Senior Director, Live Game - Pokémon GO

We are seeking a Senior Director of Live Game for Pokémon GO—a globally beloved game reaching hundreds of millions of players each year. As Senior Director of Live Game, you will define and lead the end-to-end live operations strategy, ensuring Pokémon GO continues to thrive as a dynamic, evolving, and culturally relevant experience for years to come.

You will oversee the health of the live game business, manage cross-functional teams responsible for events, content, systems, and player engagement, and serve as the connective tissue between Product, Marketing, The Pokémon Company, and Scopely’s central platform teams. This role demands a deep understanding of live operations at global scale, data-driven decision making, and the creative vision to continually surprise and delight our players.

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 mobile games industry, connecting millions of people around the world daily.

• Lead the Live Game Organization: Oversee all aspects of Pokémon GO’s live operations, including event design, in-game content cadence, economy health, seasonal frameworks, and feature integration.
• Define and Deliver Strategy: Partner with the Product Management and Data Science leadership to set long-term goals for engagement, retention, and monetization, grounded in both player insight and business priorities.
• Drive Operational Excellence: Build scalable processes for planning, executing, and measuring live events and content updates across global regions.
• Collaborate with The Pokémon Company (TPC and TPCi): Align on brand, IP integration, and content approvals to deliver authentic Pokémon experiences.
• Champion the Player Experience: Maintain a deep empathy for player sentiment and advocate for healthy game balance and fun at every stage of planning.
• Mentor and Inspire Teams: Lead a multidisciplinary global team of Producers and Product Managers to deliver world-class live content.
• Own Business Health Metrics: Regularly track and report on KPIs to executive leadership.
• Foster Innovation: Identify new ways to keep Pokémon GO fresh, social, and relevant in an ever-evolving market, leveraging the breadth of existing systems and content in the game.
  

• 12+ years of experience in live service game development, including 5+ years in a senior leadership or director-level role overseeing operations for large-scale global titles.
• Proven success managing complex, cross-functional teams in a live service environment.
• Deep understanding of player engagement loops, economy management, and event-driven retention strategies.
• Strong analytical mindset with comfort interpreting data to guide creative and operational decisions.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills across disciplines and partner organizations.
• Passion for Pokémon and Scopely’s mission to connect people through real-world play.
• Experience working with major IP partners is strongly preferred.
• Fluency in Japanese is a plus.