Senior Manager Product Design - Games (Tabletop Games)

Location: California - El Segundo, United States

Salary: USD 154,000–193,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is a global toy and family entertainment company creating toys, games, content, consumer products, and live and digital experiences across iconic brands.

What you will do

• Lead the design and development of new gameplay experiences across family, party, strategy, and trading card games.
• Guide projects from concept exploration through prototyping, playtesting, balancing, refinement, manufacturing, and commercialization.
• Translate gameplay into intuitive physical components while balancing materials, ergonomics, quality, cost, sustainability, and production feasibility.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Product Designers while managing multiple development programs.
• Partner with Marketing, Engineering, Consumer Insights, Packaging, Licensing, Operations, and external development partners.
• Improve design workflows and solve complex challenges to support on-time, high-quality product launches.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience designing tabletop, card, party, strategy, or family games.
• Experience leading the complete game development process, including ideation, mechanics, prototyping, playtesting, balancing, iteration, and commercialization.
• 3+ years of experience leading and developing high-performing creative teams.
• Experience bringing physical consumer products from concept through manufacturing.
• Knowledge of player motivation, game systems, probability, progression, accessibility, materials, tooling, and production constraints.
• Strong cross-functional leadership, communication, storytelling, and presentation skills.

Nice to have

• Experience shipping commercially successful tabletop or card games.
• Experience facilitating structured playtesting, game balancing, and consumer research.
• Experience with licensed entertainment brands or global product development organizations.
• Familiarity with modern tabletop gaming trends and hobby and mass-market mechanics.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, innovative, and performance-driven working environment.
• Inclusive culture focused on belonging, creativity, accountability, and continuous learning.
• Competitive total pay programs and comprehensive employee benefits.
• Resources supporting professional development and employees’ full potential.