Kabam

Game Director

Vancouver · Director · Full-time

Sponsorship not specifiedCAD 150k-CAD 200kDetected 43 days ago

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About the role

We hire for passion and diversity so that we can triumph in our collective skill.
This role is a full-time, on-site position based 5 days a week at our Downtown Vancouver studio.
Our success is due to the hard work of our people.

Define and evolve the design pillars that govern Champion design, combat systems, progression (including Ascension), live events, and the end-to-end player journey.
Lead the Design team, including the Lead Designer and senior designers across combat, economy, content, and systems.
Mentor and develop the Design discipline, building confidence, ownership, and craft.
Establish and protect the design standards by which all MCoC content is evaluated.
Recruit, retain, and grow design talent at all levels.
we believe in the power of in-person collaboration, and want to support you in making it work for you!
Our teams are made up of a fusion of personalities and interests bound together by a collaborative nature, fun-loving culture, and a drive to do what it takes to make great games.
And this is where you come in… Reporting to the Executive Producer (MCoC), the Game Director owns the creative and gameplay direction of MCoC.
Partner with the Director of Product on roadmap shape, monetization strategy, and prioritization calls across a multi-year live service.
Work daily with Production, Engineering, Live Operations, Marketing, and Community to deliver coordinated outcomes.

Shipped or operated a tentpole live-service title for three or more years in-market.
Experience evolving a long-running live service through a strategic step-up.
Passion for Marvel, fighting games, or both.

We share with employees the pay range their role falls within and clear career maps to determine how they can grow within their role or level-up to a promotion.

DEIB is important to us and to our people - that's why our benefits include gender-affirming care, fertility care, and other hormonal treatments and drugs.
Commuter Benefit: we believe in the power of in-person collaboration, and want to support you in making it work for you!
We provide a flexible, monthly cash allowance to help cover the costs of transit, parking, or even personal logistics like childcare and pet care.
PTO and Parental Leave: we offer paid parental leave, flexible paid time off, paid time off for volunteering, sick leave, and holiday closures.
Employee and Family Assistance Program: t his program provides crisis management support, immediate mental health care, and generalized support for emotional, mental, and financial well-being.
Learning and growth: We encourage people to grow both personally and professionally, and support this through regular lunch & learns and an education stipend.
The Game Director sets the vision for the game, holds the bar on player experience, and makes the calls that shape what we build, how we tune it, and how it lands with players.
Represent the player and game health in senior decisions, including the tradeoffs between short-term commercial outcomes and long-term game runway.
Telus Virtual Health: we provide increased access to remote healthcare providers for prescription refills or referrals from the comfort of your home.

Founded in 2006, Kabam has studios and offices in Vancouver & Montreal in Canada, and Los Angeles & San Francisco in the United States.
At Kabam, we're constantly raising the bar of excellence in free-to-play gaming.

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