Business Development Manager (Game Development)

Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom, or remote

Company

hirify.global is a game development studio working across game development, co-development, and art outsourcing.

What you will do

• Own and develop the business development strategy and commercial pipeline.
• Identify priority markets and target accounts, generating opportunities through outreach, referrals, and industry relationships.
• Qualify and progress opportunities based on studio capabilities, production capacity, and commercial objectives.
• Build relationships with prospective clients and senior decision-makers across the games industry.
• Manage opportunities from initial engagement through proposals, commercial negotiation, and contract.
• Collaborate with Founder, Production, Art, Finance, Marketing, and external business development representation on scoping, pricing, feasibility, CRM, forecasting, and project handover.

Requirements

• 7+ years of business development, sales, or partnerships experience in the games industry, game development, art outsourcing, or related creative production environments.
• Established games industry network across studios, publishers, and industry decision-makers.
• Proven record of generating new business and closing complex B2B sales opportunities.
• Strong commercial judgment, relationship-building, and negotiation skills.
• Experience developing BD strategies, managing target accounts, commercial pipelines, CRM, and forecasting.
• Ability to translate client requirements into commercially viable opportunities and work effectively with creative and production teams.

Nice to have

• Experience in game art outsourcing or co-development with AAA/AA developers and publishers.
• Participation in industry events such as GDC, Gamescom, or XDS.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employee position with a competitive salary and transparent commission structure.
• 29 days of annual leave inclusive of bank holidays, plus one additional day per completed year of service.
• Mental Health & Wellbeing Days and family-friendly leave.
• Pension scheme with a 3% employer contribution on qualifying earnings.
• Private medical, dental, and optical insurance for the employee, cohabiting partner, and dependent children.
• Professional development support, life assurance, Employee Assistance Programme, and potential profit-related annual bonus.