Senior Development Director

2 Months ago • 10 Years + • Product Management • Game Production

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior Development Director at Kabam, you will oversee full franchise operations, project management, and project auditing. You'll balance big-picture strategy with hands-on execution, solve complex challenges, navigate risks creatively, and inspire cross-functional teams. Responsibilities include leadership (mentoring, fostering a positive team culture, talent planning), project management (establishing development frameworks, risk management, resource allocation, budget management), and financial tracking (budget establishment, task estimation, cost monitoring). The ideal candidate possesses a post-secondary degree, 10+ years of project management and leadership experience (preferably in video games), 3+ years of JIRA and Confluence expertise, and experience managing large, multi-platform mobile game projects.
Must have:
  • 10+ years Project Management & Leadership
  • 3+ years JIRA & Confluence expertise
  • Multi-platform mobile game development
  • Large project & budget management
  • Strategic leadership & execution

Job Details

At Kabam, we’re constantly raising the bar of excellence in free-to-play gaming. We hire for passion and diversity so that we can triumph in our collective skill. Our teams are made up of a fusion of personalities and interests bound together by a collaborative nature, fun-loving culture, and a drive to do what it takes to make great games. And this is where you come in…

Are you a strategic leader who thrives on driving projects to success while fostering strong relationships across teams? As a Senior Development Director, you will oversee full franchise operations, project management, and project auditing—balancing big-picture strategy with hands-on execution. You’re passionate about solving complex challenges, navigating risks with creativity, and inspiring cross-functional teams to collaborate effectively. If you excel at building relationships, motivating teams, and ensuring seamless project execution, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact!

In this role, you will be responsible for:

    • Leadership:
    • Shares expertise across disciplines in the studios; Mentors within the team. May supervise the activities of others. Sets the tone for positive team culture and contributes to great culture at Kabam
    • Fosters an engaging, fulfilling and fun working environment that is inclusive and diverse.
    • Develops an engaged, motivated team with an understanding of what drives individuals and teams. Using important skills such as empowerment, and support which foster a great team culture with the right values
    • Leads coaching, mentoring, and career development of the team, responsible for the talent planning within your cross functional team. Lead project managers at all levels of your team.
    • Partners with the leadership team to ensure the team has the best organizational structure and processes that allow them to produce high quality, on time, and on budget.

    • Project Management:
    • Manages all operational aspects of the game development for a team or multiple teams, including establishing development framework, reporting, risk management, capacity planning, resource management and budget.
    • Establishes the strategy to complete milestones and important deliverables. Mitigating risks, balancing priorities, and finding creative solutions to achieve results.
    • Determines the resource needs of the team, resolves identified gaps, monitors and adjusts capacity plans within multiple projects.

    • Financial Tracking: 
    • Works with Executive Producer, Finance and Product Manager to establish a project budget
    • Works with the project team to determine task requirements, estimates and assign tasks to team resources
    • Collaborates with Executive Producer, Product Manager, Director of Production to reconcile basic financial information for reporting
    • Ensures projects are within spending limits for time and resources

To be successful in this role, your background includes:

    • Post-Secondary degree in related field
    • 10+ years of  Project Management, Operations and leadership experience with the ability to work with a variety of partners, preferably in video games industry
    • 3+years of  JIRA and Confluence expertise
    • 2+ years recent experience leading development on multi-platform environments, in a mobile game environment
    • Experience managing a large project or multiple projects using a variety of project management methodologies.
    • Experience building resource plans and managing budgets at scale.
Excited by this opportunity? Kabam is dedicated to growing our diverse and inclusive workforce, so if your past experience doesn’t perfectly match the listed requirements we encourage you to apply anyways - you could be a great fit for this or other positions.

We invite you to apply now and start the conversation with us. Together, we can create and support some of the best games ever made and entertain the world!

About Kabam

Kabam is a world leader in developing entertaining, immersive, and highly social multiplayer games, bringing high-quality graphics, next-generation technology, and revolutionary gameplay to players around the world.

Kabam’s games, Marvel Contest of Champions, Shop Titans, and more have generated hundreds of millions of downloads and have received multiple awards including Apple’s Editor’s Choice and Google Play’s Best Game of the Year.

Founded in 2006, Kabam has studios and offices in Vancouver, Montreal and Charlottetown in Canada, Los Angeles and San Francisco in the United States, and in Seoul, South Korea. Kabam is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Netmarble Games.

Kabam is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and equitable workplace, and inclusive environment for all existing and potential employees. Employment decisions are based on candidate qualifications and business need, not race, color, ancestry, place of origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, political belief, religion, creed, marital or family status, medical condition, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, prior criminal conviction or any other protected class in accordance with federal, state or provincial and local laws and ordinances. Accommodations will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

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