hr manager in game development

HireHi; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Prism Studio — независимая студия по разработке видеоигр с полностью удаленной структурой и распределенной командой по миру. Приглашаем опытного HR-специалиста на роль, которая охватывает полный цикл найма, разработку описаний вакансий и построение стратегий привлечения таланта.

Кандидат будет сотрудничать с CEO и руководителями, формировать пайплайны кандидатов, совершенствовать ATS и процессы, а также проводить бенчмаркинг оплаты в индустрии игр и технологий на международном уровне.

Qualifications

• 5+ лет прогрессивного опыта в HR
• Полный цикл найма: планирование штата, sourcing, интервью, оффер
• Опыт работы в быстро развивающейся tech/gaming среде
• Опыт выстраивания процессов отбора и оценки кандидатов
• Свободное владение английским языком (устно и письменно)

Responsibilities

• Ведет полный цикл найма в студии, от планирования потребности в персонале до найма и оффера
• Сотрудничает с CEO, руководителями департаментов и менеджерами по найму
• Структурирует процессы найма, внедряет этапы, критерии оценки и шкалы
• Развивает кандидатские пайплайны и обеспечивает коммуникацию на каждом этапе
• Улучшает ATS, процессы найма, опыт кандидатов и метрики найма
• Проводит бенчмаркинг по заработной плате и разрабатывает конкурентные офферы
• Поддерживает руководителей в управлении 비용ами и бюджетировании

Skills

HR experience

Full-cycle recruitment

Salary benchmarking

Stakeholder management

English fluent

Communication skills

Remote coordination

Talent pipelines

Interview design

Negotiation

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Slack

Job description

Описание

Prism Studio is an independent video game development company based in Malta. It is developing Heptic Arena, its first PvPvE multiplayer showdown shooter, and operates as a fully remote studio with a globally distributed team.

Задачи

• Own full-cycle recruitment across the studio, from workforce planning and role scoping through sourcing, interviewing, offer negotiation, and hiring
• Partner with the CEO, department leads, and hiring managers to anticipate talent needs and identify capability gaps
• Recruit across technical, creative, and operational disciplines
• Translate business and production requirements into clear job descriptions that communicate the role, expectations, and company culture
• Build and maintain candidate pipelines, providing clear communication and timely feedback throughout the process
• Design structured hiring processes, including interview stages, assessments, evaluation criteria, and scorecards
• Lead offer development and negotiations
• Improve the ATS, recruitment workflows, candidate experience, and hiring metrics
• Monitor compensation trends in the games and technology sectors, particularly in European markets
• Conduct salary benchmarking and recommend compensation ranges
• Develop competitive and sustainable offers that balance market expectations, internal equity, and financial objectives
• Support leadership with workforce cost planning, payroll forecasting, and people-related budgeting
• Own the employee lifecycle from onboarding through development, retention, and off-boarding
• Build onboarding experiences that help new hires integrate and contribute effectively
• Manage HR operations, including contracts, employee records, payroll coordination, benefits, leave and absence management, HR systems, and documentation
• Maintain accurate, organised, and compliant HR records and processes
• Review HR workflows and identify opportunities to simplify, automate, or improve them
• Act as an approachable HR partner for employees and managers
• Provide a neutral and confidential contact point for workplace concerns, interpersonal challenges, and difficult conversations
• Identify potential issues early and help resolve them constructively
• Support managers with performance concerns, feedback, conflict, and other people-related situations
• Address unhealthy team dynamics and help promote accountability, direct communication, and effective problem-solving
• Manage disciplinary matters and terminations fairly and in accordance with employment law and company policy
• Monitor engagement, absence, workload, and turnover to identify retention and employee-experience concerns
• Partner with the CEO and leadership team on the studio’s culture, values, and ways of working
• Contribute to initiatives that improve employee experience, the working environment, and organisational health
• Partner with the HR team on engagement, well-being, inclusion, and psychological safety initiatives
• Develop remote-first initiatives, events, and team rituals for a distributed workforce
• Coach and support managers on interviewing, people management, HR policies, internal tools, and communication
• Use employee feedback and HR data to identify improvement opportunities and take practical action

Требования

• 5+ Years of progressive HR experience, ideally in a medium-to-large technology, gaming, or similarly fast-paced organisation
• Knowledge of Maltese employment law and/or experience employing and hiring people across multiple EU jurisdictions
• Strong full-cycle recruitment experience across technical and/or creative roles in the technology or gaming industries
• Experience designing and running structured hiring processes that balance speed with rigorous candidate assessment
• Experience managing candidate pipelines and proactively sourcing hard-to-find talent
• Hands-on experience with salary benchmarking, compensation planning, offer development, and negotiation
• Broad HR experience beyond recruitment, including onboarding, employee relations, HR operations, performance management, and off-boarding
• Able to handle sensitive employee matters, workplace conflict, and difficult conversations professionally and neutrally
• Strong understanding of team dynamics and ability to identify people-related risks early
• Experience partnering with senior leadership on culture, organisational development, and improvements to the working environment
• Able to own HR initiatives from identifying a problem through to designing and implementing a solution
• Highly organised, autonomous, and able to prioritise effectively in a fast-moving environment
• Approachable and trustworthy, with sound judgement regarding confidentiality, escalation, and sensitive information
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Fluent in English
• Confident using the Atlassian ecosystem, particularly Jira and Confluence, and able to understand Jira projects, workflows, and reporting
• Experienced in Slack-based communication cultures and able to establish or reinforce clear communication protocols in remote environments
• Comfortable using AI tools in day-to-day work and curious about automation and emerging technology for improving HR workflows, recruitment, and internal processes
• Genuine interest in games and game development, with an understanding of how the player experience connects to the team behind it
• Будет плюсом: experience in a fully remote, multinational organisation, experience in a game development studio, training or certification in coaching, mediation, or conflict resolution, HR analytics experience, experience building or scaling HR processes in a growing organisation, active interest in gaming, particularly multiplayer, competitive, or shooter titles

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