Gaming, Mobile Technology, Entertainment

Senior Director of Product, Performance - Unannounced Title

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Required skills

mobile free-to-play game
character-collection RPGs
live operations strategy
revenue forecasting
KPI targets
performance reporting
business reviews
experimentation
player insights
stakeholder management

Nice to have

Mandarin proficiency
external developer
co-development partnership

Role summary

Scopely is seeking a Senior Director of Product, Performance for an unannounced AAA mobile game project in Shanghai, China. This hybrid role involves leading the Product Performance team to manage and improve game performance and live operations. Responsibilities include building the operating model, owning revenue forecasting, KPI targets, and performance reporting, setting live operations strategy, defining the learning agenda, driving monetization optimization through experimentation, and influencing broader product strategy. The ideal candidate has director-level leadership experience in scaled, top-performing mobile free-to-play games, specifically in character-collection RPGs or similar genres, with a strong background in live operations, revenue forecasting, and data analysis. Experience leading senior individual contributors or people managers, launching major games, and strong financial fluency are essential. Mandarin proficiency is a plus.

Scopely is seeking a Senior Director of Product, Performance to join the Slate Development Group and support a high-profile unannounced mobile game project in Shanghai, China, on a hybrid basis!

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 mobile games industry, connecting millions of people around the world daily.

We are developing an ambitious, unannounced AAA mobile game and bringing together a team of passionate game makers to create unforgettable characters and immersive adventures that players will love.

What You’ll Do

As Senior Director of Product, Performance, you will lead the team responsible for understanding, managing, and improving the performance and live operations of the game. You will build the operating model that connects business targets, player insights, live operations, experimentation, and cross-functional execution.

Lead and develop the Product Performance team, with accountability for business performance, live operations strategy and execution, product growth, and data-informed iteration

Own revenue forecasting, KPI targets, performance reporting, and executive business reviews in partnership with the Head of Product and General Manager

Set the live operations strategy and oversee execution of the calendar across events, offers, limited-time content, and in-game communications

Define the game’s learning agenda and partner with Analytics, User Research, and other cross-functional partners to prioritize the analyses and research needed to guide decisions

Drive monetization optimization by identifying opportunities, developing hypotheses, and overseeing experimentation and iteration

Partner with Roadmap Product Management, Creative, and Production to ensure live-service needs and learnings inform product development

Connect in-game performance and live operations with Marketing and Community to drive coordinated growth across the player lifecycle

Operate as a senior game leader, influencing product strategy and execution across the broader organization

What We’re Looking For

Director-level leadership experience on a scaled, top-performing mobile free-to-play game

Deep product knowledge and genre experience with character-collection RPGs or adjacent genres

Experience leading and developing senior individual contributors or people managers

Experience leading live operations strategy and execution, including calendars, events, offers, and in-game communications

Experience owning revenue forecasts, KPI targets, performance reporting, and business reviews

Experience launching a major game and helping transition it into live operations

Strong analytical and financial fluency, with the ability to turn complex player and business signals into clear decisions

Exceptional communication and stakeholder-management skills, including the ability to influence senior leaders and cross-functional teams without direct authority

Fluent English and willingness to travel regularly to support global development and publishing teams

Bonus Points

Mandarin proficiency

Experience working with an external developer or within a co-development partnership

Experience collaborating across Chinese and Western game-development teams

About Scopely

Scopely is a leading video game and global interactive entertainment company, home to many of the world’s most beloved and enduring experiences, including two of the most successful mobile games of all-time “MONOPOLY GO!” and “Pokémon GO,” along with “Stumble Guys,” “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” “WWE Champions,” the Scrabble® franchise, “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” and many others. Across mobile, web, PC, and console, Scopely creates, develops, publishes, and live-operates one of the most diversified and award-winning portfolios in the games industry — bringing hundreds of millions of players together through a shared love of play.

Founded in 2011, Scopely is powered by its exceptional team — including thousands of world-class gamemakers around the globe, a distinctive tenet-driven culture, and its proprietary technology platform, Playgami. Together, these strengths have fueled Scopely’s position as the #1 mobile games company in the U.S. and #2 globally, generating more than $10 billion in lifetime revenue. Whether building global sensations like “MONOPOLY GO!” from the ground up, or expanding through strategic acquisitions, including the FoxNext, GSN, and Scopely Explore games businesses — Scopely consistently delivers experiences players love today and return to for years to come.

Recognized multiple times as one of the "100 Most Influential Companies in the World" by TIME magazine and one of Fast Company's "World's Most Innovative Companies" and “Best Workplaces for Innovators,” Scopely believes that video games can be a force for good — creating meaningful connections, vibrant communities, and making life better through play.

Scopely has global operations and partners across four continents in more than a dozen countries worldwide. For more information, visit: https://www.scopely.com/.

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