Head of Publisher Operations, External Development
About the job
SummaryBy Outscal
Lead Scopely's publisher operations for external development, ensuring readiness for AAA game releases. Deep games industry experience, strong leadership, and strategic thinking are crucial. You'll partner with executives, manage workstreams, and drive efficiency.
Description
Scopely is looking for a Head of Publisher Operations to join our Slate Development Group team in Culver City on a hybrid basis or remotely in the US & Canada.
At Scopely, we care deeply about what we do and want to inspire play, every day - whether in our work environments alongside our talented colleagues or through our deep connections with our communities of players. We are a global team of game lovers who are developing, publishing and innovating the games industry, connecting millions of people around the world daily.
Slate Development Group owns Scopely’s editorial and content strategy, including the company’s greenlighting, Game Development Framework (GDF), studio strategy (organic and inorganic) and slate-wide budget and investment strategy.
What you will do
The Head of Publisher Operations will help drive our efforts throughout our central, publishing and development organizations to enable our ambitious new AAA games. As Head of Publisher Operations, in partnership with internal and external teams, you will own the strategy, execution, and overall publisher readiness of our capabilities to publish modern games across all gaming platforms (PC, Console, and Mobile). This is a leadership role within the team and an opportunity to create a significant and lasting business impact across Scopely’s portfolio of games.
You will report to the SVP, GM of External Development and work with all business stakeholders to ensure our internal capabilities are ready to move our games through the various life cycles of game development.
- Partner with game division leadership, corporate, central service teams, and others to oversee publisher operations for our slate of games.
- Establish and prioritize in partnership with internal subject matter experts their specific requirements and timing for product, policy, and content; This role is a force multiplier for the organization, making our teams more decisive and effective.
- Prioritize and manage identified internal and external workstreams to ensure that all priorities are tracking relative to game development roadmaps.
- Field and triage inbound priorities that need discussion, driving the team’s focus, and tracking follow-ups to ensure conversations are surfacing the most critical agenda items.
- Help manage the day-to-day operations of the external development team,, minimizing operational overload and driving process improvements quickly and efficiently. Analyze opportunities, summarize findings, develop go-forward plans, and complete the plan where needed to translate recommendations into results
- Serve as a thought partner to product leadership to identify strategic challenges and opportunities and drive to action.
What will you need:
- Bachelor’s degree required, MBA a plus - or relevant experience
- Deep experience with the product, publishing, corporate and/or central organization side of the games industry. A strong working knowledge of the games business including development, publishing, markets, platforms and business models. While you need not have been on a game team or have ever made a game, you have a strong background in working through the challenges of a game company.
- Experience working with senior executives in a fast-paced, agile environment. The ideal candidate will approach the job with a great sense of urgency, enjoy taking the initiative, thrive at juggling multiple priorities, and seamlessly shift gears as needed.
- Ability to operate under ambiguity and make decisions that reflect the team and company’s best interest.
- Project management skills with the ability to set goals and prioritize programs.
- Analytical, observant, and strategic, applying the right balance between data and qualitative information to decision-making and change management.
- Track record of proposing process and behavior solutions that drive efficiency and empowerment, and minimize politics and bureaucracy. Willing to push back and challenge, identify, and drive the right debates up, down, and around.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to build strong relationships with all personality types at all levels, able to navigate difficult conversations or situations, and eradicate politics.
For candidates in CA, CO, NJ, NY and WA, the annual salary range is $191,300 - $236,200 plus equity, bonus and benefits, including healthcare benefits, retirement benefits, pet insurance, paid holidays, paid Scopely free days, and unlimited paid time off. Base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
At Scopely, we create games for everyone - and want to ensure that the people behind our games reflect that! We are committed to creating a diverse, supportive work environment where everyone is treated with respect. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and welcome individuals from all backgrounds to join us & embrace the adventure!
About us
Scopely is a global interactive entertainment and mobile-first video game company, home to many top, award-winning experiences such as "MONOPOLY GO!," “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “Stumble Guys,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” and “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” among others. Scopely creates, publishes, and live-operates immersive games that empower a directed-by-consumer™ experience across multiple platforms--from mobile, web, PC and beyond.
Founded in 2011, Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform Playgami that supports one of the most diversified portfolios in the games industry.
Recognized multiple times as one of Fast Company’s “World’s Most Innovative Companies,” Scopely is a multi-billion-dollar business due to its ability to create long-lasting game experiences that players enjoy for years.
Scopely has global operations in more than a dozen markets across Asia, EMEA, and North America, and is home to many internal game development teams, referred to as Scopely Studios, with additional game studio partners across four continents.
Scopely was acquired by Savvy Games Group in July 2023 for $4.9 billion, and is now an independent subsidiary of Savvy.
For more information on Scopely, visit: scopely.com.
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$191.3K - $236.2K/yr (Outscal est.)
$213.8K/yr avg.
Culver City, California, United States
