Director of System Design

We are looking for a Director of System Design in the US or Canada or hybrid in the Culver City office to join our team developing an unannounced and groundbreaking new title with a popular IP. Our game is F2P (mobile + PC) and approaching pre-production. 

At Scopely, we care deeply about what we do and want to inspire play, every day - whether in our work environments alongside our talented colleagues, or through our deep connections with our communities of players. We are a global team of game lovers who are developing, publishing and innovating the gaming industry, connecting millions of people around the world daily.

• Design and own core systems, including progression, rewards, economies, and metagame structures, to support long-term engagement and monetization.
  
• Collaborate deeply with design, product, engineering, and analytics teams to craft systems that balance gameplay integrity with business impact.
  
• Help frame the pillars, razors, and design philosophies that will direct system-level decisions.
  
• Evaluate system proposals with a critical and constructive eye—identifying strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for iteration.
  
• Guide ideation and iteration with both high-level vision and hands-on contribution—writing, reviewing, and improving design documentation with clarity and rigor.
  
• Ensure systems are intuitive, scalable, and future-proof across mobile and PC platforms, with a live-service mindset and content extensibility built in.
  
• Synthesize the competitive landscape and industry trends to inform best-in-class design decisions and discover innovation opportunities.
  
• Partner with leadership to define how the game evolves into a social, cross-platform, mobile-first live service.
  
• Stay at the forefront of emerging tools and methodologies—especially AI—to explore how they can enhance design workflows and player experiences.
  
• Help build and nurture a culture of design excellence, elevating standards, mentoring designers, and contributing to Scopely’s reputation as a best-in-class F2P studio.
  

• Proven experience designing systems for live service games, ideally F2P
  
• Deep expertise in game systems and economies, with a strong grasp of player psychology, behavioral patterns, and progression design.
  
• A strategic, player-focused mindset, with an eye for balancing creative vision, gameplay depth, and business goals.
  
• Excellent analytical thinking, quantitative reasoning, and problem-solving ability—combined with a clear understanding of the limits of data.
  
• Outstanding communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to align diverse stakeholders, influence across functions, and bring our team together.
  
• Experience with licensed IP is a plus.
  
• A passion for games, a deep understanding of what makes them work
  
• The ability to work closely with engineering and data science teams to instrument and analyze systems effectively.
  
• A growth mindset grounded in high achievement and low ego.
  
• Experience defining systems in pre-production