General Manager - Monster Hunter Now

The role

You will lead the Monster Hunter Now franchise by driving the end to end game vision, franchise strategy, and business results. You will manage a multi-disciplinary team of game makers based in Tokyo.

What you will do

• Manage the game leadership team across Design, Product, Production, and Engineering
• Build a franchise strategy for a multi-year time horizon
• Drive rigor across the product development process, roadmap, production pipeline, and live ops calendar
• Proactively drive the adoption of AI to accelerate productivity
• Participate in Product Reviews to provide feedback and coaching
• Take accountability for driving KPI impact via Product, Live Ops and Data strategy
• Drive market analysis, user research, and knowledge sharing
• Build collaborative relationships with IP holders to ensure brand integrity
• Develop an integrated audience strategy working across Product and Marketing
• Represent the franchise in executive forums

Required qualifications

• 10+ years leadership experience in free to play gaming
• Hands on experience in Product, Design and/or Production
• Track record of operating and scaling successful free to play mobile games post-launch
• Experience managing roadmaps and shipping KPI impacting features
• Deep understanding of content development and live operations in midcore games
• Management experience across creative and analytical disciplines
• Expertise with analyzing and interpreting data
• Excellent verbal and written communication in both English and Japanese
• Comfort partnering with and influencing executive stakeholders across time zones and geographies
• Ability to manage, coach, and lead by example
• Flexibility in a demanding team environment
• Passion for video games and proven understanding of mobile games

Nice to have

• Deep understanding and/or fandom of the Monster Hunter franchise
• Familiarity as a player with Monster Hunter Now, Pikmin Bloom, and/or Pokemon Go
• Experience, interest, and excitement around AR/location based games or features

About the company

Scopely is a leading video game and global interactive entertainment company. It is home to many beloved experiences including MONOPOLY GO! and Pokémon GO.