Location: Berlin, Germany or remote
Contract: On-payroll Part-time (20h/week), fixed-term, Berlin-based, or remote freelance within +/-4h of CET.
Expected Start Date: 01.09.2026
The Business Development & Publishing Manager is responsible for running the commercial side of
Torpor Games’ titles: how they sell, where they sell, and how the studio works with store platforms.
This role supports sales strategy and owns reporting, day-to-day relationships with storefronts and
distribution partners, working across data analysis and partner negotiation.
Essential qualifications
• Experience in games business development, publishing, or platform relations.
• Familiarity with PC, mobile, and ideally console storefront backend tools.
• Confident working with sales data and reporting tools.
• Good at building relationships and negotiation.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Self-directed and proactive.
Preferred qualifications
• An existing network of platform and distribution contacts.
• Experience with deep branching narrative games such as Suzerain.
• Set Steam discount and seasonal sale strategy: pricing, discount depth, and timing across
major sales events.
• Plan discounts and promotions across all platforms.
• Manage mobile store performance on the App Store and Google Play, including pricing, store
listings, and visibility.
• Run market and competitor analysis to guide pricing, positioning, and release timing.
• Develop go-to-market plans for new releases, DLC, and ports.
• Build and maintain sales reporting: sales, wishlists, conversion, refunds, and regional
performance.
• Read platform data and reporting tools and inform the team how this can support our decision
making.
• Grow distribution on third-party stores such as GOG, Epic Games Store, and Humble, and
manage key/code sales.
• Find and negotiate bundle partnerships, for example with store fronts such as Humble Bundle,
Fanatical and similar.
• Negotiate platform deals, featuring, and promotional placement.
• Handle day-to-day platform communication and partner relationships.
• Support publishing on platforms: store pages, launches, builds, and release logistics.
• Prepare and run quarterly business reviews for management.
Health & Wellbeing
Free Urban Sports Club membership for all Berlin-based permanent employees.
Public Transportation
Fully covered Deutschland-Ticket (BVG) for nationwide public transport.
Flexible Hours
Start your day between 8:00–10:00 CET with core hours from 10:00–15:00 CET.
Hybrid Work
We embrace a hybrid work schedule - for this particular role the ideal candidate would work 2 days each week: 1 day from our office vs. 1 day from home.
Work from Abroad
Up to 10 remote work days per year from outside Germany (calculated based on 40h/week).
Team Events
Regular team events and access to the NLND community network.
Feedback & Growth
Regular feedback sessions to support your development.
Annual Bonus
Performance-based annual bonus.
Vacation
24 paid vacation days (full-time).
The expected gross salary range for this role is approximately 2.000-2.500 EUR per month.