Senior Technical Director, Release Management & Automation (AI)

Scopely is looking for a Senior Technical Director, Release Management & Automation (AI) to join the Central team. This role is located in our Barcelona office with a hybrid working policy. This is a senior, high-impact leadership role on Central Studio Operations (CSO)—the team that partners directly with Scopely’s highest-revenue live products and our most ambitious cross-platform titles in development. You’ll operate at the intersection of operational excellence, deep technical strategy, and organization-wide influence.

Responsibilities

Own the vision of CSO RM capabilities through the definition and execution of a roadmap that elevates how game teams reduce time-to-submission for cross-platform offers and submissions; Own the vision of CSO Automation capabilities through the definition and execution of a roadmap that elevates how CSO Programs enable game teams success; Define and lead Scopely-wide standards for release readiness, risk management, and go/no-go criteria across multiple titles; Build lightweight, repeatable governance that improves predictability without slowing teams down; Establish and execute a development roadmap for central software solutions to address CSO needs; Partner with game TDs, D2C, and Publishing to create an industry-leading roadmap for the RM with solutions that simplify and accelerate offers submissions; Partner with CSO Programs leaders to define and develop internal central solutions to enable program CSO efficiency; Own the RM and Automation rituals & processes for the team, including backlog prioritization, roadmap definition, product specs, communication, and feedback collection; Establish operational metrics and drive continuous improvement; Build learning loops (postmortems, action tracking, preventative controls); Lead a team of leaders to effectively partner with a diverse, geographically-distributed set of stakeholders

Requirements

Experience with game development, preferably with Unity; Experience in RM across mobile, PC, and Console; Lead and mentor managers and senior engineers across release engineering, and automation disciplines; Align stakeholders across Production, Engineering, QA, LiveOps, Security, and Data to deliver shared outcomes; Communicate roadmap, status, and impact with clarity to both technical and non-technical leadership; Experience owning, driving, and operating a product strategy and roadmap; Excellent communication skills, both written and oral; Passion for continuous learning in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment; Experience in engineering leadership roles, including years managing managers (or leading multi-team orgs); Experience in building or leading release engineering, developer productivity, or automation programs at scale; Experience in leading engineering development to create solutions; Strong technical background in modern delivery practices; Demonstrated experience implementing automation and governance in complex, multi-team environments; Track record of influencing senior stakeholders and driving adoption across decentralized organizations; Experience applying AI/ML-assisted approaches in engineering workflows (or strong demonstrated ability to lead this transformation with partners)

Nice to have

Experience with live-service games or high-availability consumer platforms; Expertise in progressive delivery (feature flags, canaries, blue/green) and release safety tooling; Experience with compliance, security, and privacy requirements in deployment pipelines