Director of External Development

2K Vegas; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 128,000 - 189,000; Full time

Job summary

2K Vegas is seeking a senior external development leader to own how the studio works with external partners, shaping strategy, pipelines, briefs, and onboarding for external work on our AAA projects.

You will partner with the Head of Operations and studio leadership, design and implement tools, templates, and review cadences, and manage end-to-end partnerships from sourcing to onboarding and exit. This is a first‑in‑seat role with growth into building a dedicated function.

Qualifications

• 6–8+ years in external development or production in video games.
• Proven track record running external development across multiple projects.
• Strong Jira, ShotGrid/Flow and data fluency for reporting.
• Experience with Perforce or similar source control.
• Ability to communicate clearly with cross-time-zone partners.

Responsibilities

• External Development Strategy: set and evolve our external development strategy with leadership and partners.
• Pipeline & Workflow Ownership: design, implement, and maintain tools, workflows, and policies for external development.
• Partner Sourcing & Commercial Management: lead RFPs, vendor outreach, portfolio evaluation, and contract/workflow management.
• Budget & Forecasting: manage external development budget and forecasting with leadership.
• Production Partnership: align external work with internal milestones and capacity.
• Creative Partnership & Quality Oversight: define briefs, style guides, benchmarks, and review cadence.
• Delivery Oversight, Risk & Reporting: track vendor schedules, mitigate risk, and report KPIs and spend.
• Building The Function & The Bench: grow the function and mentor team members.

Skills

Strategist

Commercial savvy

Craft sense

Collaborator

Diplomat

Adaptability

Tooling

Experience 6–8y

Tools

Jira

ShotGrid/Flow

Perforce

Job description

2K Vegas is seeking a senior external development leader to own how the studio works with external partners, shaping strategy, pipelines, briefs, and onboarding for external work on our AAA projects.

You will partner with the Head of Operations and studio leadership, design and implement tools, templates, and review cadences, and manage end-to-end partnerships from sourcing to onboarding and exit. This is a first‑in‑seat role with growth into building a dedicated function.