VP, Trading Card Games
About The Position
Fanatics TCG is a Seattle-based trading card game studio within Fanatics Collectibles, focused on building enduring franchises across tabletop, digital, community, and culture. The VP of Trading Card Games is the executive leader for the studio’s second flagship trading card game and is accountable for its creative vision, design integrity, and commercial success. This leader guides the franchise from core game design and world-building through set architecture and long-range planning, making decisions that balance creative ambition, player experience, quality, and business performance. The position is onsite in the Seattle office five days per week.
Requirements
- 15+ years of experience in games, including significant time leading a title or franchise as an Executive Producer, Studio Head, GM, or equivalent single-owner role.
- Demonstrated ownership of a game that shipped and was sustained.
- Deep craft credibility with creative and design leaders; ability to contribute to mechanics discussions and distinguish design problems from preferences.
- Track record of shipping on a recurring cadence, such as live service, seasonal, or set-based releases.
- Comfort operating in a developing studio, defining boundaries with peers and making decisions without complete information.
- Respect for players as a core operating value and ability to advocate for the long-term health of a game amid shorter-term priorities.
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills across creative, commercial, and executive audiences.
Nice To Haves
- Experience leading a trading card game, tabletop game, or hybrid physical and digital franchise.
- Familiarity with physical product operations, including manufacturing lead times, print planning, and their creative constraints.
- Experience establishing a studio or new franchise from early stage through launch.
- Background with organized play, competitive communities, or long-lived player ecosystems.
- Hands-on participation in the hobby and familiarity with play, value, and fandom.
- Passion for trading card games, collectibles, and fan culture.
Responsibilities
- Own the creative and product vision for a game franchise, from core game design and world-building through set architecture and the long-range franchise roadmap.
- Serve as the final decision-maker on what ships, balancing creative ambition, player experience, and business KPIs.
- Own the franchise development plan, including the multi-year set pipeline, milestone structure, resourcing, and tradeoffs needed to sustain a release cadence while protecting quality.
- Partner with product, print operations, and commercial leadership on rarity architecture, product configuration, and manufacturing constraints, translating creative intent into physical execution.
- Share accountability for franchise commercial performance; partner with commercial and finance leadership on forecasting, product mix, and long-range planning, and make creative decisions with awareness of their business consequences.
- Partner with the VP of Publishing on launch strategy, live support, and organized play so support for the game reflects its design.
- Represent the franchise to studio and Fanatics leadership by clearly communicating vision, progress, risk, and investment needs.
- Act as a public voice for the game with players, retail partners, creators, and the broader hobby ecosystem.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Education Level
No Education Listed
