Head Of Games
Skills
About the Role
You will contribute effectively throughout the full lifecycle of new game projects, from ideation to launch, creating innovative and successful mobile music games. You will drive the game design vision, ensuring that the games are not only engaging but also commercially successful. You will actively explore the mobile game market, leveraging player behavior data, feedback, and trends to suggest improvements, features, and mechanics. You will translate design concepts into high-quality game executions, collaborating with internal teams to realize the vision for the game. You will lead brainstorming sessions with cross-functional teams, consolidate ideas, and propose innovative and scalable design solutions. You will work with marketing, product, and development teams to develop a cohesive game design strategy that ensures a balanced core loop, rewarding player progression, and strong monetization pathways. You will lead and mentor the game team, ensuring alignment on goals, strategies, and vision, while collaborating closely with other departments. You will constantly identify new trends, gameplay mechanics, and game features to enhance user experience and differentiate the games in the competitive mobile music game space.
Requirements
- At least 4 years of experience as a game designer at senior manager or head level
- Proven experience in game design, core loop development, and monetization design across multiple revenue models (ads, in-app purchases, and hybrid models)
- Experience working in music games is a strong plus
- Experience in transitioning games from hyper-casual to hybrid models is a plus
- Leadership experience in managing and growing a team of designers
- Strong understanding of core game design principles, including player motivation, core loops, MDA frameworks, economy balancing, and monetization models
- Ability to critically analyze and deconstruct existing games
- Strong critical thinking skills with the ability to work in a data-driven environment
- Comfort with using player data, metrics, and analytics to make informed design decisions
- Ability to pitch ideas clearly, with detailed concepts, both verbally and visually
- Strong written communication skills for documentation, presentations, and cross-team collaboration
- A good sense of user experience design and understanding of user psychology
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
Responsibilities
- Explore the mobile game market and leverage player behavior data, feedback, and trends to suggest improvements, features, and mechanics
- Translate design concepts and ideas into high-quality game executions
- Collaborate with internal teams to ensure that the vision for the game is realized effectively
- Lead brainstorming sessions with cross-functional teams and consolidate ideas
- Propose innovative and scalable design solutions that align with business and player goals
- Work with marketing, product, and development teams to develop a cohesive game design strategy
- Ensure a balanced core loop, rewarding player progression, and strong monetization pathways
- Lead and mentor the game team, ensuring alignment on goals, strategies, and vision
- Collaborate closely with other departments to ensure smooth project execution and timely delivery
- Identify new trends, gameplay mechanics, and game features to enhance user experience
Benefits
- Competitive salary, 100% salary during probation
- Performance bonus with 30% of company profit shared with no cap
- Full SHUI as Vietnamese Law + Premium Private Medical Insurance and annual health check
- Minimum 12 days paid annual leave + 10 days paid sick leave
- 12 days working from home per year
- Annual flexi-budget (9.400.000 VNĐ/year) for well-being & personal development
- Free daily lunch with 10+ menu options
- Free daily F&B: Snacks, juice, beverage, tea-time
- Monthly/Bi-monthly team activity allowance
- Company learning trip to top profit countries, first is Korea, next destination is Japan
- Sponsored sports activities: badminton, soccer
- Sponsored overseas conferences and industry events for all levels
- Modern equipments/AI tool provided