Director, Performance Marketing - Unannounced ARPG Mobile Game

USA (Remote)

$160K/yr – $230K/yrDirector/Executive8+ years expFull time

Posted 18 hrs ago

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Job Summary

Own and scale global performance marketing for a new unannounced ARPG title, leading the full-go-to-market strategy, cross-functional partnerships, and a multi-channel acquisition program from pre-launch through live operations.

  • Own go-to-market performance marketing strategy and execution
  • Build and lead a high-performing UA team in Shanghai and drive multi-channel growth

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • You will lead performance marketing efforts for a new, unannounced ARPG title based on a major IP, driving global user growth and building scalable acquisition strategies from pre-launch through live operations.
  • Own and lead global go-to-market performance marketing strategy and execution for the new title, from pre-launch testing through global scale.
  • Define and execute user acquisition strategies, methodologies, and processes to achieve growth and efficiency targets.
  • Partner with Product, Strategic Marketing, Growth, Finance, Analytics, Creative, and Data Engineering teams to align UA strategy with game positioning, audience targeting, lifecycle marketing, and business goals.
  • Build and scale acquisition programs across key channels, including Meta, Google, TikTok, DSPs, ad networks, and emerging platforms.
  • Establish and optimize full-funnel measurement frameworks, including KPI definition, attribution strategy, incrementality testing, and LTV modeling.
  • Drive deep analytical insights into campaign performance, working with Analytics and Data Science to improve forecasting and decision-making.
  • Build and oversee Scopely’s UA pod in Shanghai, China.
  • Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of performance marketers, fostering accountability, innovation, experimentation, and continuous improvement.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to enhance creative strategy, marketing technology, automation, and fraud prevention systems.

Requirements

  • Fluent in English and Mandarin
  • Preferred experience working with Chinese gaming studios
  • Deep understanding of the Performance Marketing best practices on the Chinese gaming market
  • 8+ years of performance marketing / user acquisition experience, ideally within mobile gaming or consumer apps
  • 4+ years of people management experience, with a track record of building and leading high-performing teams
  • Proven success managing and scaling multi-million dollar acquisition budgets across multiple channels
  • Strong experience with major platforms (Meta, Google, TikTok, programmatic networks, etc.) Demonstrated expertise in go-to-market strategy, launch planning, and scaling new products
  • Deep analytical mindset with experience in attribution, incrementality testing, LTV modeling, and performance forecasting
  • Track record of driving significant growth through improvements in automation, marketing tech, or data infrastructure
  • Experience working with global, cross-functional teams across multiple time zones

Preferred

  • Experience working with Chinese gaming studios.
  • Deep understanding of performance marketing best practices in the Chinese gaming market.
  • Experience in midcore, RPG, or 4X strategy mobile games.

Benefits

  • In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for equity, bonuses, and a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare benefits, retirement benefits, pet insurance, paid holidays, paid Scopely free days, and unlimited paid time off.
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Scopely is a leading global interactive entertainment and video game company, home to many top-grossing, award-winning franchises, including the most successful mobile game ever launched "MONOPOLY GO!," along with "Stumble Guys," "Star TrekTM Fleet Command," "MARVEL Strike Force," "WWE Champions" and "Yahtzee® With Buddies," among many others.Scopely creates, publishes, and live-operates immersive games across mobile, web, PC and console that empower a directed-by-consumerTM experience.Founded in 2011, Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform PlaygamiTM that supports one of the most diversified portfolios in the games industry.Recognized multiple times as one of Fast Company’s “World’s Most Innovative Companies” and as a TIME100 “Most Influential Company In the World,” Scopely has surpassed $10 billion in lifetime revenue due to its ability to create long-lasting game experiences that players enjoy for years.Scopely has global operations across North America, Central America, EMEA and Asia, with additional game studio partners across four continents. Scopely was acquired by Savvy Games Group in July 2023 for $4.9 billion, and is now an independent subsidiary of Savvy.For more information on Scopely, visit: scopely.com.

Founded in 2011
Culver City, California, USA
3.7K employees (1,138 in marketing)
71% recommend to a friend
81% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.9M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$30
Traffic Source Mix
Search
17.4%
Direct
32.7%
Referral
47.1%
Social
2%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~3.7K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
301 (8% of company)
Median Career Experience
13 years
Median Tenure
4 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

Funding

Total Funding
$998.5M
Last Raise
$340M
Secondary Market, 4 years ago

Funding History

  • Oct 2021
    Secondary Market
  • Dec 2020
    Secondary Market
  • Oct 2020
    Series E • $340M

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