Outsourcing Lead

Company Description

To create revolutionary story-driven RPGs which go straight to the hearts of gamers — this is our mission. Want to dive deeper into our company’s culture? Explore our social media and check out our YouTube channel where we share behind-the-scenes insights and stories direct from our team members!

Job Description

As an Outsourcing Lead you will play a key role in driving collaboration between CD PROJEKT RED and our external development partners. You’ll ensure that outsourced work - across disciplines such as art design engineering and QA - meets our business standards.

You’ll act as the bridge between internal teams and external studios managing communication aligning expectations and overseeing business terms. This role combines project management vendor relations and creative coordination - perfect for someone who thrives in dynamic cross-functional environments and understands the unique challenges of AAA game co-development.

Additionally you will lead a team of outsourcing specialists driving excellence in collaboration practices across the studio. You’ll also be responsible for evolving the tools systems policies and procedures that support daily operations within the outsourcing and co-dev area.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate day-to-day collaboration with external development partners across multiple disciplines (art animation design programming QA audio etc.).

• Define outsourcing strategies in alignment with project goals and production plans.

• Establish and maintain strong relationships with external studios ensuring mutual understanding of goals deliverables and production standards.

• Collaborate closely with internal producers team leads and directors to identify outsourcing needs and capacity gaps.

• Supervise the quality of outsourced work - including milestone reviews feedback loops and approvals.

• Support contract management and resource forecasting in cooperation with the production and business teams.

• Negotiate business terms and agreements with external partners in collaboration with the production and business teams.

• Identify risks and dependencies related to external development and proactively mitigate them.

• Foster efficient communication channels and continuous improvement of co-dev processes.

• Design implement and maintain effective tools systems workflows and operational policies that enhance daily collaboration between internal and external teams.

• Drive process optimization and documentation to ensure scalability and efficiency in outsourcing operations.

Qualifications

• Proven experience (5+ years) in game development including at least 2 years in production outsourcing or co-development leadership.

• Background in vendor management or business aspects of outsourcing.

• Solid understanding of production pipelines for at least one of the following: art design or programming (ideally more than one).

• Strong communication and coordination skills with the ability to manage multiple external partners simultaneously.

• Excellent organizational and negotiation abilities.

• Fluency in English (both written and spoken).

• A proactive solutions-oriented mindset and the ability to build trust-based relationships.

• Nice to have: Experience working with production tools such as Jira Miro or equivalent.

• Drive process optimization and documentation to ensure scalability and efficiency in outsourcing operations.

Additional Information

Working Mode

You can choose whether you prefer an Office-First setup (working mainly from our Warsaw Cracow or Wroclaw office) or a Remote-First setup and work fully remotely.

Relocation Support

• Relocation package – flight ticket company apartment for your first month relocating your pet shipping your belongings — it’s all covered.

• Relocation assistance — processing your legalization operations for you assistance with finding residence tax settlements — all you need to feel right at home is taken care of.

• Polish lessons for foreign employees — and for your spouse or partner too.

Health & Well-Being

• Life insurance — comprehensive pension and insurance plans to protect you and your loved ones.

• Annual budget for medical expenses (for those working outside Poland).

• Psychological and psychiatrist care — free mental health support and various well-being webinars.

• Paid Leave — from 20 to 26 days of holiday for every team member per year and paid sick leave.

• Gym Membership Reimbursement.

• Menstrual Leave — employees who menstruate can take one extra day off each month when experiencing period pain.

• RED Parents Network — support for working parents including childcare benefits and family-friendly events.

Perks & Professional Growth

• Flexible working hours — start your workday anytime between 8 and 10 AM (CET).

• REDs have access to the cafeteria platform through which they can receive vouchers and codes to shops cinemas and public transport reimbursement.

• Training lectures and courses — internal workshops external training for each employee knowledge-sharing initiatives online tutorials and e-learning classes are all available. There’s always something to learn!

• Gifts for newborn rebels and regular chances to nab some cool swag!

Social Activities & Life in the Office

• Dog-friendly office — bring your pooch with you and look after them while working! There’s always a furry friend or two to meet at the studio.

• Social events — we host regular gatherings at the studio where we can all unwind play games and just have some fun together.

• Healthy selections — ​​our canteens offer a range of healthy meals.

• Truly international working environment — a chance to meet and work with a diverse selection of people from all around the world.

• Sustainability is an ongoing commitment for us and our campus has  electric car charging points green zones and much more. Read all about it on our Beyond the Game Blog.

• A designated space for your bicycle as well as bicycle repair equipment and showers available whenever you need them.

• An onsite well-equipped gym with a climbing wall daily Gym Assistant support and yoga and boxing classes.

• No dress-code — we like to keep it casual.

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