External Development – Vendor Manager

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $95k - $150k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👔 Manager

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Balor Games

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2026

🎮 Gaming

📱 Media

Gaming • Media

Balor Games is an independent video game studio and publisher that develops and showcases digital games and related media on its website. The site presents multiple upcoming and available titles (for example Sponge Break, Billie Bust Up, Threads of Time, Wild Blue Skies), offers launch trailers, playtest sign-ups, and accepts game submissions — indicating both development/publishing activity and a consumer-facing games portal. Sponge Break is described as up to 4-player drop-in co-op with proximity voice chat, showing a focus on multiplayer/online gameplay features.

📋 Description

• Own vendor and partner relationships supporting titles through localization, porting/co-development, and QA • Manage the network of external localization, porting/co-development, QA, and publishing-services partners • Source, vet, and onboard new vendors • Negotiate rates, terms, and contract language with vendors and partners • Draft and review MSAs, SOWs, and quotes • Field Producer requests, scope requirements, and book SOWs/quotes • Track vendor budgets, purchase orders, and invoicing; flag budget variances • Maintain vendor capacity, specialties, rate cards, and performance history • Monitor vendor quality and delivery performance; manage issue escalation and resolution • Coordinate platform-specific porting/co-development submission and certification requirements • Track contract renewals, amendments, and expirations • Build and maintain documentation, templates, and tools for vendor onboarding, contracting, and engagement tracking • Collaborate cross-functionally with Production, Finance/Accounting, Marketing, Producers, and QA leads

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in vendor/partner management, publishing operations, production, or business affairs within the video game industry • Demonstrated experience negotiating and administering vendor contracts, SOWs, and quotes • Familiarity with game localization workflows and QA vendor engagement models • Strong negotiation, organizational, and project management skills • Exceptional communication skills • Relationship management skills • Experience working independently and with a team, while being comfortable with ambiguity and shifting priorities • Proficiency with contract/SOW documentation, spreadsheets, and project tracking tools • Existing relationships with localization, porting/co-development, or QA vendors in the games industry • Experience with platform partner programs such as PlayStation Partners, Xbox ID@Xbox/Partner, and Nintendo Developer Portal • Experience working with indie game developers