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VP, Dungeons & Dragons

At Wizards of the Coast, we connect people around the world through play and imagination. From our genre defining games like Magic: The Gathering® and Dungeons & Dragons® to our growing multiverse, we continue to innovate and build new ways to foster friendship and connection. That’s where you come in!

We believe diversity of experience is fundamental to formulating accessible and fun gaming experiences for all of our players. We encourage everyone to consider being a part of our team!

The VP, Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) leads the franchise with the goal to grow audience and revenue world-wide.

What you'll do:

• Lead the expansion and evolution of the D&D tabletop experience and product roadmap to grow revenue and engagement. Establish a robust, WotC D2C business for Dungeons & Dragons tabletop products.
• Develop strategies, goals and roadmap for providing tabletop players with tools to improve and evolve online group tabletop play digitally.
• Drive strategy, budget, product definition, long-term P&L objectives and plan in support of overall WotC long-range plan and business objectives.
• Be responsible for the success of all aspects of core IP including world building, storytelling and core RPG mechanics
• Mature core IP, team and practices to allow D&D to be effectively represented by diverse game creators across all channels and platforms, both tabletop and digital
• Grow market insight and awareness around current D&D audience to build from and expand the brand to reach a modern, diverse, and multi-generational audience
• Collaborate across product studios and partners to assure a seamless ecosystem of expressions to deliver a compelling end to end fan experience for D&D players
• Improve the alignment of product and go-to-market strategies with the entertainment themes and roadmap considerations of the Franchise across all partners
• Serve as the primary senior spokesperson for the brand internally and externally
• Partner with the rest of the senior team to evolve and mature WotC as a global game publisher, ensuring the D&D studio is well coordinated into those strategies and goals
• Continually evolve the D&D organization into an outstanding creator of exciting and industry-leading gaming experiences for players of all kinds around the world across a wide array of platforms and channels
• Forge and strengthen effective and powerful collaboration between the studio and critical WotC groups including Brand Marketing, Internal Digital Studio, Digital Publishing and Entertainment/Licensing

What you’ll bring:

• 10+ years of proven experience in leading and growing the revenue and audience of consumer franchises, preferably game franchises across a broad spectrum of product expressions.
• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience
• Inspirational leadership and people management with a consistent track record of encouraging and developing others.
• Executive presence with outstanding communication skills with an ability to craft and communicate vision
• Creative problem solver comfortable with ground-breaking fast-growth strategies and innovative business models
• Pragmatic self-starter and inspiring leader with a passion for execution
• A strong agent for change, accustomed to accountability and driving improvement within teams, with examples to share outlining improved team dynamics and performance within diverse environments

We are an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer

The above is intended to describe the general content of and the requirements for satisfactory performance in this position. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of the duties, responsibilities, or requirements of the position.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.