Lead/Senior Lead, Roblox Incubator Program

About the position

Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators. At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there. A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone. We are seeking a Lead/Senior Lead, Incubator to lead the strategy, execution, and evolution of Roblox’s Incubator program. As a leader with deep production and program experience, this person will help studios translate creative ambition into realistic plans, strong milestones, and sustainable development practices as they build Novel Games on our platform. They will act as an “Executive Producer”, establish the operational foundation for the program, drive consistency in how teams are supported and evaluated, and ensure high-quality execution across each cohort. This role sits at the intersection of game production, developer enablement, and program management. This role will work cross-functionally with internal partners to align on priorities, remove blockers, and continuously improve how the program scales and delivers impact. Success in this role means raising the bar for the entire platform by ensuring our Incubator teams ship Novel Games that define the next generation of Roblox.

Responsibilities

  • Own the end to end success of the Incubator program, driving planning, delivery, and continuous improvement across each cohort
  • Define the portfolio strategy, oversee the end-to-end selection and success of the Incubator cohort, ensuring we are betting on the right teams, the right genres, and the right concepts
  • Setting clear direction, priorities, and expectations to ensure strong execution across the program
  • Establish the operational structure for how the team runs the program, including application review, team selection, onboarding, milestone tracking, and progress reporting
  • Own several high impact studio relationships and help them achieve success
  • Partner with a cross functional group of internal experts and run developer support models
  • Act as the primary advocate for Incubator teams internally, synthesizing friction points into feedback that shapes the Roblox product roadmap
  • Create and maintain program level visibility through timelines, roadmaps, and milestone reporting, ensuring stakeholders stay aligned on progress, outcomes, and risks
  • Enable the team to effectively support developers from early concept through launch by building scalable systems, clear processes, and repeatable frameworks

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in game production, studio leadership or publishing, or program management/development operations, with a track record of leading teams through complex execution
  • Proven ability to lead large scale programs end to end, driving structure, accountability, and delivery across multiple stakeholders
  • Experience managing and mentoring high performing team members, with a focus on setting clear direction, raising quality, and enabling others to succeed
  • Strong production leadership experience, with the ability to guide teams in roadmapping, milestone planning, scoping, and risk management
  • Experience partnering cross functionally with product, engineering, design, and developer facing teams to align on goals and execution strategy
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to align teams, influence decisions, and clearly articulate priorities, tradeoffs, and the “why” behind direction
  • A deep passion for game development and developer success, with experience supporting teams through the full lifecycle from concept to launch
  • A game publisher mindset and ability to evaluate developers and projects potential
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