Studio Management Director - Lion Studios
- Role
- Engineering Management
- Experience
- Lead
- Company size
- Enterprise
Open to Anywhere in Europe. Set where you work from to check your eligibility.
No BS summary
Director of Studio Management with 7+ years in mobile gaming studio management, business development, or product/project management, including 3+ years managing teams. Must have experience building and managing external studios, overseeing game pipelines, and working with publishing contracts. Preference for candidates based in Europe.
Optional skills
Who are we?
Tripledot Studios is one of the largest independent mobile games companies in the world.
We are a multi-award-winning organisation, with a global 2,500+ strong team across 12 studios.
Our expanded portfolio includes some of the biggest titles in mobile gaming, collectively reaching top chart positions around the world and engaging over 25 million daily active users.
Tripledot’s guiding principle is that when people love what they do, what they do will be loved by others.
We’re building a company we’re proud of. One filled with driven, incredibly smart and detail-orientated people, who LOVE making games.
Our ambition is to be the most successful games company in the world, and we’re just getting started.
The role is working within our studio: Lion Studios
About Lion Studios
We're looking for a Director of Studio Management to lead our global studio management team. The team currently has 10 managers who collectively partner with around 40 external studios. This is a remote role, with a preference for candidates based in Europe, reporting to the Senior Director of Publishing and Business Development. You'll be the bridge between our studio managers, cross-functional leads, and the finance and legal teams that keep our publishing department running.
About the Role
The Impact You'll Make:
- Lead and support a team of studio managers, helping them sign premium studios, build strong developer relationships, and hit their goals.
- Recruit, grow, and shape the team as the business scales, including org design and calibrating roles across regions.
- Support the BD side of the team's work. Studio managers act as business development leads, and you'll help them win and keep top studios by understanding what partners need.
- Develop and implement BD strategies at both the regional and global level, tailoring the approach to each market while keeping the overall portfolio aligned.
- Oversee the company's game pipeline, with a focus on moving titles from prototyping to soft launch on time and clearing blockers early. You'll be accountable for pipeline velocity and studio-signing targets.
- Create, update, and manage contracts alongside the TDS Legal team. Stay proactive about keeping terms in line with industry standards and partners’ requirement.
- Work closely with Game Design, Data, Intelligence, Product, and Growth leads to understand how the teams operate and make changes that help them work better together.
- Keep a solid understanding of the company portfolio's P&L. You should be able to explain how costs are structured and attributed, and work with the TDS Finance team on accuracy and improvements.
- Review the publishing process and KPIs regularly, and update benchmarks and workflows as the company needs change.
- Turn shifting company priorities into practical changes to internal workflows and processes.
- Represent the studio management function to leadership, reporting on team performance and helping shape publishing strategy at the exec level.
Required Qualifications:
- 7+ years in studio management, business development, or product/project management in mobile gaming, including 3+ years managing teams.
- Track record building and managing external studios or developer relationships, ideally signing and keeping premium partners.
- Hands-on experience with publishing contracts.
- Experience overseeing game pipelines from concept to launch across multiple titles.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work with both technical and non-technical people.
- Comfort working with P&L, KPIs, and pipeline data, and the tools behind them.
- Experience managing across regions, markets, and time zones.
- Organized and analytical, comfortable in a fast-paced environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Good grasp of current trends and metrics in mobile gaming.
- Experience working with finance and legal teams in a publishing setting.
- Familiarity with portfolio or game-level P&L, including how costs are structured and attributed.
- Startup or high-growth experience.
Working at Tripledot
- 25 days holiday: Enjoy 20 days of paid holiday plus an additional 5 days per annum, in addition to bank holidays to relax and refresh throughout the year.
- Continuous Professional Development: Propel your career with continuous opportunities for professional development.
- Supplemental Health Insurance: Continentale: annual budget of 1200 eur - reimbursement for healthcare outside of public plans (glasses, messages, dental treatments etc.)
- Public Transportation reimbursement: 100% of public transportation to the office via BVG ticket is covered
- Employee Assistance Program: Anytime you need it, tap into confidential, caring support with our Employee Assistance Program, always here to lend an ear and a helping hand.
- Daily Free Lunch: Order free food from Wolt when at the office
- Pension plan: Opt-in to employer contributed pension plan, operated with Degura
Join us to shape the next generation of hit mobile games — where creativity meets performance, and innovation drives results.
Ready to lead the pride? Apply now!
What you'll do
- Lead and support a team of studio managers, helping them sign premium studios, build strong developer relationships, and hit their goals.
- Recruit, grow, and shape the team as the business scales, including org design and calibrating roles across regions.
- Support the BD side of the team's work.
- Help studio managers win and keep top studios by understanding what partners need.
- Develop and implement BD strategies at both the regional and global level, tailoring the approach to each market while keeping the overall portfolio aligned.
- Oversee the company's game pipeline, with a focus on moving titles from prototyping to soft launch on time and clearing blockers early.
- Be accountable for pipeline velocity and studio-signing targets.
- Create, update, and manage contracts alongside the TDS Legal team.
- Stay proactive about keeping terms in line with industry standards and partners’ requirement.
- Work closely with Game Design, Data, Intelligence, Product, and Growth leads to understand how the teams operate and make changes that help them work better together.
- Keep a solid understanding of the company portfolio's P&L.
- Be able to explain how costs are structured and attributed, and work with the TDS Finance team on accuracy and improvements.
- Review the publishing process and KPIs regularly, and update benchmarks and workflows as the company needs change.
- Turn shifting company priorities into practical changes to internal workflows and processes.
- Represent the studio management function to leadership, reporting on team performance and helping shape publishing strategy at the exec level.
What they require
- 7+ years in studio management, business development, or product/project management in mobile gaming, including 3+ years managing teams.
- Track record building and managing external studios or developer relationships, ideally signing and keeping premium partners.
- Hands-on experience with publishing contracts.
- Experience overseeing game pipelines from concept to launch across multiple titles.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work with both technical and non-technical people.
- Comfort working with P&L, KPIs, and pipeline data, and the tools behind them.
- Experience managing across regions, markets, and time zones.
- Organized and analytical, comfortable in a fast-paced environment.
Benefits
- 25 days holiday: Enjoy 20 days of paid holiday plus an additional 5 days per annum, in addition to bank holidays to relax and refresh throughout the year.
- Continuous Professional Development: Propel your career with continuous opportunities for professional development.
- Supplemental Health Insurance: Continentale: annual budget of 1200 eur - reimbursement for healthcare outside of public plans (glasses, messages, dental treatments etc.)
- Public Transportation reimbursement: 100% of public transportation to the office via BVG ticket is covered
- Employee Assistance Program: Anytime you need it, tap into confidential, caring support with your Employee Assistance Program, always here to lend an ear and a helping hand.
- Daily Free Lunch: Order free food from Wolt when at the office
- Pension plan : Opt-in to employer contributed pension plan, operated with Degura
Tripledot Studios is one of the largest independent mobile games companies in the world, a multi-award-winning independent mobile games company with a global team across 12 studios. The role is within its PeopleFun studio, an award-winning creator of mobile games for players across the globe.