Head of People

Madbox is a mobile gaming company, creating and publishing its own games worldwide. Since 2018 Madbox has gathered more than 300 million players, still growing. We are looking for top talents with mad skills, a mad passion and a mad ambition to join us.

Today, we’ve around 80 talents in France and Spain united around four core values:

- Explore together

- Learn fast

- Be thoughtfully candid

- Share (Y)our Journey

In our creative and growth journey, we are always looking for passionate and ambitious talents ready to unleash their creativity to push Madbox scale and boundaries.

As the Head of People, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our company by fostering a culture of growth, collaboration, and talent density. Your leadership will impact every aspect of our organization, from attracting and retaining top talent to driving a working environment that thrives on creativity and ownership. Working hand-to-hand with the HR Manager, you will be responsible of:

- develop the people strategy - compensation, benefits, remote policy - aligning with Madbox's goal to become the next Gaming Hit Factory

- Collaborate with the team leaders to ensure that people initiatives are integrated into overall business strategies and foster people’s development

- Mentor a team across 2 sites, Paris & Barcelona, and probably others to come in the near future

- Lead the People team (currently 4 people) to deliver the company's key project, scalable processes and policies, people team’s budget

- Promote collaboration and a sense of unity within a global work environment

Oversee the performance management strategies, ensuring they align with company goals and individual development

Implement data-driven approaches for performance assessments

Coach and advise team leaders on their people’s decisions

Spearhead initiatives to foster continuous learning and development, empowering employees to reach their full potential

Support team leaders to build the next generation of creative leaders within Madbox

Implement mentorship and coaching programs to cultivate leadership skills at all levels

- Lead the recruitment efforts to attract ambitious and impact-driven A-players aligned with our company values and culture

- Implement retention strategies to ensure talent density and employee growth for Madbox to remain a top-tier employer in the gaming ecosystem

- Refine and improve our global compensation frameworks

- Drive initiatives to foster a culture of trust and ownership

- Develop employer’s brand through strategic initiatives, events, and communication channels to maximize talent acquisition outreach and enhance our culture of transparency

- Enhance the overall people experience by streamlining and scaling people processes and communication while maintaining costs under control

- Advise the executive team and work with all relevant stakeholders (managers, Legal team) on best practices to protect the organization and on all legal issues related to employment

- Strong understanding of international employment practices and cultural nuances

- English proficient

- Tech-savvy

- General Manager (1h)

- 1H with the HR Manager and 1h with both People Ops

--Debriefing Time/Decision--

- Technical test & Debrief with the General Manager/HR Manager & former CPO (1h)

- CEO (1h)

--Debriefing Time/Decision--

- 2 Game Managers (1h)

- 2 Madboxers (1h)

- 2 C-level (1h)

--Final Decision--

What we offer

• Competitive compensation : our compensation grid is regularly reviewed based on the evolution on the market to ensure everyone at Madbox is fairly compensated and receives frequent updates.
• Hybrid remote policy: 3 days on site minimum per week + 15 additional working days fully remote per year
• CWS : Culture, Wellness & Sport, is a budget Madbox dedicated to each employee for them to self develop and take care of themselves
• Holidays : hyper-flexible 30 days off policy (take it when you need it)
• Health of Our Madboxers is Essential: Alan Health Insurance (75% covered by Madbox)
• Lunch coupons: Take advantage of the Swile card (60% covered by Madbox)
• Transport Fees : 50% covered by Madbox
• Amazing Offices: Come and explore our offices in the heart of Paris (Bonne Nouvelle Station) and Barcelona (Diagonal Station)! From taking a nap in our “jungle” in Paris Office to soaking up the sun on the rooftop in Barcelona at lunch, we have thought of everything to make you feel right at home. 🧘♂️ Bonus: Our fantastic Workplace Managers will make sure to provide you with the coffee/tea/snacks/drinks of your choice!
• Home office Expenses bonus
• Team Macbook or Team PC? 🖥 We provide all the necessary equipment
• English Lessons : as our main langage in both studios is English, you can enjoy group lessons with your peers thanks to our private teacher
• Madgen : yearly company event

Madbox is a fast-growing mobile game company based in Paris and Barcelona, creating and publishing its own games. The story of Madbox started when two video game studios fell in love with each other during the summer 2018.

A few months after the beginning of this promance , Madbox first in-house titles hit the top charts of the App Store and Google Play Store worldwide, ranking in #1 positions in more than 100 countries. Since then, Madbox has gathered more than 300 million players, still growing fast. To fuel this creative and operations growth, Madbox develops cutting-edge automation systems internally to shorten production times and drive accurately its performance at large scale.

Madbox will collect your personal data for the purposes of managing our recruitment related activities. That is why, Madbox may use your personal data in relation to the evaluation and selection of applicants. Your information will be accessible to recruiting & people teams in Paris & Barcelona. By applying, you expressly give your consent.