Salary Range: 150000 to 225000 (Currency: CAD) (Pay period: per-year-salary)

At Kabam, we’re constantly raising the bar of excellence in free-to-play gaming. We hire for passion and diversity so that we can triumph in our collective skill. Our teams are made up of a fusion of personalities and interests bound together by a collaborative nature, fun-loving culture, and a drive to do what it takes to make great games. And this is where you come in…

Reporting to the Executive Producer (MCoC), the Game Director owns the creative and gameplay direction of MCoC. The Game Director sets the vision for the game, holds the bar on player experience, and makes the calls that shape what we build, how we tune it, and how it lands with players. You’ll lead the Design discipline, partner closely with the Director of Product on roadmap and strategy, and work daily across Production, Engineering, Live Operations, Marketing, and Community to operate the game at championship level.

This role is a full-time, on-site position based 5 days a week at our Downtown Vancouver studio.

In this role, you can expect to:

Key Accountabilities:

Creative and Gameplay Direction:

Set and steward the long-term creative and gameplay direction of MCoC.
Define and evolve the design pillars that govern Champion design, combat systems, progression (including Ascension), live events, and the end-to-end player journey.
Hold the bar on quality and craft across every tentpole, saga, season, and live moment shipped.
Make the calls on what gets built, how it gets tuned, and how it lands with players.

Design Discipline Leadership:

Lead the Design team, including the Lead Designer and senior designers across combat, economy, content, and systems.
Mentor and develop the Design discipline, building confidence, ownership, and craft.
Establish and protect the design standards by which all MCoC content is evaluated.
Recruit, retain, and grow design talent at all levels.

Cross-Functional Partnership and Strategy:

Partner with the Director of Product on roadmap shape, monetization strategy, and prioritization calls across a multi-year live service.
Work daily with Production, Engineering, Live Operations, Marketing, and Community to deliver coordinated outcomes.
Represent the player and game health in senior decisions, including the tradeoffs between short-term commercial outcomes and long-term game runway.
Contribute to studio-level planning and to the broader leadership team for MCoC.

Live Data, Player Health, and Communication:

Read live performance data confidently and translate it into creative direction without losing the long view.
Hold the balance between live operations cadence and long-term economy health.
Communicate clearly and credibly across disciplines and levels, from design reviews through executive presentations through player-facing announcements.
Engage with the player community when needed, representing the studio with authenticity and care.

To be successful in this role, your background includes:

10+ years of experience working on a GaaS (Games as a Service) product.
5+ years in a Game Director, Design Director, or principal-level design leadership capacity on a live-service mobile title at scale.
Deep experience in action-RPG, collection RPG, gacha-driven live service, or hero-roster combat.
Advanced understanding of game economics, monetisation design, and the relationship between live ops cadence and long-term player health.
A collaborative working style with Product and Production leadership, with experience operating effectively in cross-functional senior teams.
Sound product judgment and the ability to formulate creative strategy with clear, measurable outcomes.
Strong communication skills across executive leadership, cross-functional disciplines, and player-facing channels.
A track record of leading and developing design teams who do their best work.
Fluent written and spoken English.

Preferred:

Shipped or operated a tentpole live-service title for three or more years in-market.
Experience evolving a long-running live service through a strategic step-up.
Passion for Marvel, fighting games, or both.

Our success is due to the hard work of our people. We share our success with our people through flexible benefits and reward programs, sweet swag, snacks, and more. Here’s a look at some of the support we provide our people:

Extended Health Coverage: effective day one, no waiting period! Our benefits cover health, dental, life, disability, and extended paramedical services such as vision care, mental health practitioners, massage, physiotherapy, acupuncture, and much more.
DEIB Benefits: DEIB is important to us and to our people - that’s why our benefits include gender-affirming care, fertility care, and other hormonal treatments and drugs.
Flexible Spending Accounts: our benefits are built on a flex credit model, so you’re able to choose the coverage levels that are right for you, and allocate the rest to a group RRSP/TFSA, Health Spending account, and/or Personal Spending Account.
RRSP Matching: everyone retires eventually, and we help our people save for their futures with a contribution matching program once you reach 90 days with us.
Commuter Benefit: we believe in the power of in-person collaboration, and want to support you in making it work for you! We provide a flexible, monthly cash allowance to help cover the costs of transit, parking, or even personal logistics like childcare and pet care.
PTO and Parental Leave: we offer paid parental leave, flexible paid time off, paid time off for volunteering, sick leave, and holiday closures.
Employee and Family Assistance Program: this program provides crisis management support, immediate mental health care, and generalized support for emotional, mental, and financial well-being.
Telus Virtual Health: we provide increased access to remote healthcare providers for prescription refills or referrals from the comfort of your home.
Learning and growth: We encourage people to grow both personally and professionally, and support this through regular lunch & learns and an education stipend.
Pay transparency: We share with employees the pay range their role falls within and clear career maps to determine how they can grow within their role or level-up to a promotion.
Cool spaces: Our offices are in Vancouver, Montreal, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Whether it’s summers on the rooftop patio in Downtown Vancouver, or watching the fireworks in Montreal’s South Shore - we want our people to feel like their time spent in office is worthwhile!
Giving back: Kabammers have a dedicated paid day off every year to volunteer to a cause close to their hearts. Some teams even band together for group volunteer days off-site!

Excited by this opportunity? Kabam is dedicated to growing our diverse and inclusive workforce, so if your past experience doesn’t perfectly match the listed requirements we encourage you to apply anyways - you could be a great fit for this or other positions.

We invite you to apply now and start the conversation with us. Together, we can create and support some of the best games ever made and entertain the world!

About Kabam

Kabam is a world leader in developing entertaining, immersive, and highly social multiplayer games, bringing high-quality graphics, next-generation technology, and revolutionary gameplay to players around the world.

Kabam’s games, Marvel Contest of Champions, Shop Titans, and more have generated hundreds of millions of downloads and have received multiple awards including Apple’s Editor’s Choice and Google Play’s Best Game of the Year.

Founded in 2006, Kabam has studios and offices in Vancouver & Montreal in Canada, and Los Angeles & San Francisco in the United States. Kabam is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Netmarble Games.

Kabam is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and equitable workplace, and inclusive environment for all existing and potential employees. Employment decisions are based on candidate qualifications and business need, not race, color, ancestry, place of origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, political belief, religion, creed, marital or family status, medical condition, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, prior criminal conviction or any other protected class in accordance with federal, state or provincial and local laws and ordinances. Accommodations will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

About the company

Kabam curates a selection of gifts in jewellery, bags, and accessories, spanning kawaii, kitsch, vintage and modern styles, with a focus on hand-crafted semi-precious pieces. It operates an online retail platform that sources and sells these niche products directly to consumers seeking unique, well-made items. Unlike mass-market retailers, Kabam prioritizes originality and craftsmanship through carefully chosen designs and handmade pieces. Its goal is to provide distinctive and personalized gift options that stand out for quality and style.

Company Size

1-10

Company Stage

Series E

Total Funding

$240.5M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2006

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What believers are saying

Shop Titans launched a Jumanji crossover on March 24, 2026, extending monetization.
Kabam’s March 2026 Rewilders demo and spring 2027 window expand its pipeline.
Marvel Contest of Champions keeps shipping anniversary events, collabs, and new champions in 2026.

What critics are saying

Kabam cut jobs and consolidated Los Angeles in June 2026, signaling cost pressure.
Marvel Contest of Champions depends on Disney Marvel licensing; renewal failure would gut Kabam.
The ASA upheld Kabam’s November 2025 loot-box ad ruling, inviting harsher UK scrutiny.

What makes Kabam unique

Marvel Contest of Champions still anchors Kabam’s live-service expertise after 11 years.
Kabam broadened beyond mobile with Steam launches for Marvel Contest of Champions and Shop Titans.
Rewilders: The Lost Spring shows Kabam building a publishing and PC footprint.

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Benefits

Performance-Based Annual Incentives
401(k) Retirement Plan100% Covered Medical / Dental / Vision / Life Insurance
Accident, Disability, Insurances
Flexible Work Hours
Paid Half-Day Fridays
Paid Vacation / Sick Leave / Holidays / Christmas Break
Commuter Benefits (Post-COVID19 WFH)
Free Parking and Gym Access (Post-COVID19 WFH)
Free Meals & Snacks (Post-COVID19 WFH)

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