Lead Systems Designer

In this role, you can expect to:

Key Accountabilities Managing and Leading a Multi-talented Systems and Missions Design Team:

• Oversee the daily operations and workflow of the systems and missions design team.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to team members to foster professional growth and development.
• Allocate tasks and responsibilities based on individual strengths and expertise.
• Effectively communicate complex design concepts to both technical and non-technical team members.
• Work with your team members to set goals and foster their career growth.
• Coordinate with the broader leadership team to improve the operational health of the Systems and Missions Design team.

Executing on a Well-defined Vision and Goal:

• Understand the game's overarching vision and goals, and ensure systems rules and parameters are in line with them.
• Accountable for leading multiple large system initiatives, working with stakeholders to drive them to completion.
• Accountable for the roadmapping and execution of both cyclical and standalone gameplay content for our live game.
• Views all game systems holistically with a long-term lens toward overall product vision.
• Work with leadership to identify systemic risks and opportunities within the game, and create a plan to resolve them.

Working with Interdisciplinary Teams:

• Work closely with Engineers, UI/UX artists, Data, QA, LiveOps, and other Design sub-disciplines to design and implement engaging game systems and gameplay content.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure the game’s systems are healthy and working towards the overall project goals.
• Predicting systems risks early and driving the implementation of solutions.
• Continuously iterate and balance the game systems to meet desired outcomes.

Leverage feedback and explore new gameplay mechanics and ideas:

• Work with the team to identify opportunities for improving player experiences through well-designed game systems and gameplay content.
• Leverage data and feedback to enhance and innovate upon existing systems.
• Introduce new and innovative gameplay mechanics to enhance the gameplay experience.

Coach and Mentor Team Members:

• Direct and mentor Systems and Missions Designers on best practices.
• Share knowledge and experience with junior team members and other teams.

To be successful in this role, your background includes:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent working experience with an emphasis on game design.
• 7+ years of game design experience on commercially successful properties.
• Former experience managing game designers, schedules, roadmaps, and/or KPIs is strongly desired.
• Experience designing game systems, understanding player psychology, and retention strategies.
• Fluent in analyzing data, industry trends, interpreting insights, and using them to optimize in-game systems and mechanics.
• Free to Play experience in the mobile market, ideally in RPGs or ARPGs.
• Experience working on a Live Operated title.
• Experience collaborating with cross-discipline teams to implement large game features.
• Rock-solid organizational skills with the ability to juggle multiple priorities.
• Excellent communication skills, including documentation and presentation.
• Familiarity with Google suite - Words, Sheets, Slides, etc.
• A strong desire to make the best games in the world alongside others that share your motivation.
• Project and/or gameplay content pipeline management experience.

Our success is due to the hard work of our people. We share our success with our people through flexible benefits and reward programs, sweet swag, snacks, and more. Here’s a look at some of the support we provide our people:

• Extended Health Coverage: effective day one, no waiting period! Our benefits cover health, dental, life, disability, and extended paramedical services such as vision care, mental health practitioners, massage, physiotherapy, acupuncture, and much more.
• DEIB Benefits: 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.
• Flexible Spending Accounts: our benefits are built on a flex credit model, so you’re able to choose the coverage levels that are right for you, and allocate the rest to a group RRSP/TFSA, Health Spending account, and/or Personal Spending Account.
• RRSP Matching: everyone retires eventually, and we help our people save for their futures with a contribution matching program once you reach 90 days with us.
• 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: this program provides crisis management support, immediate mental health care, and generalized support for emotional, mental, and financial well-being.
• Telus Virtual Health: we provide increased access to remote healthcare providers for prescription refills or referrals from the comfort of your home.
• Learning and growth: We encourage people to grow both personally and professionally, and support this through regular lunch & learns and an education stipend.
• Pay transparency: 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.
• Cool spaces: Our offices are in Vancouver, Montreal, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Whether it’s summers on the rooftop patio in Downtown Vancouver, or watching the fireworks in Montreal’s South Shore - we want our people to feel like their time spent in office is worthwhile!
• Giving back: Kabammers have a dedicated paid day off every year to volunteer to a cause close to their hearts. Some teams even band together for group volunteer days off-site!

$115,000 - $140,000 a year

The typical hiring range listed above is specific to candidates located in Vancouver. The salary will be determined based on your knowledge, skills and competencies, and you’ll have room to grow after you join!

If you’re interested in the position but your expectations don’t fully align with the provided range, we still encourage you to apply! Considerations may be made based on your experience level.