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R&D Director
2 years ago
Description
We are looking for an R&D Director to join the Kyiv office on a full-time basis and lead the most successful Playtika games: Slotomania.
Playtika Holding Corp. is a leading mobile gaming company and monetization platform with over 35 million monthly active users across a portfolio of games titles. Founded in 2010, Playtika was among the first to offer free-to-play social games on social networks and, shortly after, on mobile platforms. Headquartered in Herzliya, Israel, and guided by a mission to entertain the world through infinite ways to play, Playtika has over 3,700 employees in 19 offices worldwide including Tel-Aviv, London, Berlin, Vienna, Helsinki, Montreal, Chicago, Las Vegas, Santa Monica, Newport Beach, Sydney, Kyiv, Bucharest, Minsk, Dnipro, and Vinnytsia.
This is an opportunity to join a world-leading gaming company and make a great impact on the development of our flagman game Slotomania, which remains the highest-grossing app on Facebook and iOS.
Slotomania is the #1 Social Slots Game in the world, the industry leader (#2 grossing games developer on Facebook and #1 grossing social games developer on iOS and Android), and Playtika’s flagman game, boasts over 160 slot games. It is available on the different web platforms (Facebook is a major) and mobile platforms (App Store, Google Play, Amazon, Windows Mobile, Viber games).
Responsibilities
- Lead an R&D department in Playtika’s biggest game
- Full accountability for all aspects (design, development, testing, and production stability) of new features and for maintenance of existing ones
- Responsible for creating an industry-leading winning team
- Will coach the managers reporting to him on improving their managerial skills and assist with day-to-day dilemmas and issues
- Works closely with the Architect / System Analysis team to drive studio technological road map
Requirements
- Experience in managing an R&D team of at least 50+ people
- Experience in leading mid-managers
- Mandatory previous experience in software development
- Strong working background in enterprise product companies
- Experience of working with offshore teams
- Hands-on experience with Agile software development methodologies
- Demonstrated team building and leadership skills
- Dynamic person and fast-paced thinker
- Excellent communication skills in English and Ukrainian/Russian
- Experience in a startup setting – will be a plus
- Willingness to travel (business trips: on average of 5 days a month)
We offer all our employees:
- Competitive salary, performance-based bonuses, and flexible working hours
- Social package, including gym membership compensation, medical insurance with dental coverage
- Training programs, certifications, conferences including international events
- Annual salary review
- 20 working days paid vacation and sick leave
- Corporate celebrations, team buildings, and fun activities
- Free meals twice a day, refreshments
- Technical library with option to order books
- Coaching and reviews to support your career development
- Help and support for candidates from other cities
- Possibility to attend local and international professional training and conferences at the company's expense
- Amazing and huge corporate events like this one here
- Working for one of the top social gaming companies in the world
- By the way, you can feel us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Twitter
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