Netflix

Game Director

Netflix
Posted 10/21/2026full-timeRemote • CanadaLead💰 CA$210,000 - CA$390,000 per yearWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in game design leadership, particularly in action-adventure genres, with hands-on proficiency in Unreal Engine 5 for gameplay feature implementation. Capable of managing multiple design teams while providing strategic direction and fostering creative feedback.

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Game Director ExperienceUnreal Engine 5 ProficiencyAction-Adventure ExpertiseProject Management SkillsCreative Feedback Delivery

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
Unreal Engine

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Oversee the design quality of all projects running in parallel and act as the final point of escalation for design issues
  • Champion and continuously iterate on each project's core design vision with project leadership
  • Work directly in Unreal Engine 5 to prototype, tune, or adjust gameplay features and systems
  • Guide design across a wide variety of genres and adapt approaches to genre and audience
  • Partner with discipline directors to align vision, scope, and process across projects
  • Establish consistent design documentation, review processes, and quality bars across SPIN's portfolio
  • Manage, mentor, and set direction for designers across SPIN projects
  • Provide clear, consistent creative and managerial feedback that elevates designers' work

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • At least 15 years of experience in the games industry, including at least 5 years in a Game Director role
  • Has shipped at least one title as Game Director
  • Deep expertise in action-adventure
  • Demonstrated ability to work across a wide variety of genres beyond action-adventure
  • Hands-on proficiency in Unreal Engine 5, with the ability to directly implement or tune gameplay features when needed
  • Proven experience managing multiple projects and design teams in parallel
  • Strong track record of delivering clear, consistent creative and managerial feedback that elevates the work of others
  • Comfortable operating at both a high strategic level and a low, detailed implementation level depending on project needs
  • Thrives in a fast-moving, prototype-first environment where scope and direction can evolve quickly
  • Strong communicator who can translate complex design ideas for engineers, artists, and stakeholders alike
  • Resume required
  • Portfolio examples are welcomed
  • Must be willing to travel for work-related events around the world

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Supplemental Health and Dental Plans
  • Mental Health support
  • RRSP Retirement Plan with employer match
  • Stock Option Program
  • Disability Programs
  • Family-forming benefits
  • Life and Serious Injury Benefits
  • Paid leave of absence programs
  • Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off
  • Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off

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Hard Skills
Game DesignGameplay Feature ImplementationPrototypingDesign DocumentationQuality Assurance
Soft Skills
Strong CommunicationMentoringCreative LeadershipAdaptabilityCollaboration
Tools & Technologies
Unreal Engine 5
Industry Keywords
Games IndustryAction-AdventureDesign VisionProject ScopeDesign Teams