Business Development Manager
GOG is a leading global games marketplace, generating $50M in annual revenue with millions of monthly active users. With over 9,000 products in our catalog, we house the largest collection of classic games and maintain a significant presence in indie, AA, and AAA games. As part of the CD Projekt Group (publicly listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange: CDR:WSE), creators of the acclaimed Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher series, we are on a mission to make games last forever by helping people across generations fall in love with games.
We seek for a new member of Business Development Team. The Business Development Manager helps to bring the best games to GOG by building and maintaining close relationships with both developers and publishers from indie to AAA. The Business Development team at GOG serves as the “face” of our company to the industry, and you will play an important and visible role both internally and around the gaming community as a driving force of our overall business.
Responsibilities:
- Establish and maintain close relationships with key developers and publishers across the world.
- Identify, negotiate and sign the best games for GOG audience and then work with the rights holders hand-in-hand to support their releases on our platform. This position is a mix of business development and account management, so the ability and interest to interface (emails, phone calls, video chats, and in-person meetings) and communicate with partners is crucial.
Your regular tasks would include:
- Developing forecasts and P&Ls for the evaluation of new opportunities
- Creating and delivering presentations for external partners to communicate our value proposition and business proposals
- Reaching out to new potential partners and establishing a business relationship
- Periodic check-ins with existing partners to ensure successful long-term operations.
- Explore, sign, and manage partnerships that serve our mission (games preservation) and our business partners (reaching more customers and selling more GOG games!)
Job Requirements:
- At least 3 years of professional experience in a position involving at least half of the above-mentioned responsibilities. The more international the experience, the better!
- Passion for games and gaming culture with a good understanding of the digital distribution scene, its key players and trends. You must have an intuitive understanding of the medium and have your finger on gaming’s pulse.
- Very good knowledge of the developers and publishers scene. The recent and upcoming hits? The hidden gems? You need to know them all!
- Honesty, passion, creativity. These are not only our values, but the adjectives that describe your profile best
- A highly collaborative, proactive and hard working approach with the ability to self motivate within an entrepreneurial environment and without a heavy corporate structure
- Solid organization skills, combined with an ability to prioritize your work to meet deadlines
- Strong communication skills - with different time zones coming into play, it’s crucial that we stay aligned. We believe excellent communication is the key
- Ability to handle P&Ls and treat numbers as your friends
- Ability to travel, including international and domestic travel to game industry events (Gamescom, GDC, PAX etc.)
- General business software knowledge (MS or Google Suite)
What we offer:
- Remuneration: 15 400 - 23 000 PLN
- Unique opportunity to enter a booming industry and to influence the future of gaming,
- Work on an global and highly creative business and industry,
- Hybrid model of work - it is necessary in case of this role to work from the office several times a month,
- Access to a health care and sports activities package, including free psychologist appointments,
- Possibility to take paid Menstrual Leave for all menstruating employees,
- Active employee networks for LGBTQIA+ employees, women of GOG and parents,
- Frequent social activities, free fruits/coffee/tea, an in-house cantina, and other goodies are a standard,
- An in-house gym, open 24/7, available exclusively for our employees,
- Free access to all games from the GOG catalogue, including The Witcher franchise and Cyberpunk 2077,
- Gamer’s paradise where you will be surrounded by games - living & breathing them!
- Dog-friendly environment – yes, you can bring your four-legged friend to work!
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If you think you’ve got what it takes, please submit your CV in English below.
