Game Sourcing Lead – Meta (formerly Facebook)

17% 1-Year Employee Growth Rate | 34% 2-Year Employee Growth Rate | LinkedIn | $16.1B Venture Funding

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With the charter of identifying and negotiating new game titles for Meta Quest, you’ll work with the most progressive game developers in the world. Your ability to illustrate a vision for the evolution of next-gen interactive realities will enable you to bring new titles to our launched and future platforms. You have a honed read on where the games industry is headed not only from the developer and publisher perspective, but just as critically – as a proxy for the everyday VR consumer. You have a deep well of experience working on new platform or console launches. You’ve directly managed or helped external partners navigate new technologies and capabilities which have changed the interaction paradigm across technology generations. You’re observant on genre trends which hold promise for virtual and augmented realities. You comprehend and anticipate the technical and design nuances which make design for VR unique and compelling. You have a great eye to identify the right partner fits from the development community. You bring to the team extensive negotiation experience, along with being versed in contract language. Above all, you’ll thrive in (re)connecting with developers and publishers to land an ongoing stream of high-profile game releases as drivers of user adoption and growth for the Meta content portfolio.

Game Sourcing Lead Responsibilities:

• Identify and engage compelling games, franchises, studios and publishers to evangelize the merits of VR development against all other opportunities
• Manage a fund and negotiate terms deal by deal to successfully expand the VR games marketplace
• Evolve content portfolio strategy to align development partnerships with platform advancements

Minimum Qualifications:

• 8+ years of working experience in games or interactive entertainment
• Content partnerships, game publishing, and/or direct game development experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Specific experience in virtual reality, mixed reality, and/or augmented reality development, technologies and platforms
• A charismatic demeanor and compelling experience to champion strategic initiatives and negotiations with the industry’s most senior and experienced leaders
• Deep knowledge of the game and app development ecosystems, with a solid basis of industry relationships and connections
• Demonstrated experience working with cross-functional groups to achieve success as a key member of a fast moving team
• BA or BS degree. MBA preferred

Facebook is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.Facebook is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at [email protected].

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