Operations Manager (12-month contract)

This role is a high impact, hands on operations position supporting senior leadership in a fully remote, fast moving game development studio. It functions as a key execution partner to the CEO during a transitional period, driving clarity, structure, and decision making across multiple strategic and operational initiatives. The environment is highly collaborative and distributed, requiring strong autonomy and the ability to operate effectively across cross functional teams. It supports planning, budgeting, and execution alignment while identifying inefficiencies and improving internal processes. This position plays a critical role in ensuring smooth day to day operations and enabling the leadership team to focus on product and strategic priorities. It is well suited for someone who thrives in dynamic startup environments and enjoys building operational clarity in complex settings.

Accountabilities

• Support leadership in decision making by providing cost analysis, risk assessments, feasibility studies, and execution recommendations
• Manage operational budgeting, expense tracking, purchase approvals, and vendor coordination processes
• Identify and escalation blockers affecting product development and ensure timely resolution with relevant stakeholders
• Collaborate with project management and leadership teams to define scenarios for product scope, timelines, and resource planning
• Analyze existing processes to identify inefficiencies and implement improvements to optimise delivery speed and cost
• Standardise recurring operational workflows to improve scalability and organisational efficiency
• Maintain clear documentation and operational tracking to support transparency and alignment across teams

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Operations Management within the tech industry
• Proven experience working with cross functional, multidisciplinary, and distributed teams
• Background in early stage (pre revenue or pre profit) startups as well as structured operational environments
• Strong experience in budgeting, expense tracking, vendor management, risk analysis, and cost optimisation
• Experience working in fully remote, globally distributed organisations
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in fluent English
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in parallel
• Nice to have: experience in game development or mobile apps, familiarity with web3 projects, and understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Lean)

Benefits

• Fully remote position with global team collaboration
• 12 month fixed term contract
• Opportunity to work directly with senior leadership and have strategic impact
• Exposure to a fast growing, international game development environment
• Autonomy to improve and shape operational processes at scale Benefits
  • Fully remote position with global team collaboration
  • 12 month fixed term contract
  • Opportunity to work directly with senior leadership and have strategic impact
  • Exposure to a fast growing, international game development environment
  • Autonomy to improve and shape operational processes at scale
  • Flexible, distributed working culture