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Senior Director of Product, Gameplay
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- Req#: 32452096963
- Direct multidisciplinary pods to deliver against product strategy.
- Own roadmaps, setting priorities and building clear frameworks to evaluate opportunities and trade-offs across features and systems.
- Be a thought leader in early game development, guiding gameplay from zero-to-one in collaboration with game design. Evaluate ideas through the lens of product goals, user value, market opportunity, and creative resonance.
- Craft and communicate compelling product narratives that inspire teams and anchor decisions—whether influencing executive stakeholders or aligning pods to core outcomes.
- Push innovation in a blue ocean design space, connecting proven game mechanics to novel opportunities, and encouraging unconventional solutions.
- Provide clear, high-quality product feedback, continuously improving design quality while preserving momentum. See where ideas shine, where they falter, and make good tradeoffs with empathy and rigor.
- Launch your own design proposals, iterate on others', and synthesize diverse perspectives into focused product strategies. Be known for your ability to make others' ideas stronger.
- Ensure that gameplay, monetization, systems, and social features converge into a cohesive, scalable F2P live service—grounded in mobile-first design but thriving across platforms.
- Stay on the pulse of the industry—analyzing game trends, innovations and evolutions, and player behavior across markets to inform gameplay solutions.
- Explore and integrate emerging technologies, including generative AI, to accelerate development and enrich player experiences.
- Help define the product culture and best practices that will make Scopely a leader in mobile-first, cross-platform F2P development.
- Deep passion for games and a student of why games succeed, especially in the F2P space—you're as analytical as you are creative.
- A track record of leading successful product development in the gaming industry, ideally across mobile and PC.
- Proven ability to drive clarity in ambiguity, especially during pre-production and early development phases.
- A strategic, play-to-win mindset paired with executional excellence—you can zoom out to big-picture goals and zoom in to unblock the team.
- Experience working with licensed IP and navigating both creative opportunities and brand considerations.
- Exceptional communication, storytelling, and influencing skills—you're trusted by creatives, designers, engineers, and execs alike.
- Quantitative fluency. An ability to see what numbers do and don't say about development priorities and game performance.
- Familiarity with the full product lifecycle—from concept and pre-production through launch and live operations.
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Scopely is looking for a Senior Director of Product, Gameplay to join our team developing an unannounced and groundbreaking new title with a popular IP. Our game is F2P (mobile + PC) and approaching pre-production. We are looking for someone in Culver City on a hybrid basis or remotely in the US!
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 gaming industry, connecting millions of people around the world daily.
What You Will Do
This role will have access to sensitive and/or confidential employee or customer personally identifiable information (PII) and/or Company financial information and therefore will be subject to background checks upon receiving a conditional offer of employment.
For candidates in CA, CO, NJ, NY, and WA, the annual salary range is provided below. In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for equity, bonuses, and a comprehensive benefits package, 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.
CA, CO, NJ, NY, and WA Annual Salary Range
$194,200 - $291,000 USD
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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