Sr. Manager Product Design - Games

Location: El Segundo, California, United States

Salary: USD 154,000–193,000 yearly

Company

hirify.global is a global toy and family entertainment company with a portfolio of consumer products, games, content, and live and digital experiences.

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, refinement, manufacturing, and commercialization.
• Translate gameplay into intuitive, well-crafted physical components and experiences.
• Partner with Engineering, Packaging, Marketing, Consumer Insights, Licensing, Operations, and external development partners.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Product Designers while managing multiple development programs.
• Improve design processes and solve complex challenges involving quality, cost, sustainability, accessibility, and production feasibility.

Requirements

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

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 mechanics across hobby and mass-market categories.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, innovative, and performance-driven work environment.
• Comprehensive benefits and competitive total pay programs.
• Focus on inclusion, belonging, accountability, ownership, and continuous learning.
• Opportunity to create products and experiences used by families and players worldwide.