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Kieran O'Leary

Kieran O'Leary

Paris

Summary

Growth-minded professional with solid experience in leadership roles within the mobile gaming space across a wide range of genres and platforms. Adept at implementing strategic business plans, impactful marketing tactics and monetization strategies, driving scale and improving operations. Skilled in financial management and stakeholder relations. Collaborative and dedicated to building and leading talented and motivated individuals and teams.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages

Work History

Chief Revenue Officer

Gameloft
10.2022 - Current
  • Leading growth and operations for portfolio of 10+ live games (mobile and PC/Console) generating a revenue of 250M euros / year, including our cross-platform hit, Disney Dreamlight Valley, that hit 100M within its first 12 months post launch
  • Overseeing an organization of 700 people across 8 studios, championing good practices, along with robust performance metrics to evaluate and improve individual and team performance (direct reporting lines from Product Management, Production, Data & Analytics, Ads Monetization, Game Economy Design and Customer Care)
  • Ensuring proper collaboration with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders: New Products, Business Development, Corporate, 3rd Party IP owners, etc
  • Scouting and integration for external growth / M&A
  • Member of the Executive Committee

Chief Operating Officer

Rovio Entertainment
05.2021 - 09.2022
  • Drove Rovio strategy execution and day-to-day operations with a strong focus on creating cross-functional relationships across the organization to enable new game creation, delivery and live-games' growth
  • Led our Core group made of all central teams providing publishing services to game studios and teams from ideation to sunset: Marketing, Ads Monetisation, Tech, Data
  • Key stakeholder in scouting new M&A targets, and leader in their integration

VP Marketing

Rovio
08.2020 - 05.2021
  • Led marketing efforts across all our portfolio to ensure the best possible product/market fit for new creations and growth both organic and through M&A - for our live games
  • Oversaw a marketing budget of over 60M euros/years
  • Led all marketing crafts: Digital Marketing, Product Marketing, Market Intelligence, User Research, Community, Brand, Marketing Assets Production
  • Member of the company's management team.

Director of Growth

Rovio
09.2019 - 09.2020
  • Oversaw all marketing crafts except for User Acquisition for live games, and led an organizational change to move them from a support setup to full embedment into Studios and Game Teams
  • Supported the launch of Angry Birds Dream Blast, that reached 100+M gross revenue within its first year
  • Gate keeper' for all marketing-related questions throughout the production process
  • Enforced a data-centric approach to Product Definition.

Senior Product Marketing Director

Outfit7
03.2019 - 08.2019
  • Led Product Marketing, Community Management and Player Support across all games
  • Spearheaded the creation of two new IPs in the mid-core space
  • Revamped the entire greenlighting process for new games
  • Integrated Marketing from concepting phase throughout all Product life cycle.

Product Marketing Director

Gameloft
02.2018 - 03.2019
  • Led a team of 250 marketers across more than 25 offices worldwide
  • Launched more than 20 games based on internal and 3rd party IPs - Disney, Fox, Universal, etc. across a very wide range of game genres
  • Built a common vision for Marketing including all crafts - except media buying

Product Marketing Manager to Global Lead

Gameloft
06.2014 - 02.2018
  • Started as a Product Marketing Manager in Montreal, and launched 5+ titles, including Dungeon Hunter 5, a top 50 game
  • Built a North American, then Global leadership and mentoring structure for Product Marketing and Community Management across all studios
  • Contributed to the integration of Product Marketing into game teams and built bridges with supporting teams such as UA and local operations.

Education

Master in Management -

ESCP Europe
09.2010 - 05.2013

Major in Marketing and Innovation - undefined

Skills

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Timeline

Chief Revenue Officer

Gameloft
10.2022 - Current

Chief Operating Officer

Rovio Entertainment
05.2021 - 09.2022

VP Marketing

Rovio
08.2020 - 05.2021

Director of Growth

Rovio
09.2019 - 09.2020

Senior Product Marketing Director

Outfit7
03.2019 - 08.2019

Product Marketing Director

Gameloft
02.2018 - 03.2019

Product Marketing Manager to Global Lead

Gameloft
06.2014 - 02.2018

Master in Management -

ESCP Europe
09.2010 - 05.2013

Major in Marketing and Innovation - undefined

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