Senior Manager, Game Design - Twilight Towers (Soft Launch)

3 weeks ago
Lead
Project and Program Management
Fortis Games

Fortis Games

Fortis Games focuses on developing engaging and meaningful gaming experiences that foster collaboration, challenge players intellectually, and build strong community connections.

Internet Software & Services
251-1K

Description

  • Own live-ops and content systems for Twilight Towers, including events, content frameworks, progression-facing features, tuning, and iteration.
  • Lead and manage a sub-team of designers through coaching, mentoring, and clear expectations.
  • Translate product and business goals into clear, implementable design specifications.
  • Review design work, provide concrete feedback, and maintain the quality bar for your ownership area.
  • Coordinate cross-discipline dependencies, including asset needs, scope boundaries, and production timing.
  • Analyze player data, KPIs, and feedback to inform live-game decisions and iteration.
  • Partner with Product and Analytics to rapidly iterate on designs.
  • Develop and share expertise in mobile free-to-play best practices and live-ops.
  • Help improve team throughput, clarity, and cross-functional efficiency as the game scales.

Requirements

  • Proven experience owning live-ops or content systems in a mobile game-as-a-service environment.
  • Strong applied design judgment across systems, content, and experiential design, with depth in at least one area.
  • Comfort designing from first principles with an understanding of player psychology, economies, progression, and retention mechanics.
  • Ability to own and deliver scoped areas of the game independently without constant oversight.
  • Demonstrated people leadership experience managing, coaching, and developing junior or mid-level designers.
  • Production fluency and ability to translate design intent into actionable inputs for engineering, art, and production.
  • Clear communication and decision-making skills with the ability to set direction and prioritize trade-offs.
  • Strong understanding of mobile free-to-play, live-ops cadence, and contemporary market best practices.
  • Experience with merge, tower defense, or adjacent genres is a strong plus.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to have a big impact at an early-stage organization with leadership from game industry veterans.
  • Work on a game in soft launch with the chance to shape its path to global launch.
  • A culture focused on diversity, equity, belonging, and inclusivity.
  • Join a team that values growth, direct communication, and a team-first mentality.
  • Equal Opportunity Employer consideration for all qualified applicants.

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