Vice President, Game Development

Key Responsibilities

• Team Leadership & Accountability: Lead and support the leadership team to ensure execution of software product development and product quality. Hold team members accountable for meeting targets and drive performance through mentorship and coaching.
• Software Product Development & Execution: Ensure alignment with the software development roadmap, making key decisions on features, scope, and releases. Drive alignment with company goals and market trends.
• Quality Oversight: While the team maintains product quality, you are ultimately accountable for ensuring the highest standards are met through effective quality assurance processes.
• Organizational Structure & Resource Allocation: Ensure the studio is resourced to achieve development goals. Work with teams to allocate resources efficiently and optimize roles and responsibilities.
• Cultural Leadership: Cultivate a high-performance culture in line with SciPlay’s values, emphasizing innovation, collaboration, and accountability.
• Define and Track KPIs: Establish and monitor KPIs for software development performance, quality, and efficiency to ensure alignment with business goals.
• Collaboration with US Stakeholders: Interface with US stakeholders to ensure alignment on priorities and execution of software development.
• Provide Input into the SciPlay P&L: Collaborate with financial partners to contribute insights for budget management and resource allocation in line with business objectives.
• Innovation & Continuous Improvement: Promote a mindset of continuous improvement, ensuring the team enhances processes, reduces time-to-market, and innovates for better user experience.

Qualification & Requirements

Key Requirements

• Business Acumen & Leadership: Strong ability to track and manage KPIs, while ensuring software product development strategies align with financial goals. Demonstrated leadership in motivating and holding teams accountable to deliver results.
• Leadership Experience: Proven track record of leading large, cross-functional teams in software product development or technology-driven environments.
• Team Mentorship & Accountability: Experience mentoring and developing leadership within a team, fostering a culture of accountability and high performance.
• Software Product Development & Quality Oversight: Background in managing software product development and ensuring high-quality delivery. While you won’t manage quality assurance directly, you are accountable for its outcomes.
• Operational & P&L Management: Ability to track budgets and financial performance, ensuring operational efficiency and alignment with broader business goals.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Use data to guide decisions and improve team performance, particularly in software development and business outcomes.
• Working with Global Teams: Experience collaborating with geographically distributed teams to ensure alignment and successful execution.
• Fluent in English: Strong communication skills (both spoken and written) to collaborate with teams and leadership across regions.

Minimum Qualifications

• 18+ years of experience in software development, including at least 10 years in leadership roles, preferably in software product development or gaming-related product management.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Management, or a related field (Master’s degree preferred).
• Proven success leading teams responsible for software product development and ensuring high-quality standards.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong understanding of social casino or casual gaming.
• Experience working with global teams and operations in a matrixed organization.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Strategic Oversight: Ability to define clear software development strategies and ensure team execution aligns with business goals.
• Quality-First Leadership: Oversee product quality and testing while ensuring high standards are met.
• Communication & Collaboration: Excellent communication skills to align stakeholders and teams, and articulate product strategies.
• Problem Solving & Innovation: Strong problem-solving abilities to address challenges and drive continuous improvement.
• Multitasking & Prioritization: Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining focus on quality and timelines.
• Travel Flexibility: Occasional international travel may be required to support business objectives.

Critical Leadership Characteristics:

• Mentorship & Team Development: A strong coach and mentor who develops leaders and drives high team performance.
• Results-Driven: Focus on achieving business outcomes while ensuring team members meet performance expectations.
• Influence & Accountability: Lead teams to execute effectively while remaining accountable for product quality and strategy.
• Risk Management & Proactive Leadership: Proactively identify and address risks, ensuring that emerging issues are mitigated effectively.
• Clear, Respectful Communication: Able to communicate strategic direction and foster alignment through candid and respectful communication.

Benefits

Our Creators are the cornerstone of our organization. We believe in providing comprehensive benefits that extend beyond the realm of gaming to support our Creators’ full well-being.  Whether our Creators are looking to enhance their health or secure their financial futures, we offer a wide range of benefits carefully designed to cater to their individual needs.  Because when our team thrives, we all win.

Our approach is grounded in set of fundamental values that includes:

• FLEXIBILITY: We believe in providing our Creators with diverse opportunities and flexible work environments that celebrate collaboration across our teams, empowering our Creators to grow and succeed, together.
• HEALTH: We understand the importance of maintaining a healthy work-life balance that prioritizes mental well-being.  That’s why we’ve integrated dedicated hours into our calendar year for Creators to focus on self-care and recharge. It’s not just a break; it’s a chance to invest in their overall health.
• DEVELOPMENT:  We are passionate about nurturing our Creator’s professional growth.  Their continuous development is as vital to their individual success as it is the collective strength of our organization.  We provide extensive learning and development opportunities to equip Creators with the knowledge and skills they need to excel and advance in their fields.