Jam City

Game Director

Jam City$120K — $150K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in mobile free-to-play gaming
  • 3+ years leading a live mobile game or product team
  • Experience owning or significantly influencing a P&L
  • Strong understanding of LiveOps strategy
  • Proven ability to improve engagement and revenue through product innovation

Responsibilities

  • Own the long-term product vision and strategic roadmap
  • Lead LiveOps strategy to enhance player experiences and monetization
  • Own overall business performance including revenue and budget goals
  • Establish a high-performance culture within the development team
  • Champion player experience by understanding motivations and behaviors
  • Represent the game to internal and external stakeholders
  • Monitor industry trends and adjust strategy accordingly

Benefits

  • Flexible work environment
  • Opportunities for professional development
  • Collaborative and innovative team culture
Full Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Game Director to lead the vision, strategy, and performance of Bingo Pop, a leading mobile casual casino game. This role is accountable for the long-term health and growth of the product, balancing player satisfaction with business performance while leading a cross-functional team. The ideal candidate combines strong product instincts, exceptional leadership, analytical rigor, and a deep understanding of the free-to-play mobile gaming market. As Game Director, you will define the product strategy, prioritize investments, and make high-impact **RESPONSIBILITIES** **Product Vision and Strategy**: Own the long-term product vision and strategic roadmap including: - Defining clear quarterly and annual objectives aligned with the company and studio goals - Identifying growth opportunities through feature innovation, content expansion, economy improvements, and player experience enhancements - Balancing short-term business performance with long-term franchise health **Live Operations Leadership:** Lead LiveOps strategy, including events, promotions, content cadence, economy management and feature launches. - Ensure liveops delivers engaging player experiences while maximizing retention and monetization - Continuously optimize the player lifecycle through experimentation and data-driven decision making - Monitor industry trends and the competitor landscape to evolve our thinking and roadmap **Business Ownership:** Own the games overall business performance, including: - Working closely with studio & executive leadership to set annual revenue and budget goals - Managing key KPI's and metrics (revenue, bookings, DAU/MAU, Retention, monetization and overall game profitability - Monitoring performance against target and proactively adjust strategy to improve results **Team Leadership:** Lead and inspire a multidisciplinary development team by: - Establishing a high-performance culture centered around accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement - Coach functional leaders while removing obstacles and aligning priorities - Fostering an environment where creativity and data-driven decision making co-exist - Partner closely with central leaders to ensure alignment around game objective and execution priorities **Player Experience:** Lead and manage with a player first mindset and champion the player experience by: - Understanding player motivation and behaviors - Improving onboarding and progression - Enhancing social features - Reducing friction - Increasing long term engagement **Game Communication:** Represent the game to internal and external partners, including: - Presenting product strategy, performance, and roadmap to executive leadership - Clearly communicating risks, opportunities, investment needs, and strategic recommendations - Representing the game during portfolio reviews and business planning cycles **REQUIREMENTS** - 5+ years in mobile free to play gaming - 3+ years leading a live mobile game or product team - Experience owning or significantly influencing a P&L - Strong understanding of LiveOps strategy - Experience with free-to-play economies and monetization - Proven ability to improve engagement and revenue through product innovation - Excellent communication and leadership skills - Strong analytical and data-driven mind-set **NICE TO HAVE** - Casual casino or social casino experience - Experience managing Bingo or card-based games - Experience scaling mature live-service games - Familiarity with experimentation frameworks and A/B testing - Experience collaborating with User Acquisition and CRM teams - Experienced a full production from inception to live-ops of a high-profile f2p casual game. - Ability to prototype and demonstrate ideas is a huge plus.

About Jam City

Jam City is a mobile gaming company that develops and publishes popular games such as Cookie Jam, Panda Pop, and Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Culver City, California. Jam City's games have been downloaded over 800 million times and the company has partnerships with major entertainment brands such as Disney, Marvel, and Universal. In addition to its headquarters in California, Jam City has offices in Toronto, Berlin, and Buenos Aires.
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Size
500 employees
Industry
Founded
2010

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