Sr Recruiter - Studios

IGT
, where innovation meets entertainment on a global scale!
* From the casino floor to your mobile screen,
we deliver thrilling, responsible, and unforgettable gaming experiences
—powered by world‑class content
, strong technical and commercial capabilities and nurtured by a culture of collaboration, accountability, and ownership.

Whether it’s spinning reels, placing bets, or enabling secure payments, we turn innovation into impact through disciplined execution and long‑term value creation. With a team of over 6,000 employees across 30+ countries and products delivered in more than 100 jurisdictions worldwide
, we operate at scale while staying closely connected to customers we serve. If you’re ready to bring your talent to a team shaping the future of entertainment, your next big move starts here - .

We are seeking an experienced Senior Talent Acquisition Partner to deliver high-impact recruiting for our game development studios. This senior individual contributor will serve as a trusted talent advisor to studio and HR leadership while independently owning complex, business‑critical hiring across creative and technical disciplines. The role requires deep knowledge of game development talent markets, strong sourcing expertise, and the ability to translate studio roadmaps and capability needs into targeted recruiting strategies.

Success will be measured through quality of hire, delivery against studio hiring priorities, strength of specialized talent pipelines, stakeholder partnership, candidate experience, and effective use of market intelligence.

• Own end‑to‑end recruitment for complex and specialized studio roles across game development, including creative and technical disciplines such as game design, art and animation, software engineering, mathematics, UX/UI, production, audio, quality, and related functions.
• Partner closely with studio leaders, hiring managers, and HR Business Partners to understand development roadmaps, team capability needs, critical skill gaps, and hiring priorities; translate those needs into practical recruiting strategies.
• Serve as a senior talent advisor by providing data‑informed guidance on talent availability, competitive landscapes, compensation considerations, location strategy, candidate expectations, and other market dynamics affecting studio hiring.
• Build proactive sourcing, talent‑mapping, and pipelining strategies for niche and hard‑to‑fill game development talent, engaging both active and passive candidates through targeted research, networks, communities, events, and direct outreach.
• Apply strong knowledge of game development disciplines and studio environments to improve intake quality, candidate calibration, assessment approaches, and hiring decisions in partnership with subject‑matter experts and hiring teams.
• Independently manage the full recruiting lifecycle, including intake and search strategy, sourcing, screening, interview process design and facilitation, candidate management, offer development, negotiation, and close.
• Develop trusted relationships with senior and highly sought‑after creative and technical candidates, delivering a high‑touch candidate experience and effectively representing IGT, our studios, teams, projects, and employee value proposition.
• Use recruiting analytics, pipeline health, and external talent intelligence to identify risks, adjust search strategies, improve hiring outcomes, and provide clear updates and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Contribute subject‑matter expertise to talent acquisition initiatives such as employer branding, studio talent campaigns, sourcing innovation, process improvement, recruiting technology, and talent market research.
• Ensure recruiting practices comply with applicable…