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Bungie · 1 month ago

Marathon Player Achievement Design Lead

Bungie is seeking a technical, creative, and team-oriented Design Lead to join the Marathon’s Player Achievement team. This role will be responsible for driving the creative and technical implementation of engagement and achievement features to enhance player involvement in the Marathon universe.

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Responsibilities

Build a compelling Systems Feature roadmap for Player Achievement that details a clear relationship with all areas of design
Drive, coordinate, empower, and unblock Systems teams
Ensure the design team's work is achievable by guiding them to appropriately adjust scope based on technical realities
Work closely with the Leadership Team to set guidelines for implementation of the Marathon IP via the extraction shooter genre
Support the work of cross-discipline teams to understand and execute on what is best for the game
Maintain Marathon IP quality and consistency by employing strong player experience design principles
Leading the communication and “why” behind systems design decisions to your small team
Ownership of features and development of design decisions with partner teams

Qualification

Systems Design Lead experiencePlayer engagement systems designUnderstanding player motivationManaging ambiguityCollaboration with creative teamsEmpathy for creative teamsHiringTraining designersExperience in extraction genreInterpersonal skillsInitiative taking

Required

Previous experience as a Systems Design Lead or Systems Designer on a AAA or large-scale game
Experience designing, documenting, and building player engagement game systems, ideally including progressions, quests and objective work, elder game, and achievement systems
Intuitive understanding of what motivates player behavior and engagement, and why players seek challenge and progression
Excitement for collaboration with designers, artists, programmers, audio professionals, quality assurance and producers to achieve a common goal, no matter where they are
Ability to creatively align with the team and then take initiative locally and externally
Social intelligence, great interpersonal skills, and empathy for creative teams
Ability to handle ambiguity, including giving and handling feedback despite that ambiguity

Preferred

Experience designing features in an extraction genre or competitive shooter
Experience hiring, training, and managing other Designers

Benefits

Medical
Dental
Vision
Matching 401(k)
Paid time off
Wellness program
Coveted employee discounts for Sony products
Bonus package

Company

Bungie is dedicated to creating hopeful worlds that inspire passionate player communities and lifelong friendships.

H1B Sponsorship

Bungie has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (11)
2024 (9)
2023 (7)
2022 (8)
2020 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage

Leadership Team

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Arunava Chatterjee
Executive Director of Ghost Black Operations & CEO & CTO
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Pete Parsons
CEO & Chairman
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