Player Growth Manager

Kodex; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Kodex is building a personalized gaming-intelligence platform that helps players connect libraries, discover what to play next, and launch across services. We seek a Player Growth Manager to turn the product into a repeatable growth engine, driving acquisition, activation, engagement, retention and Kodex Plus conversion.

This hands-on role covers awareness, signup, connected library, first recommendation, first launch, and ongoing play.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in growth, user acquisition, lifecycle marketing or player engagement.
• Direct experience in video games, gaming platforms, live-service products, mobile gaming or a closely related consumer subscription product.
• A track record of improving acquisition, activation or retention through experimentation.
• Experience managing paid media budgets and evaluating campaign quality beyond simple install volume.
• Ability to turn product and player data into clear decisions.
• Experience working closely with product, engineering, design and community teams.
• Excellent written communication and a genuine understanding of gaming communities.
• Comfortable operating in an early-stage environment.

Responsibilities

• Own the growth funnel and growth reporting across acquisition, activation, engagement and retention.
• Design experiments with hypotheses, success criteria and follow-up actions.
• Collaborate with product and engineering to measure events and align growth with product goals.
• Turn data insights into concrete recommendations for marketing and leadership.
• Lead growth initiatives across paid channels, lifecycle programs and community partnerships.

Skills

Growth

User acquisition

Lifecycle marketing

Player engagement

Data-driven decisions

Tools

GA4

Amplitude

SQL

Job description

Kodex is building a personalized gaming-intelligence platform that helps players connect their game libraries, discover what to play next and launch games across the services they already use.

Our goal is simple:help every player answer, “What should I play tonight?”

Kodex brings together AI-powered discovery, personal game libraries, cloud and local launch options, community experiences, web and mobile access, and Kai, our gaming assistant.

We’re looking for aPlayer Growth Managerto turn that product into a repeatable growth engine, driving acquisition, activation, engagement, retention and Kodex Plus conversion.

The Role

About Kodex

Kodex is building a personalized gaming-intelligence platform that helps players connect their game libraries, discover what to play next and launch games across the services they already use.

Our goal is simple:help every player answer, “What should I play tonight?”

Kodex brings together AI-powered discovery, personal game libraries, cloud and local launch options, community experiences, web and mobile access, and Kai, our gaming assistant.

We’re looking for aPlayer Growth Managerto turn that product into a repeatable growth engine, driving acquisition, activation, engagement, retention and Kodex Plus conversion.

This is a hands-on growth role with ownership across the entire Kodex player journey:

Awareness → signup → connected library → first recommendation → first launch → repeat play → Kodex Plus

You’ll develop and execute the growth strategy across paid acquisition, product growth, lifecycle, community and partnerships. You’ll work closely with product, engineering, design, partnerships and content to identify opportunities, run experiments and turn what we learn into measurable growth.

This is a role for someone who understands gamers, thinks analytically and enjoys moving quickly between strategy and execution.

What You’ll Own

Player Acquisition

• Build and optimize paid acquisition across gaming-relevant channels.
• Develop channel, audience, creative and landing-page experiments.
• Manage budgets against CAC, ROAS, payback and player-quality goals.
• Develop creator, partnership, Discord and community acquisition opportunities.
• Build growth plans around major game releases, industry events and Kodex product launches.

Activation & Product Growth

• Improve the journey from signup to connected game library and first recommendation.
• Reduce time to first value and first Kodex-assisted game launch.
• Partner with product and engineering on onboarding, referral, sharing and reactivation experiments.
• Use player behavior and experimentation to identify the highest-impact product-growth opportunities.

Retention & Lifecycle

• Own lifecycle programs across email, push, in-product messaging, Discord and community channels.
• Build segments based on player behavior, libraries, preferences and subscription state.
• Create programs that bring players back to forgotten games, unfinished backlogs and new recommendations.
• Develop retention and reactivation loops around “Play Tonight,” Kai, launches, collections and social play.
• Improve Kodex Plus trial conversion, retention and long-term value.

Community & Player Loyalty

• Build Kodex’s engagement strategy across Discord and other player communities.
• Develop creator, ambassador and community-partner programs.
• Turn player feedback into product and growth insights.
• Create shareable experiences around recommendations, backlogs and co-op discovery.
• Maintain a gaming-native voice that feels useful and authentic rather than corporate.

Measurement & Experimentation

• Own the player-growth funnel and growth reporting.
• Design experiments with clear hypotheses, success criteria and follow-up decisions.
• Partner with engineering to ensure growth and product events are measured correctly.
• Turn data into clear recommendations for product, marketing and leadership.
• Establish a consistent cadence for experiments, learnings and next actions.

What We’re Looking For

• 4+ years of experience in growth, user acquisition, lifecycle marketing or player engagement.
• Direct experience in video games, gaming platforms, live-service products, mobile gaming or a closely related consumer subscription product.
• A track record of improving acquisition, activation or retention through experimentation.
• Experience managing paid media budgets and evaluating campaign quality beyond simple install volume.
• Ability to turn product and player data into clear decisions.
• Experience working closely with product, engineering, design and community teams.
• Excellent written communication and a genuine understanding of gaming communities.
• Comfortable operating in an early-stage environment