adopting, and flourishing on client gaming platforms. The role blends strategic relationship management with proactive partner engagement and requires collaboration with developers while advocating for their needs internally.

The ideal candidate will have 8+ years in BizDev or account management, strong quantitative skills, and proven cross-functional leadership across product, engineering,

Qualifications

• 8+ years' experience in business development or account management.
• Ability to define, initate and drive business opportunities in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience working with management at all levels, internal and external.

Responsibilities

• Think creatively with prominent gaming companies to build durable, long-term partnerships.
• Represent client’s Gaming and provide thought leadership in external partner meetings.
• Drive adoption and integration of new features on client platforms.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, design, marketing, and finance teams.
• Track, analyze, and communicate key metrics and trends in partner relations.
• Source and develop new partner opportunities using industry expertise.
• Manage and consult existing partners to grow platform success.
• Lead advertising-related projects to drive monetization outcomes in the region.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Education

BS/BA in Economics or Business

Tools

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Your mission: To empower partners to successfully discover, adopt, and flourish on client's gaming platforms. This role necessitates a combination of strategic relationship management and proactive partner engagement, requiring direct collaboration with developers while advocating for their needs internally.

Responsibilities

• Think creatively with prominent companies in the gaming industry to build durable, long-term, and scaled partnerships by understanding their strategy and goals
• Represent client's Gaming and provide thought leadership and perspectives in external meetings with partner executives
• Drive adoption and integration of new features from client's Gaming platforms
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product, engineering, design, marketing, and finance
• Track, analyze and communicate key quantitative metrics and business trends as they relate to partner relationships at scale
• Use analysis and gaming industry expertise to source and develop new partner opportunities
• Manage and consult existing partners on building up their success on platform
• Lead advertising-related projects and initiatives, partnering with cross-functional teams to drive advertiser and monetization outcomes across the region

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years' experience in business development or account management
• BS/BA in a highly quantitative field, such as Economics, Business commerce, or equivalent experience preferred
• Experience working effectively and cross-functionally with all levels of management, both internally and externally
• Ability to define, initiate and drive business opportunities in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment
• Good understanding of the internet industry
• Advanced skill in MS Excel, and PowerPoint

Preferred Qualifications

Deep domain knowledge of the gaming industry, user growth related working experience is a plus

• Ability to handle day to day operational work to also structure, negotiate, and maintain significant and complex strategic relationships with game companies
• Identify and leverage trends within industry of expertise/focus
• Mandarin speaking is a plus to liaise with locally based clients in the local language