Starszy Dyrektor ds. Projektowania Gier i Zarządzania Ofertami

Sperasoft is a leading international game development company, part of Keywords Studios, contributing to major franchises such as Halo, Battlefield, Assassin’s Creed, and Rainbow 6. The company offers professional teams with producers, engineers, designers, and artists serving clients like Ubisoft, Microsoft, Warner Brothers, Riot Games, Electronic Arts, Sony, and Blizzard Entertainment.

• Over 10 years of experience in the game development industry with leadership roles in game design.
• More than 5 years managing large, multidisciplinary teams or departments.
• Experience working in AAA, co-development, external development, or live-service environments.
• Proven track record managing client relationships and supporting business development.
• Experience leading estimation processes, proposal preparation, or bid management.
• Advanced knowledge of game design disciplines, production methodologies, and development pipelines.
• Demonstrated ability in organizational development, strategic planning, and change management.
• Strong communication, presentation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.

Nice to have:

• Experience working with multiple international publishers and development partners.
• Experience leading large-scale RFP responses and business proposal processes.
• Experience managing globally distributed teams.
• Experience building scalable organizations delivering multiple projects across various game genres.
• Experience creating estimation frameworks and bid management processes.
• Promoting continuous improvement in design, communication, leadership, and industry knowledge.

Department Leadership:

• Define and implement the long-term vision, strategy, and goals of the Design Department.
• Align department priorities with company objectives, market trends, and client needs.
• Initiate continuous improvement efforts to enhance efficiency, scalability, quality, and operational excellence.
• Set and monitor KPIs and organizational health metrics.
• Create and maintain an effective organizational structure including Directors, Leads, Subject Matter Experts, and individual contributors.
• Ensure competency coverage across all design disciplines.
• Evaluate organizational effectiveness and implement structural improvements.
• Lead succession planning and leadership development initiatives.
• Directly manage Design Directors, Associate Directors, and senior department leadership.
• Define career development paths, performance expectations, and growth opportunities.
• Provide coaching, mentoring, and leadership skill development.
• Collaborate with Talent Management on recruitment, staffing, retention, and succession strategies.
• Proactively address engagement, performance, retention, and organizational risks.
• Foster a culture of creativity, collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning.
• Conduct regular department meetings communicating strategy, priorities, updates, and business goals.
• Promote knowledge sharing via workshops, presentations, mentoring, and communities of practice.
• Build an inclusive environment supporting innovation and high performance.

Design Excellence & Project Oversight:

• Oversee game design execution across all projects.
• Establish quality benchmarks and governance to ensure consistency across teams.
• Support Design Directors and Leads in resolving complex design challenges and maintaining design excellence.
• Lead workforce planning, balancing resource utilization, skill development, succession, and project needs.
• Review and approve strategic staffing recommendations for key initiatives.

Bid Management & New Business Leadership:

• Oversee the end-to-end bid development process for all new business opportunities.
• Serve as the main accountability point for bid quality, consistency, and submission readiness.
• Partner with Business Development, Account Management, and Executive Leadership on bid/no-bid decisions.
• Ensure bids meet client requirements, business objectives, studio capabilities, and profitability goals.
• Lead solution development including design approaches, delivery models, team structures, schedules, and collaboration strategies.
• Collaborate with Design, Art, Engineering, Production, QA, and PMO to create comprehensive, feasible bids.
• Balance competitiveness, quality, feasibility, and commercial results in all proposals.
• Lead estimation activities for new business opportunities establishing methodologies, standards, templates, and verification processes.
• Continuously improve estimation quality and forecasting accuracy.
• Participate in client discovery sessions and support or lead pitch presentations.
• Present design approaches, staffing models, and production methodologies to clients.
• Build client trust through expertise, preparation, and clear communication.
• Coach department leaders in client-facing activities.
• Act as escalation point and Executive Producer for client accounts post-project start.
• Establish and maintain proposal management processes, standards, templates, and best practices.
• Coordinate contributions from involved departments.
• Ensure timely delivery and quality compliance of proposals.
• Analyze bid results and implement improvements to increase win rates, estimation accuracy, and bid efficiency.

Standards, Processes & Capability Development:

• Establish, maintain, and evolve department standards, methodologies, and best practices.
• Implement consistency in project reviews, documentation, estimation practices, bid development, and planning.
• Audit workflows and processes to enhance efficiency, quality, and scalability.
• Ensure frameworks align with project and client needs.
• Define and execute learning and development strategies within the department.
• Identify current and future competency requirements across design disciplines.
• Develop training programs, mentoring initiatives, and career growth opportunities.
• Promote continuous improvement in design craft, communication, leadership, and industry knowledge.