Lead Game Designer

Responsibilities

• In collaboration with the Production team and Product Lead, establish the game's vision and derive a feasible roadmap from it.
• Together with the Leads shape and establish a RACI system to follow through with.
• Foster a culture of communication, organization, and accountability across departments.
• Help delegate according to needs, while offering opportunities for growth for your team.
• Proactively spot potential risks, proposing and deploying contingency measures to mitigate them.
• Help identify design opportunities and shape them into successful features.
• Lead the team toward KPI-driven problem identification and resolution.
• Offer consistent progress updates, liaising with studio leads.
• Detect and facilitate the resolution of team-related challenges.
• Steer the onboarding process for your team, ensuring a seamless integration.
• Maintain uncompromised quality and punctuality over all production-related assignments for both oneself and direct reports.
• Exhibit decisiveness and operate with minimal direction from the Senior and Executive Producers.
• Support the product lead in making pivotal product choices rooted in the team's capabilities.
• Set up clear career goals for your team and help them advance professionally.

Requirements

• 3-4 years of experience working on games as a live service.
• 1-2 years of it as a Lead or acting Lead.
• Shipped at least one successful game or steered an existing one back on track.
• A passion for MMORPG and similar-styled games.
• Mastered the use of Jira, Confluence, Google Sheets, and Microsoft Office.
• Ability to oversee multiple different projects at the same time.
• Experience working with multi-discipline teams.
• Ability to work fully remotely on a CET/CEST timezone and schedule.
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Speaking English at full professional proficiency.
• Assertive problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Willingness to admit mistakes and take accountability.
• Ability to break down problems and identify key relationships and levers.
• Experience in and passion for KPI-driven approaches and decision-making.
• High level of empathy and soft skills as a people manager.
• Willingness to delegate and allow for learning opportunities for others.
• Ability to spearhead motivation and positivity in a team.