Blizzard Entertainment

Game Director - Hearthstone

Irvine, California, United States of America · Director · Part-time

Sponsorship not specified$137k-$253kDetected 27 days ago

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About the role

Team Name: Hearthstone Job Title: Game Director - Hearthstone | Irvine, CA Requisition ID: R027738 Job Description: Pull up a chair and join us by the hearth!
Blizzard is looking for a Game Director to join the Hearthstone leadership team.
Hearthstone continues to reach millions of players worldwide and has delivered as one of Blizzard's flagship live-service titles for 12 years running.

The ideal candidate thrives in collaborative environments, develops creative talent, communicates effectively with senior stakeholders, and holds a high bar for quality while championing the player at every step.
Champion quality in the delivery of fun and engaging card sets, providing actionable feedback and roadblock removal necessary for the design team to deliver on quality targets and business objectives.
Develop an understanding of the game's community to identify common points of friction and opportunities to deliver improvements to the overall player experience.
Establish and maintain a creative environment, fostering a culture of experimentation, accountability, and success.
Proven ability to lead, grow, and inspire design teams, championing design craft while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.

Professional genre-relevant experience with competitive PvP strategy games and large-scale live-service titles.
Exceptional ability to influence and align diverse stakeholder groups, including executive leadership, product, publishing, marketing, user research, and analytics teams.
Extra Points Passion for and professional experience with trading card games (TCGs) or collectible card games (CCGs).
Blizzard Entertainment has created some of the industry's most critically acclaimed and genre-defining games over the last 30 years, with a track record that includes multiple Game of the Year awards.
Minimum Requirements 12+ years of professional game design experience, with at least 4 years in a senior leadership, director-level, or comparable role within the gaming industry.

In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $136,880.00 - $253,260.00 Annual.

We are looking for a strategic, player-focused design leader who brings deep live-service leadership experience, strong genre-relevant judgment, and the ability to align teams around a compelling vision.
Define and evolve the vision and direction for the live game, including delivering best-in-class gameplay, supporting a healthy metagame, and driving ongoing improvements to the player experience.
Drive cross-disciplinary working groups with clear goals, holding implementation of content releases and sophisticated systems accountable to a core vision and quality bar with kindness and candor.
Represent Hearthstone's creative vision with senior Blizzard leadership, communicating strategic plans, performance insights, risks, and opportunities while helping drive alignment across the broader organization.
This role offers a flexible hybrid work week, with a mix of remote and on-site days.

As Blizzard invests in the next decade and beyond for Hearthstone, we are adding a Game Director to help shape what Hearthstone becomes for millions of players around the world.

This listing is sourced directly from Blizzard Entertainment's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.