Job Details:
Head of Business Development at Kwalee (UK Visa Sponsorship)
- Job Title – Head of Business Development
- Reports Into – Head of PC & Console Publishing
A Little Bit about Kwalee….
Kwalee is a games publisher and developer based in Leamington Spa, UK, which boasts more than 1 billion installs on mobile platforms with games such as Teacher Simulator, Draw it, Bake It, Shootout 3D, Rocket Sky! and Line Up: Draw the Criminal. The company also publishes a growing catalogue of PC and console titles including Eternal Hope, Tens, Scathe, and Wildmender along with the upcoming titles ROBOBEAT, Space Chef, The Precinct and The Spirit of the Samurai.
Founded by games industry icon and Codemasters co-founder David Darling CBE, who is joined by a fast-growing team of global gaming experts with studios in the UK, India, Portugal and China and remote team members all over the world, Kwalee is on the lookout for high-quality games to publish on all platforms and encourages developers to get in touch.
Outside of its games, Kwalee is also highly active in the industry, as an ambassador of not-for-profit organisation Women in Games and a regular supporter of the charity SpecialEffect.
What’s In It For You?
- Hybrid working – 3 days in the office, 2 days remote/ WFH is the norm
- Flexible working hours – we trust you to choose how and when you work best
- A dog friendly office (There’s dog-free areas too, if pooches aren’t your thing)
- Private medical cover
- Life Assurance – for long term peace of mind
- On site gym – take care of yourself
- VISA Sponsorship – available
- Pitch and make your own games on Creative Wednesdays!
- Kwalee Artificial Intelligence (K.A.I) – win prizes for proposing useful AI initiatives
Are You Up To The Challenge?
The Head of Business Development is responsible for developing and executing a strategic plan to grow revenue and market share through the successful acquisition of PC and console game publishing partnerships. This includes identifying and pursuing new publishing opportunities, developing and managing relationships with games developers and other key stakeholders, and negotiating and closing deals.
The role will take the lead in an agile, multidisciplinary, creative team with the aim of finding the best games in the market, completing their development so they are the best they can be, and successfully launching them on the global PC and console markets.
Your Team Mates
The PC and Console department (PCC) is a totally autonomous publishing operation at Kwalee and we are relatively small by design. Everyone working in the PCC dept over 7 functional teams are subject matter experts and you will work closely with all of them, collaborating to get the best results for our signed games.