Technical Director

**About Tamatem**

We are the leading mobile game publishers in the MENA region. We partner with renowned developers from all over the world to bring the best-localized games and entertainment to the Arabic-speaking market. With over 50 released titles, 100 million downloads, and 1 million monthly active users, our experience in localization and publishing is unparalleled and will place any game at the top of the charts.

**Brief**

Are you a tech-savvy leader looking to make a real impact at a fast-growing mobile gaming company? We are seeking a Technical Director to join our senior leadership team and drive the technical success of our portfolio.

As a Technical Director, you will be responsible for leading and managing our development team, overseeing all technical aspects of our projects, and pursuing new and exciting opportunities for growth. You'll play a critical role in integrating all key technical capabilities and will become one of Tamatem's key pillars.

This is an incredible opportunity to take your leadership skills to the next level and drive the success of a dynamic and innovative company. If you're ready to join a team of passionate and driven individuals, we want to hear from you.

**Job Location **:Flexible

**The Role**

Your role within Tamatem’s world will include:
**Technical vision & execution**
- Define technical vision of both existing and new products across a range of areas (e.g. gameplay mechanics, UI, engine, etc.)
- Define technical roadmap and regularly meet with both internal and external programming teams to discuss progress, challenges, provide feedback and remove roadblocks
- Provide technical oversight by reviewing code and making technical validations
- Stay up to date on technological advancements and industry standards to define our best practices + share them with your team
- Present technical and development updates, KPIs, reporting and other analysis to senior management
- Team building and skills development
- Identify and recruit your team members (Note: we are in the process of building Tamatem’s studio)
- Mentor and motivate programmers to develop their technical skills
- Ensure that your team is provided with what they need to work efficiently and achieve quality (tools, pipelines, etc.)
- Administrate access and licenses for most of the software/tools we use in the studio

**Studio management**
- Manage budget based on forecast and target metrics. Collaborate with product and other teams to plan and implement new studio and company initiatives
- Utilize (and improve) best practice methodologies, production processes and efficient tools to promote and foster an innovation mindset and effective collaboration with external / internal stakeholders
- Lead basic studio legal activities - letters of agreement, contracts, leases, and other legal documents and agreements
- Develop external partnerships with 3rd parties to leverage resources and cost advantages

**Project management**
- Assess project risks, anticipate challenges, and request support from appropriate internal team when necessary
- Create and effectively communicate all tasks, priorities, and deadlines for internal resources and external development teams
- Collaborate with the internal teams to drive in-depth data analysis and research that will inform technical decisions
- Ensure game features and systems are scalable, flexible, and simple to use.

**Process improvement**
- Ideate, design, and iterate on development processes and practices within the product teams
- Create documentation to capture key challenges, solutions and learning points

**Requirements**:

- Experience leading technical development in the mobile/video games space and have shipped at least 2 large scale game titles
- Tangible leadership and significant management skills (overseeing studio operations and/ or creation)
- Strong practical mastery of technical skills (unity, html5, c++, other)
- Strong production & development skills (ideally in mobile game development)
- Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, STEM fields
- Excellent written and verbal communication in English.

**Benefits**

**Our team members appreciate**:

- Our vibrant and fun working environment. We are a curious, hard-working, and energetic group ready to take over the world.
- Our emphasis on a culture that promotes inclusivity, diversity, creativity, and adaptable working setups.
- We are a results-oriented company that offers ample career advancement opportunities, and competitive compensation including the potential for employee stock options.
- The continuous learning and development growth.