Managing Director / Co-Founder (Product, Mobile Game Experience) (f/m/d)
About the job
What you will do:
- You own all product- and operations-related topics, i.e. from the development of game ideas with brands, to the development and refining of the games until the final launch.
- Deliver the first successful mobile game product for first brand customers, while setting up a scalable team, infrastructure and partner network, that is potentially able to deliver 20+ successful “brand games” per year to reach an audience of millions globally.
- You define and implement strategic product plans, systems and partnerships and drive the new company forward.
- You analyze the customer and market requirements thoroughly.
- You focus on continuous KPI-driven optimization of the mobile games for our partners.
- You are responsible for building and leading a competent, enthusiastic team, overseeing and managing the new company’s day-to-day operations, and optimizing resources, upon proof of concept.
- You identify, evaluate and pursue partnerships, negotiate and execute agreements with external partners
- You create a yearly product roadmap + business forecast together with your co-founder to shareholders.
- You analyze and report on business performance and metrics.
Who you are:
- You have several years of leadership experience and P&L responsibility e.g., in a top-tier mobile game development or publishing company, plus ideally gained firsthand experience in founding or shaping an early-stage tech startup or internet-related project.
- You thrive in a fast-paced environment, embodying a startup mentality with a focus on MVPs and hypothesis-driven actions. You're not about "perfecting over years"; you're about "iterating and scaling quickly" (think rapid prototyping and ultra-fast development cycles).
- You are eager to join us in a hybrid model, working 3 days per week from our vibrant office located at the shore of the beautiful Alster lake.
- You have a strong foundation in organizational development, operations management, and business development.
- You are well experienced and passionate about the project management required to create successful games end to end, including the challenges and opportunities involved in building and scaling software products.
- You have strong communication skills, including the ability to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, negotiate, execute business deals, analyze and report on business performance and metrics.
- You are a strategic thinker and problem-solver with a strong ability to identify and implement solutions to complex challenges.
- You are a hardworking, intelligent, humble, and decisive executive with a track record of being a team player.
- You are fluent in English (speaking/writing).
- You have strong leadership and management skills, including the ability to effectively build, manage, and motivate teams, as well as oversee day-to-day operations and optimize resources.
- You have strong motivation to create new products, win global market leadership in its niche, and be highly committed to building a successful company based on an exceptional performance company culture.
- You constantly learn, have a curious, innovative mindset and a high level of energy.
About The Company
applike group is the leading company building in the app economy. Based in Hamburg/Germany, our technologies & businesses cover the full value chain of the mobile apps market.
Our companies work independently but benefit from each others’ technologies and knowledge.
We have set up 5 companies (JustDice, adjoe, Sunday, justtrack, Tabbler) under one roof of applike group.
justDice is responsible for building the world’s largest rewarded mobile gaming experiences. As market-leader in this genre, our goal is to ultimately create the best rewarded games.
adjoe’s ad format generates higher ad revenues than any other solution. adjoe’s UA platform provides quality traffic on scale, leveraging our growing SDK network.
Sunday creates and publishes extremely engaging and addictive mobile games with smart and player-friendly monetisation.
justtrack is our unique answer to optimizing and automating your entire mobile app growth strategy – all on one platform.
Tabbler builds highly engaging mobile games (iOS and Android) for leading consumer brands. End-to-end, from the development to the game’s production to the actual distribution to millions of users in a given region.
These 5 companies receive best in class business support from applike's central service teams: Talent Acquisition, HR, Finance, Office Management and Internal IT.
We are 100 percent tech company where everybody is interested in computer science. We are always giving our best to keep in touch with the newest technology to build the most relevant products. Our mission is to build software with the capability to distribute ads to every mobile device on earth.
We're always looking for new colleagues. Come join us if you're ambitious, smart, kind and want to grow professionally while having a lot of fun. :)
