Development Director (External Partners)

Finding great talent and supporting our studios to be the best place for people to do their best work is central to our philosophy. This is the principle behind our newly formed Seattle Studio focusing on open-world action-adventure games and pioneering next generation emergent storytelling. Join us to pursue your passion to craft unique, groundbreaking and inclusive games that empower players to generate incredible stories of heroic adventure.

Development Directors are our drivers, listening and working with our talented development team to find creative and collaborative solutions to meet our shared objectives. Development Directors work daily leading a team, collaborating with multidisciplinary team-members to define goals, align and agree on the priorities and help put structure and process in place to support the team.

Making games is unpredictable, and we're all in it together. Become a foundational part of an ambitious, respectful, and diverse team as our External Development Director responsible for working with the team to understand development needs and help to identify partners and solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Be the primary point of contact and the owner of the relationship between Cliffhanger Games and its external development partners.
• You will understand development needs and work alongside the game teams, suggesting suitable vendors, availability, and capacity to meet our evolving production challenges.
• Build long-term relationships through clear communication and trust, ensuring engagements are positive experience for all involved.
• Develop, adapt, and improve external development pipelines and processes. Ensuring that both the organization and work output meet the standards being set by the game team.
• Collaborate with a range of internal teams including Finance, Legal and Security to evaluate potential external development partners and onboard them.
• Facilitate the development team working with external teams ensuring that both sides are getting what they need to be successful with the engagement.

Qualifications:

• Proven skills managing art and content creation services and working for hire contracts and engagements with external development studios.
• Experience managing diverse teams and a variety of development efforts across different time zones and locations.
• Negotiation experience and demonstrated business maturity.
• Problem solver that can identify both short term mitigation and propose options for longer term resolution.
• Team player with the ability to influence stakeholders positively and constructively.
• Ability to work independently, handling multiple projects in a fast-paced environment, and negotiate and collaborate effectively.
• Oral and written communication, collaboration, and project management skills.
• Attention to detail and analytical problem-solving skills.