Xsolla is seeking a Vice President of Developer Relations to lead global efforts in building, nurturing, and empowering the game developer community, driving product adoption, satisfaction, and advocacy among game developers worldwide.
Requirements
- Deep understanding of game development processes, tools, and ecosystems across mobile, PC, and web.
- Strong network in global game developer communities and events.
- Proven experience (7+ years) in Developer Relations, Developer Advocacy, or Technical Evangelism, with at least 3 years in a senior leadership role
- Strong storytelling ability—able to inspire developers, partners, and internal stakeholders alike.
- Track record of delivering measurable impact in developer engagement and product adoption.
- Exceptional leadership and people management skills, with experience running global, cross-functional teams.
- Ability to define and track KPIs: Number and quality of Lighthouse integrations. Reach, volume, and satisfaction ratings of produced materials. Conversions from developer engagement into integrations.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute the global Developer Relations strategy, aligning with company goals for product adoption, satisfaction, and business growth.
- Champion a developer-first mindset across the organization, ensuring developer needs are at the heart of product decisions.
- Build and maintain a developer-centric flywheel—content creation, promotion, community engagement, feedback loops, and lighthouse case delivery.
- Act as a senior advocate for the developer audience with Product, Engineering, and Technical teams to remove adoption barriers and prioritize impactful improvements.
- Lead the creation and promotion of high-quality technical content—documentation, tutorials, articles, videos, podcasts—covering both custom and self-service integration scenarios.
- Drive lighthouse integration cases that set the industry benchmark for game commerce excellence.
- Oversee regional strategies for Western, APAC, and Russia/CIS markets, ensuring local presence in the largest and most active game dev ecosystems.
Other
- 7+ years of experience in Developer Relations, Developer Advocacy, or Technical Evangelism, with at least 3 years in a senior leadership role
- Exceptional leadership and people management skills, with experience running global, cross-functional teams.
- Strong storytelling ability—able to inspire developers, partners, and internal stakeholders alike.
- Travel may be required to premier industry events and targeted developer gatherings.
- Background check may be conducted, including criminal history check, employment verification, and education verification
