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Joyteractive seeks a Chief Executive Officer to lead the company's growth and expansion.  The CEO will build and lead a world-class leadership team, shaping a high-performance culture.  Responsibilities include defining and leading the long-term strategic roadmap, setting KPIs and OKRs, managing the P&L, and representing the company externally.  The role also involves scaling the successful Cryptogram model, developing a diversified product portfolio, and driving execution across product, operations, and hiring.  The 2025 targets include 1.5x growth in Cryptogram's user base and revenue, launching two new titles, and demonstrating progress toward a $150–200M valuation.  The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership, product, and strategic skills with a proven track record of success in game development.

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<div class="_descriptionText_4fqrp_201">Joyteractive is a product-first mobile gaming company with one clear goal: To build a portfolio of category-leading puzzle games, targeting a company valuation of $150M–200M+.We’ve already launched our first hit — Cryptogram: Word Brain Puzzle — a breakout success in its niche and one of the top 15 most-played games in the US in 2024. Now we’re ready to scale. We’re taking what worked — and building on it, fast.<h2>Who We’re Looking For</h2>We’re looking for a Chief Executive Officer — a sharp, strategic, and deeply product-oriented leader ready to take full ownership of the business side of the company. You’ll be handed the full toolkit: product, people, capital — and the mandate to grow Joyteractive into a category-dominant portfolio company.The founder will stay close as a strategic and vision partner, but this is your ship to captain. You’ll lead through collaboration — building a culture of ownership, and making key decisions together with a high-caliber leadership team you trust. Turning a one-hit wonder into a scalable hit machine isn’t easy — that’s why we’re not looking for a caretaker. We’re looking for a builder.<h2>What You’ll Do</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>Build and lead a world-class leadership team (in collaboration with the founder)</li><li>Shape and evolve a high-performance, ownership-driven company culture</li><li>Define and lead the long-term strategic roadmap — from growth milestones to potential exit scenarios</li><li>Develop and maintain clear KPIs and OKRs across all functions — with regular cadences for tracking and accountability</li><li>Set up strong, product-centric processes across the company</li><li>Own and manage the company P&amp;L</li><li>Represent Joyteractive externally — with investors, strategic partners, vendors, and the broader gaming ecosystem</li><li>Scale the Cryptogram model into a repeatable framework for new product success — and lead the development of a strong, strategically aligned product portfolio</li><li>Drive execution across product, operations, and hiring — all aligned to business outcomes</li><li>Lead through collaboration — building a culture of ownership, and making key decisions together with a high-caliber leadership team you trust </li></ul><h2>Your 2025 Targets</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>Grow Cryptogram by 1.5x in user base and revenue</li><li>Launch 2 new titles with top-tier retention and monetization potential</li><li>Demonstrate clear progress toward a scalable, diversified product portfolio</li><li>Build foundational structures for a sustainable $150–200M valuation trajectory </li></ul><h2>Who You Are</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>You’ve led or owned large-scale initiatives with major business outcomes — as a CEO, COO, GM, Head of Product, or similar C-level roles in gamedev</li><li>You bring a track record that speaks for itself — proven outcomes, strong team followership, and a reputation as a high-integrity, results-driven leader</li><li>You have a strong product mindset, with a bias for data, iteration, and user value</li><li>You’re deeply plugged into market trends and emerging models — with the curiosity, strategic mindset, and domain expertise to identify and act on what’s next</li><li>You’ve built and led high-performance teams — and know how to scale them with intention</li><li>You’re both a strategic thinker and hands-on executor</li><li>You’re a strong operator — fluent in company building, organizational design, and execution discipline at scale</li><li>You have the ambition and clarity to turn good into great</li><li>You speak Russian and English fluently </li></ul><h2>Why Join Us</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>Full ownership to build a company that could dominate puzzle gaming</li><li>Real multi-million dollar upside for the right person</li><li>Work alongside a proven founder with a clear vision</li><li>Join a top-tier leadership team — including a seasoned COO, CMO, CTO, Executive Producer, Head of R&amp;D, and Head of HR — all product-first, execution-obsessed, and ready to scale</li><li>Be part of a team that already knows how to create hits </li></ul>If you're a builder who wants to win big — let's talk.</div>

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