Director of Business Development

Room 8 Group; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance benefits

Paid vacation

Sick leave

Professional training and conferences

Diversity and inclusion culture

Job summary

Join Room 8 Group as the Director of Business Development, where you will leverage your extensive experience in the gaming industry to drive sales and build strong client relationships. This role involves collaborating with internal teams and industry partners to achieve business growth and success, while promoting a culture of inclusion and innovation. If you're passionate about gaming and have a proven track record in business development, we want to hear from you!

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years in corporate strategy and business development, with at least 3 years in the gaming industry.
• Experience managing performance metrics across accounts.
• Knowledge of major game engines like Unreal Engine or Unity.

Responsibilities

• Identify and develop sales strategies to grow client accounts.
• Manage relationships with clients and ensure timely support.
• Gather industry intelligence and identify market trends.

Skills

Exceptional oral and written communication skills

Knowledge of technical platforms and business models

Excellent organization and planning skills

Ability to maintain client relationships

Genuine passion for the gaming industry

Job description

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Room 8 Group is an end-to-end strategic partner in external game development. Working across all platforms, we provide creative and technical expertise across full-cycle dev, co-dev, art, trailers, and QA for AAA and AA games.

Since 2011, Room 8 Group has built creative partnerships with world-leading publishers such as Microsoft, Nintendo, Ubisoft, Sony, Gameloft, Take2, EA, and more. While leveraging our own cutting-edge tools and R&D capabilities, we have co-created a multitude of award-winning projects for video game IPs and franchises including Call of Duty, Diablo, Assassin’s Creed, Star Trek, The Walking Dead, Doctor Who, and many more.

Through primarily organic growth, we’re proudly independent, and the company is now home to 1,100+ creatives based in Europe, North America, and South America.

The Director of Business Development will be joining a global team of highly dedicated professionals providing world class service to the video games industry internationally. The ideal candidate would be an accomplished sales executive with demonstrable success in growing new business in the game development business. The position involves close collaboration with internal teams and external providers to ensure excellence in execution across touchpoints for maintaining and growing business with our clients.

Superpowers you have:

• Minimum 4 years of experience in corporate strategy, corporate development, sales, and business development, at least 3 years of this in gaming industry;
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills, with seasoned presentation skills;
• Knowledge of technical platforms, business models and trends – with an industry focus in Gaming, Streaming, or Game Engines;
• Experience in managing and monitoring performance metrics across accounts and account portfolios;
• Awareness about online services and major games engines (i.e., Unreal Engine or Unity);
• Excellent organization, planning, and prioritization skills with strong attention to detail;
• Ability to maintain relationships with multiple clients and production teams simultaneously to keep both sides of the business satisfied;
• Genuine passion for the gaming industry.

Becoming a part of the Room 8 Group team, you will:

• Identify new prospective clients, develop and execute sales development strategies;
• Drive account revenue within the client/account portfolio;
• Be responsible for sales and up-sales activities by assessing opportunities, creating proposals and presentations, establishing relationships with clients and prospective clients, and closing/signing new deals;
• Gather intelligence on industry, competitors and market trends from public and network resources. Track and synthesize trends and takeaways from global gaming markets and turn those insights into actionable approaches;
• Participate in the development of business strategies to successfully achieve client business goals;
• Stay close to the assigned gaming ecosystem source opportunities and have close dialogue with developers and founders;
• Build and develop long term and quality relationships with game developers and publishers from PC, console and mobile gaming space as well as other key ecosystem players to build and source strategic partnership opportunities;
• Manage partner relationships and set the industry standard for timely support, regular communications, and prompt assistance with arising issues;
• Partner closely with internal and external teams to ensure excellence in execution across touchpoints;
• Communicate with clients clearly and address promptly their concerns to resolve conflicts;
• Monitor competition to identify and test new trends and best business practices to gain a competitive advantage.

Join the team of inspiring game dev professionals, and get even more:

• Challenges to raise your XPs score (professional training and conferences);
• Health insurance benefits, paid vacation, and sick leave;
• A culture of diversity and inclusion to unite the most outstanding talents;
• Community of people who understand and share your passion for games.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Business Development and Sales

• Industries

  Computer Games

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