Full-Time

Associate Director

User Acquisition

Posted on 8/18/2026

Gram Games

Gram Games

51-200 employees

Mobile puzzle game developer and publisher

No salary listed

London, UK

Hybrid

Hybrid role; onsite work is indicated.

Category
Growth & Marketing (1)
Required Skills
Data Analysis

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Requirements
  • 6–10+ years of performance marketing experience in mobile free-to-play, ideally in gaming.
  • A proven track record of scaling multi-million euro or dollar user acquisition budgets profitably.
  • Strong fluency in mobile attribution, lifetime value modeling, and return on ad spend optimization.
  • Experience leading and developing high-performing teams.
  • Strong analytical thinking and data-driven decision-making using experimentation.
  • Ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment across multiple functions.
Responsibilities
  • Own the end-to-end user acquisition strategy and performance for the portfolio, ensuring profitability targets are met.
  • Manage yearly growth planning, scaling strategies, and risk mitigation across markets and channels.
  • Drive strategic experimentation and support innovation in targeting, channels, and inventory diversification.
  • Lead measurement frameworks, including marketing mix modeling, incrementality studies, and predicted lifetime value, to improve decision quality.
  • Strengthen full-funnel performance with product-aligned campaigns, including FTUE and RTUE and monetization events.
  • Build rigorous test roadmaps for creative, audiences, and campaign structure to drive return on ad spend and lifetime value uplift.
  • Mentor user acquisition managers and analysts and help build structured career growth and execution excellence.
  • Partner closely with Creative teams to fuel testing velocity and creative breakthroughs.
  • Collaborate with ASO and Product teams to ensure cohesive funnel optimization and visibility improvements.
  • Establish clear accountability for results with transparent reporting and actionable insights.
  • Improve execution speed through better process, prioritization, and cross-team alignment.
Desired Qualifications
  • Familiarity with Match-3 or puzzle models and Merge Games or builder games.

Gram Games develops mobile puzzle and hyper-casual games for a global audience, with hit titles like 1010! and Merge Dragons! that are free-to-play and monetize via IAP and ads. 1010! is a simple game where players place blocks on a 10x10 grid to form lines and clear the board; Merge Dragons! lets players match items to heal a magical land and evolve dragons. The company started in Istanbul in 2012, grew a studio network and was acquired by Zynga in 2018 for $250 million in cash. Its goal is to maintain a portfolio of live, free-to-play games that steadily generate revenue and grow daily active users through compelling live services.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$1.2M

Headquarters

London, United Kingdom

Founded

2012

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Gram Games posted nine openings in June 2026, signaling active product investment.
  • Merge Dragons! received a May 13, 2026 Android update with bug fixes and performance work.
  • June 2026 event cadence shows an enduring live-service funnel for spending and retention.

What critics are saying

  • Merge Dragons! carries the franchise; one title shock hits most revenue immediately.
  • Take-Two can slash duplicated mobile costs quickly, pressuring Gram Games headcount by 2027.
  • Hyper-casual design has commoditized; 1010! offers little moat against clone competition.

What makes Gram Games unique

  • Gram Games pairs Istanbul engineering with London monetization, sustaining global free-to-play execution.
  • Merge Dragons! still ships events through June 2026, proving durable live-ops depth.
  • Take-Two-owned Gram Games keeps 2026 hiring open across data, UA, engineering, and design.

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Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

4%

1 year growth

4%

2 year growth

4%
Pocket Gamer
Nov 4th, 2025
Arcadia Gaming Partners invests $4m in Iron Games studio led by former Gram Games execs

A new UK-based mobile studio called Iron Games set up by former executives at Merge Dragons developer Gram Games has received $4 million from Arcadia Gaming Partners