Senior Game Scout
🌍 Work From Anywhere 🌍
You will: Identify, evaluate and secure outstanding PC and console publishing opportunities for Spicy Koala.
Must have: An existing network and demonstrable experience with sound commercial judgement.
WHO WE ARE | WHAT WE DO
At Yodo1, we don’t just grow games—we help turn them into household names.
With billions of downloads across our portfolio, we’ve spent more than a decade shaping the growth of iconic titles. From helping first-time creators monetize their debut games, to bringing world-class IPs from Hasbro, Paramount, Legendary, and Sony Pictures into the hands of top studios such as Rivergame, Candivore, 37Games, and Tencent Studios—we’ve proven what’s possible when creativity meets global expertise.
Yodo1 Games is raising the bar: transforming great titles into lasting franchises that define gaming for generations. Drawing on experience with successes like Transformers: Earth Wars, Rodeo Stampede, and Ski Safari, we provide the systems, partnerships, and global reach that help visionary developers build worlds players will return to for decades.
Joining Yodo1 Games means more than a job—it means becoming part of a team that lives and breathes games, works with some of the most talented creators in the industry, and is driven by a mission to shape the future of gaming.
We love games. We play games. And together, we grow games that last.
WHAT WE BELIEVE | HOW WE WORK
We believe in the future and power of the mobile gaming industry and that everyone deserves an equal opportunity to build a life they love through games—from anywhere in the world.
We believe you know when and where you do your best work. We are fully remote by design and we WFA: Work From Anywhere. We don’t impose hours or limit time off.
We are driven by performance and we experiment often. We care about impact, not titles.
WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR
Yodo1 is seeking an experienced, commercially minded Senior Game Scout to identify, evaluate and secure outstanding PC and console publishing opportunities.
This pivotal role will shape our publishing portfolio, requiring the industry relationships, market knowledge and commercial judgement to recognze exceptional games and distinguish genuine potential from attractive pitches.
Beyond finding games, the successful candidate will assess their commercial potential, development teams' ability to deliver, and positioning within the competitive landscape.
They will own the scouting pipeline, from identifying opportunities and building developer relationships through to evaluation, internal presentation and negotiation. They will also help establish the processes and standards that will underpin our scouting operation as the business grows.
You are:
Focused on impact. You understand the 80/20 rule and focus on activities that matter.
Performance-driven and growth-oriented. You have an intrinsic will to succeed while unafraid to try, fail, and learn by experimenting with new approaches and testing ideas.
Cooperative. You help others succeed; you give and receive feedback well.
Relentlessly curious. You ask questions.
Humble. You ask for help; you are quick to admit and learn from your mistakes.
SMART. You work and communicate in ways that are Specific, Measurable, Actionable, Relevant, and Time-bound.
WHAT WE EXPECT
You will:
Identify and source exceptional PC and console games through industry networks, events, direct relationships and digital channels. Build a strong pipeline of opportunities, developing relationships with independent developers, studios and industry contacts. Focus initially on Steam and Epic Games Store, identifying distinctive games with genuine commercial potential.
Evaluate creative and commercial potential, assessing gameplay, core loops, depth, replayability, accessibility, audience appeal, differentiation and competitive positioning. Consider potential for streaming, content creation and community engagement, alongside development team capabilities, budgets, schedules, commercial potential and key risks.
Drive evaluation and signing by reviewing pitches, prototypes and playable builds, producing structured assessments and presenting recommendations internally. Coordinate due diligence, lead or support negotiations with prospective publishing partners, and maintain developer relationships throughout the process.
Build the scouting function by establishing processes, evaluation criteria and pipeline management. Monitor market trends and emerging opportunities, report on potential signings, and help recruit and develop the scouting team as the business grows.
You must have:
Significant experience in PC/console publishing, scouting, business development or a related commercial role, with an established independent developer and studio network and a track record of identifying and progressing promising games.
Excellent knowledge of PC and console markets, genres, competitors and player expectations, alongside practical Steam experience, including publishing, launching games and building audiences.
Strong creative and commercial judgement, with the ability to evaluate gameplay, market potential, development capability and financial viability.
The confidence to make independent recommendations, challenge assumptions and communicate a compelling commercial rationale, supported by excellent relationship-building, presentation and cross-functional collaboration skills.
WHAT WE OFFER
Compensation. We pay based on qualifications, experience, and fit for the role. We provide an allowance to purchase your own device or equipment and offer variable compensation through our annual bonus program.
Growth. We offer an environment where you will have the trust and freedom to try, fail, learn fast, and make a real impact while accelerating your career, and where anyone with a great idea can pitch it directly to our management team.
WFA. Work from anywhere in the world, travel when and where you like, get paid in your currency of choice, and enjoy flexible hours and unlimited paid time off.
Community. Work with an energetic, fast-learning, supportive, and diverse team of Yodies across six continents and 30+ countries who share and support new ideas and get things done.
Ready to change the game for mobile game developers and build your career from anywhere?
- Department
- Games
- Remote status
- Fully Remote
About Yodo1
After two-plus decades of helping companies like Microsoft build businesses in strategic regions, James LaLonde and Henry Fong got together over a shared love of gaming to set their sights on a new challenge. In 2011, Yodo1 was born to help indie studios and solo developers simplify the long, complex process of scaling mobile games and make it easy to unlock rapidly-growing markets.
Over the years, we cooked up a secret sauce for monetizing mobile games, first in China—then worldwide—with iconic titles such as Rodeo Stampede, Transformers: Earth Wars, and Crossy Roads. So far, we’ve helped over 6,000 indie developers generate millions of dollars from their games and engage more than 3.5 billion players.
Today, we’re combining the art and science of mobile game growth by pairing over a decade of industry expertise with the latest technologies to simplify and optimize growth for thousands of studios across dozens of countries. Now, Yodo1 is the one partner mobile game developers need to manage and accelerate every stage of growth so they can get back to building the next breakthrough experience.