Sr. Manager Product Design - Games

Location: California - El Segundo, United States; onsite at hirify.global HQ

Salary: $154,000–$193,000 annual base pay

Company

hirify.global is a global toy and family entertainment company developing toys, games, consumer products, content, and live and digital experiences.

What you will do

• Lead the design and development of family, party, strategy, and trading card games.
• Guide projects from concept exploration through prototyping, playtesting, refinement, manufacturing, and commercialization.
• Apply game design principles, player psychology, behavioral science, and consumer insights to improve engagement, accessibility, pacing, and replayability.
• Lead the physical product design of game components, considering materials, ergonomics, visual hierarchy, quality, cost, sustainability, and manufacturing feasibility.
• Coach and develop Product Designers while managing multiple development programs and fostering constructive critique and continuous learning.
• Partner with Marketing, Engineering, Consumer Insights, Packaging, Licensing, Operations, and external development partners.

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.
• Strong knowledge of player motivation, game systems, probability, progression, accessibility, consumer product development, materials, tooling, and production constraints.
• Strong communication, storytelling, presentation, cross-functional influence, and complex program leadership 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 mechanics across hobby and mass-market categories.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, innovative, and performance-driven working environment.
• Focus on inclusion, belonging, accountability, ownership, and continuous learning.
• Competitive total pay programs and comprehensive employee benefits.
• Equal opportunity workplace with consideration for qualified applicants under applicable law.