[Global Publishing Div. 1] Franchise PM (5년 이상)

Seoul; Seoul, South Korea. Posted 2 months ago

The role

The Franchise PM identifies long-term growth potential for games and IPs and converts them into business activities. This role involves establishing publishing strategies, managing projects end-to-end, and collaborating with development studios and internal organizations.

What you will do

Analyze market environment, players, competition, and business status to establish publishing strategies and growth roadmaps.
Discover new business opportunities such as new games, markets, platforms, and partnerships.
Write Business Cases by analyzing market size, strategic fit, expected revenue, costs, and risks.
Support or lead the discovery, evaluation, and contract negotiation of potential development studios and partners.
Design partnership roles, responsibilities, business structures, and decision-making systems.
Manage schedules, milestones, budgets, quality standards, and risks during development, launch, and live service.
Act as a main point of contact for development studios and external partners to manage progress and decision-making.
Coordinate with internal organizations including business, marketing, community, operations, platform, data, finance, and legal.
Prepare reports for executives and stakeholders to manage action items and project performance.

Required qualifications

5+ years of experience in game publishing, business development, business strategy, product, or project management within the game industry.
Experience managing schedules, risks, decisions, and action items in projects with multiple stakeholders.
Ability to structure uncertain and complex problems and convert them into specific strategies and execution tasks.
Business-level English communication skills for collaborating with global development studios and overseas partners.
Ability to write concise and persuasive documents and reports for executives and key decision-makers.
Experience discovering new game or business opportunities and connecting them from business review to execution.
Experience in discovering and evaluating development companies or business partners and participating in contract negotiations.
Ability to write logical Business Cases by analyzing market size, competition, business models, and risk.
Understanding of game development, launch, live service, and major publishing functions.
High interest in games and players to consider both short-term business results and long-term IP value.
No disqualification for overseas business trips.

Nice to have

Experience as a PM managing mobile game project development, launch, or service.
Experience collaborating with local publishers or development partners in overseas markets including China.
Business-level Chinese communication skills.
Experience establishing and executing long-term growth strategies, franchise strategies, or portfolios for game IPs.
Experience in new title incubation, external development, joint development, or publishing projects.
Experience in partner management, RFP/pitch evaluation, Due Diligence, or contract negotiation.
Experience in P&L, investment review, business feasibility assessment, revenue forecasting, or project KPI design.
Experience in IP licensing, game collaborations, brand partnerships, or other IP expansion businesses.
Experience in publishing games across multiple platforms such as PC, console, and mobile.
Experience collaborating in multicultural, multi-regional, or cross-functional organizations.

Before you apply

Document screening > Assignment > Personality Assessment > Technical Fit Interview > Comprehensive Interview (2-3 times) > Offer and Hire.
The process may vary depending on the position and candidate.
Interviews and job tests may be added if necessary.
A 5-month probationary period applies.
Hiring may close early once the position is filled.

About the company

KRAFTON pioneers the path to players' dreams with bold imagination and breakthrough technology to create unforgettable worlds.