Senior Game Designer – Product Builder, AI Games

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Serbia, +5 more countries.

📋 Description

• Identify and assess new gaming opportunities through market research, competitor analysis, player insights, and product data.

• Transform opportunities into defined product initiatives, outlining the concept, target audience, core gameplay loop, product hypothesis, success metrics, and commercial viability.

• Oversee AI-assisted game design encompassing core loops, systems, progression, economy, user experience (UX), retention, and monetization strategies.

• Quickly prototype and validate game ideas utilizing AI-assisted tools and streamlined development processes.

• Establish success metrics, analyze player behavior and testing outcomes, and provide clear recommendations on whether to scale, iterate, or discontinue projects.

• Manage product priorities and make informed trade-offs based on player impact, data insights, development effort, and business potential.

• Continuously enhance games based on metrics related to retention, engagement, monetization, experimentation, and player behavior.

• Collaborate closely with leadership to advance the utilization of AI in designing, prototyping, building, and scaling games more efficiently.

• Engage closely with the Chief AI Officer and a diverse, global team across various disciplines.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 6 years of experience in the mobile gaming sector, preferably with casual or hybrid-casual titles.

• Robust game design background paired with product management experience or substantial product ownership.

• Proven experience in guiding games or significant products from initial concept through to launch and subsequent iterations.

• A history of owning product outcomes and key performance indicators (KPIs), rather than focusing solely on individual features.

• Strong comprehension of gameplay systems, progression mechanics, economic models, UX, retention, monetization, and LiveOps.

• In-depth knowledge of free-to-play (F2P) game economics and metrics, including retention, engagement, monetization, lifetime value (LTV), cost per install (CPI), and other relevant performance indicators.

• Proficient in working with analytics and experimentation, including data interpretation, hypothesis generation, test design, and result-driven actions.

• Capability to analyze successful games, understand their mechanics, and apply those insights to product decisions.

• Familiarity with using AI-assisted tools for ideation, prototyping, analysis, design, or content creation.

• Skillful in transforming ambiguous opportunities into precise product directions and actionable priorities.

• High level of ownership and ability to make independent decisions. You act swiftly and do not wait for complete information.

• Strong execution focus. You build, deliver, learn, and refine rather than getting bogged down in processes.

• Ability to collaborate across multiple regions and disciplines.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive USD compensation.

• Paid Time Off.

• Performance Bonus.

• Annual Performance Reviews.