Senior Manager, UX Design_Monopoly GO!

📍 Job Overview

Job Title: Senior Manager, UX Design – Monopoly GO!

Company: Scopely

Location: ES - Barcelona, Spain

Job Type: Full-Time

Category: User Experience (UX) Design / Game Design Operations

Date Posted: 2026-09-17

Experience Level: Senior Manager / 8+ Years

Remote Status: Hybrid

🚀 Role Summary

• Spearhead end-to-end UX strategy and execution for key product areas within the highly successful Monopoly GO! mobile game.

• Drive innovative gameplay experiences by deeply understanding player behaviors, motivations, and leveraging player insights and data.

• Lead discovery initiatives, ideation workshops, and prototyping to validate new concepts and ensure alignment with product goals and technical realities.

• Champion user research, collaborate closely with cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, Art), and contribute to the growth of the UX discipline through knowledge sharing and mentoring.

• This role requires a strategic thinker with a strong product mindset, capable of balancing player needs, business objectives, and technical constraints in a fast-paced, dynamic gaming environment.

📝 Enhancement Note: While the original posting is for a UX Design role, this enhancement focuses on the operational aspects of managing UX strategy, cross-functional collaboration, and process improvement within a game development context, aligning it with operations-minded professionals. The "Monopoly GO!" context implies a need for data-driven decision-making and iterative design processes, crucial for operations.

📈 Primary Responsibilities

• Own and drive the complete UX strategy and execution for assigned product areas, managing initiatives from initial discovery through to final implementation.

• Identify and capitalize on opportunities to enhance the player experience by applying strong product thinking, analyzing player insights, and interpreting game data.

• Lead comprehensive discovery initiatives to gain a profound understanding of player behaviors, motivations, and unmet needs.

• Facilitate ideation sessions, workshops, and brainstorming activities to generate innovative concepts and create prototypes for early validation.

• Develop groundbreaking player experiences that effectively balance creative vision with overarching product objectives, technical limitations, and production schedules.

• Contribute to the evolution of UX frameworks, design principles, and patterns to ensure consistency, scalability, and the delivery of high-quality player experiences across the game.

• Act as a strong advocate for user research, partnering with dedicated research teams to define learning objectives, mitigate risks, and translate research findings into actionable product decisions.

• Produce detailed, high-quality design documentation, prototypes, and specifications that clearly articulate the intended player experience to Product Managers, Engineers, and Art teams.

• Cultivate robust cross-functional relationships, proactively driving alignment and guiding teams through ambiguity to achieve optimal player-focused outcomes.

• Actively contribute to the professional development and growth of the UX discipline by sharing expertise, elevating design quality standards, and fostering a collaborative design culture.

📝 Enhancement Note: These responsibilities are detailed to reflect the strategic and leadership expectations of a Senior Manager role, emphasizing process ownership, cross-functional leadership, and impact on product development lifecycle, which are key in operations roles.

🎓 Skills & Qualifications

Education: While no specific degree is mandated, a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Design, Psychology, Computer Science, or a related field is often preferred for such senior roles in the industry. Equivalent practical experience will also be strongly considered.

Experience: Minimum of 8 years of dedicated experience in designing user experiences specifically for games, with a strong emphasis on mobile gaming.

Required Skills:

• Proven track record of successfully creating impactful gameplay features, demonstrating deep expertise in game mechanics, player motivations, progression systems, reward structures, and player psychology.

• Strong product thinking capabilities, with a demonstrated ability to thoughtfully balance player needs, critical business goals, and technical constraints when making design decisions.

• Demonstrated experience in independently owning complex product areas and proactively driving project initiatives forward to completion.

• Expertise in creating effective prototypes to validate concepts, identify potential risks early in the development cycle, and enable rapid iteration.

• Ability to fluidly transition between detailed tactical execution and high-level strategic thinking, ensuring that daily design activities align with broader product objectives.

• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the capacity to constructively challenge assumptions, influence key decisions through collaborative engagement, and build consensus across diverse disciplines.

• A highly collaborative design approach, characterized by proactively sharing ideas, actively seeking and incorporating feedback, and contributing positively to team dynamics and culture.

• Strong communication, diplomacy, and relationship-building skills, essential for navigating disagreements professionally while maintaining a steadfast focus on player experience.

• Comfort and proficiency in operating within ambiguous environments, proactively identifying opportunities, and taking ownership to advance initiatives.