Studio Manager Turkey Market - Lion Studios

Accountabilities:

• Identify, onboard, and manage gaming studios with diverse portfolios, with a particular focus on the Turkish mobile gaming market.


• Build and maintain strong relationships with developers and studio partners, identifying opportunities for collaboration and growth.


• Source and evaluate promising mobile games and studios based on market potential, player behavior, competitive dynamics, and performance indicators.


• Lead the full game development lifecycle, from initial concept and ideation through production, optimization, and launch.


• Conduct competitive and market analysis to understand emerging trends, user behavior, key performance metrics, and opportunities within mobile gaming.


• Translate market insights into actionable product strategies, roadmaps, and priorities.


• Ensure game development aligns with the wider strategic and competitive positioning of the publishing organization.


• Act as an end-to-end product owner, collaborating with engineers, designers, marketers, and other stakeholders to bring game concepts and features to market.


• Monitor product performance and use data-driven insights to support decisions around iteration, optimization, and future development.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in product management, project management, business development, or a related role within the mobile gaming industry.


• Previous experience managing gaming studios, developer relationships, or external game-development partners is a strong advantage.


• Demonstrated experience taking mobile games or applications from ideation and concept development through production and launch.


• Strong understanding of mobile gaming trends, player behavior, market dynamics, and competitive landscapes.


• Experience contributing to successful planning, development, optimization, and launch of mobile games.


• Excellent analytical and organizational skills, with the ability to turn market and product data into clear recommendations.


• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.


• Ability to understand technical subjects and emerging technologies and assess their relevance to products and the wider marketplace.


• Comfortable working independently while also collaborating effectively within cross-functional and international teams.


• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment where priorities can evolve quickly.


• Previous experience in a startup or similarly entrepreneurial environment is an advantage.


• Native-level Turkish communication skills and professional English proficiency at B2 level or above are required, including the ability to participate in meetings, work with documentation, and communicate clearly in writing.

• Opportunity to influence the development and launch of mobile games for the Turkish market.


• International and collaborative working environment with cross-functional teams.


• High level of ownership across product strategy, development, partnerships, and launches.


• Exposure to a broad network of gaming studios, developers, and industry stakeholders.


• Opportunity to work at the intersection of creativity, technology, data, and business strategy.


• Remote working setup within Europe.


• Potential for professional growth within a fast-moving global mobile gaming environment.


• Competitive compensation, with salary expectations discussed as part of the application process.


• Additional benefits and employment terms are determined by the hiring company and applicable employment arrangements.

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