Senior Game Producer

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

Job summary

Game District is seeking a highly experienced Producer + Designer to elevate production and design systems, coach the team, and lead high-impact systems design that moves the key KPIs. The role is product-focused, improving retention, monetization, and player experience by turning ambiguity into build-ready specs and measurable improvements.

The candidate should bring hands-on systems design, mentor teams, and use data to prioritize decisions with excellent written communication and strong

Qualifications

• 5–10+ years in mobile F2P production and/or game design.
• Shipped multiple live products or major updates.
• Strong systems design fundamentals: progression, economy, rewards, monetization, LiveOps.
• Strong production fundamentals: scope control, planning, cross‑team coordination, risk management.
• Excellent written communication; you can create specs engineers/artists can build without guessing.
• Comfortable leading remotely and influencing without authority.
• Very strong English (written + spoken).

Responsibilities

• Audit current production/design workflow and identify bottlenecks and root causes.
• Define and enforce a clean operating cadence: sprint planning, scope control, dependency management, release discipline.
• Lead cross‑discipline alignment (design, dev, art, QA, data/UA).
• Turn ambiguity into clear decisions and build‑ready specs.
• Coach producers/designers to run higher‑quality execution independently.
• Lead design of major systems and features: core loop, progression, economy, monetization, LiveOps.
• Drive iteration through structured playtests and fast feedback loops.

Skills

Mobile F2P production

Game design

Systems design

LiveOps

Cross-team coordination

Written communication

Remote leadership

Tools

Unity

Coda

Miro

Asana

Job description

We are hiring a highly experienced Producer + Designer who can raise our bar by improving production/design systems, coaching the team, and leading high-impact systems design that moves KPIs.
This role is product-focused: improving retention, monetization, and player experience by turning ambiguity into build-ready specs, clean execution plans, and measurable improvements.

This role is ideal for someone who:

• Brings structure to production without slowing teams down
• Is hands‑on with systems design (not only management)
• Mentors teams and upgrades how they think and document
• Uses data to prioritize and validate decisions

Core Responsibilities

1. Production Leadership (Systems + Delivery)

• Audit current production/design workflow and identify bottlenecks + root causes.

• Improve and enforce a clean operating cadence:

• sprint planning, scope control, dependency management, release discipline

• clear definitions of “ready” and “done”

• Lead cross‑discipline alignment (design, dev, art, QA, data/UA).

• Turn ambiguity into clear decisions and build‑ready specs.

• Coach producers/designers to run higher‑quality execution independently.

1. Lead Systems Design (Hands‑on)

• Lead design of major systems and features:

• core loop improvements, progression, economy, monetization, LiveOps

• Write high‑quality design specs that are:

• clear, buildable, measurable, testable

• include edge cases, tuning plans, and KPI targets

• Improve player experience end‑to‑end:

• FTUE, early retention, session flow, mid/late‑game goals

• Drive iteration through structured playtests and fast feedback loops.

1. Team Coaching + Design Culture

• Train and mentor internal producers/designers:

• weekly reviews, workshops, templates, critique culture

• Raise quality of documentation and decision‑making (systems‑first, player‑first, data‑informed).

• Establish and maintain a clear “design quality bar” across the studio.

1. Data‑Informed Design (Partnering with Data/UA)

• Define experiment plans (A/B tests) for key hypotheses.
• Use dashboards/telemetry to identify issues and opportunities.
• Convert insights into backlog priorities and measurable design actions.

1. Stakeholder Communication & Clarity

• Keep leadership updated with clear status, risks, and next steps.
• Write concise summaries and decision notes that reduce confusion and rework.
• Ensure teams have clarity on “what success looks like” for each initiative.
• Key Deliverables (Expected Outputs)
• A clean production cadence that the team can follow consistently (planning execution review release).
• Standardized documentation/templates (feature spec, economy/progression sheet, tuning plan, experiment plan).
• Build‑ready specs for major systems/features with measurable success criteria.
• Regular product/design reviews with clear decisions, action items, and ownership.
• A simple, recurring “product health + priorities” summary for leadership (e.g., weekly/bi‑weekly).

Decision Rights & Interfaces

• Production rituals for design/production (cadence, templates, review standards).
• Quality bar for design documentation and build‑ready specs.
• Playtest cadence and iteration process for design improvements.
• You co‑own (with Studio Lead + Game Leads):
• Prioritization of major product initiatives and roadmap trade‑offs.
• Scope decisions for high‑impact features and releases.
• You influence/support:
• UA and monetization improvements via product changes, experiments, and insight‑driven recommendations.

Requirements (Must Have)

• 5–10+ years in mobile F2P production and/or game design (hybrid sim/tycoon is a big plus).
• Shipped multiple live products or major updates (not just prototypes).
• Strong systems design fundamentals:
• progression, economy, rewards, monetization, LiveOps
• Strong production fundamentals:
• scope control, planning, cross‑team coordination, risk management
• Excellent written communication:
• you can create specs engineers/artists can build without guessing
• Comfortable leading remotely and influencing without authority.
• Very strong English (written + spoken).

Nice-to-Haves

• Hybrid simulation / management game expertise.
• Experience working with teams across multiple time zones.
• Familiarity with Unity pipelines and constraints (no coding required).
• Experience building production/design systems from scratch (cadences, templates, rituals).

Tools We Use

• Coda (documentation hub)
• Miro (flows, maps, UX collaboration)
• Asana (tasks + planning)
• Slack (daily communication)

Working Model

• Remote
• High ownership role we care about outcomes, not meetings.
• Must be available for key overlap hours with GMT+5 for reviews and alignment.