talent acquisition manager for game development

IGT delivers responsible gaming and entertainment experiences across casino, betting, mobile gaming, and secure payments. The company operates with over 6,000 employees across 30+ countries and delivers products in more than 100 jurisdictions worldwide.

• Own end-to-end recruitment for complex and specialized studio roles across game development, including creative and technical disciplines such as game design, art and animation, software engineering, mathematics, UX/UI, production, audio, and quality;
• Partner with studio leaders, hiring managers, and HR Business Partners to understand development roadmaps, capability needs, skill gaps, and hiring priorities, and translate them into recruiting strategies;
• Provide data-informed guidance on talent availability, competitive landscapes, compensation considerations, location strategy, candidate expectations, and market dynamics;
• Build proactive sourcing, talent-mapping, and pipelining strategies for niche and hard-to-fill game development talent;
• Apply knowledge of game development disciplines and studio environments to improve intake quality, candidate calibration, assessment approaches, and hiring decisions;
• Independently manage the full recruiting lifecycle, including intake, search strategy, sourcing, screening, interview process design and facilitation, candidate management, offer development, negotiation, and closing;
• Develop trusted relationships with senior and highly sought-after creative and technical candidates and deliver a high-touch candidate experience;
• Represent IGT, its studios, teams, projects, and employee value proposition to candidates;
• Use recruiting analytics, pipeline health, and external talent intelligence to identify risks, adjust search strategies, improve hiring outcomes, and provide updates and recommendations;
• Contribute subject-matter expertise to employer branding, studio talent campaigns, sourcing innovation, process improvement, recruiting technology, and talent market research;
• Ensure recruiting practices comply with applicable employment laws, company policies, governance requirements, and consistent selection standards across supported markets.

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Liberal Arts/Social Sciences, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience;
• 10+ Years of progressive talent acquisition experience, including substantial independent management of complex, specialized, or senior-level searches;
• In-house or embedded recruiting experience supporting game development studios, gaming, interactive entertainment, or closely related creative technology environments;
• Direct experience hiring both creative and technical game-development talent;
• Strong knowledge of game development disciplines, talent profiles, and studio hiring dynamics;
• Ability to build recruiting strategies and talent pipelines for niche, competitive, and difficult-to-find skill sets;
• Advanced consultative and stakeholder-management skills, including influencing hiring decisions, constructively challenging assumptions, and advising senior leaders and hiring teams;
• Strong full-cycle recruiting capabilities across assessment, candidate engagement, interview process management, offer strategy, negotiation, and closing;
• Ability to use recruiting metrics and market data to diagnose pipeline challenges, communicate tradeoffs, and improve recruiting effectiveness;
• Proficiency with applicant tracking systems, sourcing platforms, recruiting technologies, and modern research tools;
• Nice to have: experience using data or AI-enabled recruiting tools.

• Private healthcare and occupational services with Allianz, with optional extended coverage and family plans;
• Employer-funded life insurance;
• Flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance;
• Access to MultiLife for wellbeing, healthy habits, and personal growth;
• E-learning platforms and development opportunities;
• Minimum 20 days of annual leave, with the possibility to increase up to 26 days;
• Co-financed MultiSport program with family options;
• Remote work allowance;
• Employee Savings Plan (PPO PWE) with employer contribution;
• Employee Capital Plan (PPK) with automatic enrollment after 3 months;
• Referral bonus program;
• Career growth opportunities within a global HR and Talent organization.