Head of LiveOps (mobile game - Hybrid-casual)

Location:
Ho Chi Minh

Employment Type:
Full-time, On-site (Flexible)

About the Opportunity

On behalf of our international client
, we are hiring a
Head of LiveOps
to lead their largest and most impactful business unit.

As a key leadership position, you will drive sustainable growth through product strategy, operational excellence, and a high-performing team culture. You will play a pivotal role in their hybrid transformation journey by elevating our LiveOps, monetization, and product practices to a new level of innovation, automation, and scale.

Key Responsibilities

1. 
   Division Game Strategy

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  Define the division's strategy, which should consider the market, company strategy, reusability and team capabilities in depth.

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  Identify and fill the needed capabilities and resources.

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  Responsible for feature building, market expansion, and monetization for the top games in Amanotes.

2. 
   AI

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  Keep the company updated with AI developments related to your scope.

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  Apply AI to speed up production, live-ops, and all the other operations in the team.

3. 
   Infrastructure & tools

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  Design the product strategy that promotes re-usability across the games.

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  Work with the related team to develop tools and infrastructure that can facilitate the scaled operations and automation.

4. 
   Team Leadership

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  Lead cross-functional team from product, game designer, tech, monetization, ad operations, and data analyst.

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  Recruit, Lead, mentor, and develop the team.

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  Promote and uphold Amanotes' culture in the team as well as other principles of the division.

5. 
   Monetization:

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  Define and execute monetization strategies for LiveOps products aligned with Amanotes’ Hybrid Casual direction.

6. 
   Scrum project management:

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  Apply Scrum mindset and rituals in the division's daily work

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  Oversee and support the team in bringing projects from concept to release to ensure alignment with strategy and effective use of resources and budget.

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  Depending on the types of projects, the team you manage would be a combination of in-house production teams, outsourcing, and publishing studios.

7. 
   Cross-functional Collaboration:

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  Working with other functional departments and reviewing/defining the collaboration model that can fit well with the Division’s strategy and capabilities.

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  Executing and continuously improving the collaboration model.

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  Communicate with stakeholders, including other departments and external partners.

8. 
   Performance management:

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  Set and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for the game development team, projects, and the division.

9. 
   Company strategy contributor:

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  Co-creating company strategy with the management team.

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  Being the sounding board for each other to raise each other’s bar.

10. 
    Company Culture contributor:

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  Co-create, demonstrate, promote, and protect company culture.

Requirements

Job Requirements

Technical skills:

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  7+ years of experience
  in mobile app and game development, especially in casual or hybrid casual titles.

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  Proven success designing and scaling liveops, retention loops, and hybrid monetization systems.

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  Understand and successfully deploy AI products/tools.

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  5+ years in leadership roles
  ; evidence in building high-performing teams and leading with clarity, empathy, and vision.

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  Understanding of the ecosystem of mobile games and ad tech.

Soft skills:

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  Can go from high-level division planning to getting into the details of product iterations.

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  Comfortable navigating ambiguity, shifting priorities, and fast-paced growth. Ability to learn and update with new knowledge quickly.

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  Ability to provide clarity to complex situations and communicate with many people.

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  Passionate about Music & Games, with an authentic excitement for creating meaningful music-based experiences.

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  Fluent in English, both written and spoken.

Benefits

Benefits

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  13th month salary

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  Annual Company Bonus

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  ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan)

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  Enjoyment of music activities

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  Employee Assistance Program

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  Flexible working time

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  Learning and leisure budget

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  Lunch and parking allowance

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  Team-building budget

How to Apply

Send your updated resume to
cv-inbox@sunbytes.io

For more details, contact:
Ngan Mai - Recruitment Consultant

Email:
ngan.mai@sunbytes.io

Phone/Zalo/WhatsApp: +84 708 381 488