Are you a product and engineering leader who thrives at the intersection of game development, technology and business performance? We're looking for a hands‐on Head of Product Development to take ownership of both Product and Engineering across a portfolio of successful mobile games. As Head of Product Development, you will own both product and engineering direction across a portfolio of live mobile games.

You will combine commercial awareness, product thinking and technical expertise to drive game performance, development efficiency and player engagement. Success in the role requires balancing strategic leadership with hands‐on execution across product, engineering and AI‐driven development practices.

Product

Strategy & Performance Define and evolve product strategy across a portfolio of live mobile games. Monitor key product and commercial metrics, including retention, engagement, monetisation and experiment performance. Use data‐driven insights to inform product decisions and investment priorities.

Engineering

Leadership & Architecture Own technical architecture across game clients, backend platforms and internal tools. Establish development standards, engineering processes and code quality expectations. Oversee release processes, live operations support and development workflows.

Identify opportunities to improve development velocity through automation and AI‐assisted workflows. Research and analysis Testing automation Internal development tools Drive efficiency gains through process improvement and intelligent tooling. Hands‐On Delivery Contribute directly to product development and technical execution.

Team Leadership & Culture Lead and develop a lean, interdisciplinary product development team. Establish clear expectations and high‐performance standards. Cross‐Functional Collaboration Work closely with monetisation,



analytics, user acquisition and research teams.

Enable efficient experimentation and testing processes. Support data‐driven decision‐making across the organisation. Ensure seamless collaboration between product, engineering and commercial stakeholders.

Essential Experience

Significant experience in software engineering, including leadership responsibilities.

Experience leading multidisciplinary development teams. Strong background in live‐service product development.

Experience operating in data‐driven environments focused on experimentation and optimisation.

Technical Expertise

Strong understanding of mobile game development and architecture.

Experience with Unity and C# development. Knowledge of backend systems and client‐server architecture. Strong software architecture and systems design capabilities. Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks and release management.

Product Expertise

Strong understanding of product strategy and mobile game performance metrics.

Leadership Qualities

Leads through action and example.

Experience scaling successful mobile games.

Background as a founder, co‐founder or early‐stage leader.

Experience with ad‐monetised or hybrid‐monetised games.

Experience building internal development tools and automation systems.

Experience integrating AI tooling into development workflows. Knowledge of LiveOps operations and mobile game economies. Product decisions are consistently informed by data and player behaviour. Development workflows become faster and more scalable through automation.

Product performance improves through experimentation and iteration. Own both Product and Engineering across a live mobile games portfolio. Work with real products, real players and real data. Build and optimise AI‐enabled development workflows.

Employment Type: Full‐time

📌 Head of Product - Product Development - Software (Barcelona)
🏢 Skillsearch
📍 Barcelona