[Hiring] Outsourcing Expert @CD PROJEKT RED

Role Description

As an Outsourcing Expert, 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.

• Act as the bridge between internal teams and external studios, managing communication, aligning expectations, and overseeing business terms.
• Lead a team of outsourcing specialists, driving excellence in collaboration practices across the studio.
• 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.

Benefits

• Working Mode: Choose between Office-First setup or Remote-First setup.
• Relocation package – flight ticket, company apartment for your first month, relocating your pet, shipping your belongings.
• Relocation assistance – processing your legalization operations, assistance with finding residence, tax settlements.
• Polish lessons for foreign employees and their spouses or partners.
• Life insurance – comprehensive pension and insurance plans.
• 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 per year, and paid sick leave.
• Gym Membership Reimbursement.
• Menstrual Leave – one extra day off each month for employees who menstruate.
• RED Parents Network – support for working parents, including childcare benefits.
• Flexible working hours – start your workday anytime between 8 and 10 AM (CET).
• Access to cafeteria platform for vouchers and codes to shops, cinemas, and public transport reimbursement.
• Training, lectures, and courses – internal workshops, external training, knowledge-sharing initiatives, online tutorials, and e-learning classes.
• Gifts for newborns and chances to receive cool swag.
• Dog-friendly office – bring your pet to work.
• Social events – regular gatherings at the studio.
• Healthy meal options in canteens.
• International working environment – diverse team from around the world.
• Sustainability initiatives – electric car charging points, green zones.
• Designated space for bicycles, repair equipment, and showers.
• Onsite gym with climbing wall, daily Gym Assistant support, and fitness classes.
• No dress-code – casual work environment.