Full-Time
Game Director
KIMARU
1-10 employees
Game studios and tech startups recruitment
No salary listed
Remote in USA
Remote
Remote within the United States.
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- 8+ years of experience in game development, with a focus on mobile free-to-play.
- Proven track record in a Game Director, Creative Director, or Lead Designer role on successful mobile games.
- Strong grasp of game economy design, monetization strategies, and player lifecycle management.
- Data-informed mindset: ability to interpret analytics and translate insights into design decisions.
- Exceptional communication and leadership skills, with a passion for mentoring creative teams.
- Experience with live operations, content pipelines, and feature roadmapping.
- Define and drive the game vision in partnership with studio leadership, ensuring alignment across design, art, engineering, and production.
- Lead and mentor a cross-functional team of designers and developers.
- Guide the evolution of game systems, mechanics, and content based on user data, player feedback, and market trends.
- Own the overall game economy, retention systems, and progression loops to ensure long-term engagement.
- Set creative priorities and make high-level product decisions that balance innovation, fun, and business outcomes.
- Collaborate with product, marketing, and UA teams to support live operations and player growth.
KIMARU recruits for game studios and tech startups by partnering with VCs, founders, and executives to fill leadership, engineering, and product roles. Its process centers on deep startup recruitment expertise: understanding a company’s growth stage, culture, and technical needs to identify and attract top talent, assess fit, and move candidates through interview and offer stages. Compared with general recruitment firms, KIMARU focuses specifically on early-to-growth stage startups and gaming/tech companies, leveraging a network within the startup ecosystem and a tailored, strategic hiring approach to help teams scale. The company’s goal is to help clients win by making great hires that enable rapid and sustainable growth.
Company Size
1-10
Company Stage
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Total Funding
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Headquarters
San Diego, California
Founded
2020
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Kimaru AI reduces inventory costs by 15% and food spoilage by 35% through optimized decision intelligence.
- Its Large Reasoning Models enable faster, actionable supply chain decisions compared to traditional LLM-based tools.
- Customer service efficiency improves by 65% as the system automates replanning during tariff or freight disruptions.
What critics are saying
- Kimaru AI directly competes for the 'supply chain decision intelligence' brand, causing 60–80% lead diversion in 6–12 months.
- Capital asymmetry lets funded Kimaru AI accelerate product and sales, squeezing KIMARU Talent's market entry within 6–12 months.
- If Kimaru AI adds scenario optimization or shifts to enterprise pricing, it will undercut KIMARU's value prop in 9–15 months.
What makes KIMARU unique
- Kimaru AI overlays a lightweight causal decision twin layer on ERP, SCM, WMS, and TMS systems.
- It maps constraints from Excel, POs, and BOMs into digital twins for real-time procurement-to-delivery simulation.
- The platform links operational data to physical limits to protect at-risk customer orders during supply shocks.
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