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Scopely

Creates and runs games with ongoing updates

Director, Corporate Development

Corporate StrategyConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeCulver City, CA, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 10 years of experience in corporate development, investment banking, private equity, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, consulting, or business development, ideally with exposure to games or interactive entertainment.
  • A demonstrated track record of personally negotiating and closing investment, partnership, or mergers and acquisitions transactions.
  • Working knowledge of deal structuring, valuation, and the legal, financial, and tax considerations involved in structuring investments and strategic partnerships.
  • Experience managing, coaching, or mentoring team members.
  • Knowledge of the video game or interactive entertainment industry, or the ability to learn industry dynamics quickly.
  • Professional fluency in English.
  • Willingness to travel internationally and collaborate across time zones.

Responsibilities

  • Build and manage relationships with studio founders, executives, investment banks, financial advisors, and other industry partners to develop a global deal pipeline.
  • Lead execution of investment and strategic partnership transactions with game studios globally, from sourcing through close and post-deal enablement.
  • Partner with Legal, Finance, and Tax teams to structure deals, including equity investments, incentive structures, tax treatment, and risk allocation.
  • Negotiate directly with C-level executives at target studios and with investment banks and financial advisors representing the other side of the deal on valuation, terms, and structure.
  • Prepare and lead weekly meetings with the C-suite to review deal negotiations and the broader deal pipeline.
  • Manage, coach, and support the development of at least one direct report.
  • Articulate the company's vision, capabilities, and operating model to studio founders, executives, and their advisors, and identify how the company can best partner with each studio.
  • Travel internationally, accounting for regional differences in business and deal-making norms.
  • Monitor industry trends, emerging studios, new releases, and competitive activity through market research, gameplay industry events, and conferences.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience working with game studios or other intellectual-property-led businesses.
  • Familiarity with gaming business models, market trends, and industry performance indicators.
  • Experience working across different regions and cultural environments.

About the Company

Scopely

Creates and runs games with ongoing updates

Scopely develops, publishes and operates video games for players on mobile devices, computers and consoles. Its portfolio includes MONOPOLY GO!, made in partnership with Hasbro, and location-based games such as Pokémon GO, whose teams joined its Scopely Explore business. Game teams add events, social features and content updates so players can keep returning to the same game over time. Many titles are free to start and earn money through optional in-game purchases, supported by the proprietary Playgami platform and shared publishing services across owned and partner studios. Scopely was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Culver City, California.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Acquired
Total funding
$998.8M
Headquarters
Culver City, CA
Founded
2011

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