Head of Community Expansion

Company: Index Ventures
Location: San Mateo
Posted on: May 3, 2021

Job Description:

Why roblox?Roblox is ushering in the next generation of entertainment, allowing people to imagine, create, and play together in immersive, user-generated worlds. Were the one and only fastest-growing entertainment platform that lets anyone teach themselves how to code, publish, and monetize any experience imaginableacross any devicereaching millions of players across the globe.The impact that you can have at Roblox is powerful. Were looking for someone whos eager to take on a meaningful role in the success of Roblox on a massive scale. Someone who takes play seriously, but also isnt afraid to have some fun either. Someone whos ready to take Robloxand their careerto the next 2018 and 2019, we were honored to be recognized as a Certified Great Place to Work. Weve fostered a company culture that empowers people to do the most defining work of their career in an environment thats made up of the most passionate, team-oriented, visionary, crazy-smart people youll ever meet. Join the Roblox team where play rules and the possibilities are endless.As the Head of Community Expansion, on the Developer Relations team, youll be joining a rapidly growing organization which enables the success of global developers on our worldwide platform. You will lead the expansion of our developer community, including identifying and supporting high potential developers, building out and managing local developer initiatives and working with cross-functional Roblox teams to implement new processes that support this evolving initiative.You Are:A leader, with 8+ years of professional experience of aligning teams and leading global entrepreneurial efforts from beginning to scale.An excellent communicator, with fantastic listening, verbal, and written communication skills and with the ability to relay priorities and information from the highest levels of Roblox to your team.Understand and express strategies, priorities, trade-offs, and tasks at the strategic level.Globally prepared, experience launching global products with a unique perspective on what is needed to make those products successful worldwide.Entrepreneurial, having worked in a fast paced environment, with competing resources and priorities, through the full life cycle of planning, development and anized, understanding that the best way to build something great is to coordinate the work of many people.Team oriented, you have a magnetic personality that invigorates the team around you and allows you to cultivate strong relationships with cross-functional spire others, passionate about developer success and being a role model to your team.Growth oriented, you have meaningfully contributed to the growth of various developer communities professionally or personally (gaming communities a plus!)Passionate about Roblox and the opportunities the platform presents to developers of all abilities.You Will:Craft and drive the overarching business strategy of the Community Expansion team, including the process of identifying, onboarding and managing developers with high potential from key demographics and applicable expertise.Balance the needs of internal stakeholders, business objectives, developers, and Roblox players with the long-term vision of Roblox.Present and debate nuanced and difficult decisions with our highly engaged and visionary management.Build an effective team of leaders by providing guidance and coaching to subordinate managers.Develop and implement strategies aiming to promote the organizations mission and objectives.You'll Love:Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverageA rewarding 401k programFlexible vacation policyA Roblox Admin badge for your avatarRoblox Powering ImaginationLocation San Mateo, CADate Posted31 Dec 2020FunctionMarketingSectorEntertainmentSDL2017

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