Portrait of Sebastien Samson

Game Direction & Production — roadmaps, delivery, live-ops

Roadmaps Live-ops Delivery Cross-disciplinary Leadership Planning & Execution Risk Management Stakeholders Mentorship

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I lead teams from concept through launch and live service. My focus is practical: clear goals, healthy cadence, and decisions that turn ambiguity into a deliverable plan. I partner closely with product, engineering, art, and publishing/platform stakeholders to ship and operate games.

How I Lead

  • Define roadmaps, milestones, and delivery plans that teams can execute confidently.
  • Build sustainable live-ops cadence (events, updates, quality and support workflows).
  • Align cross-functional teams and leadership around scope, trade-offs, and player value.
  • Run feedback loops from playtests and telemetry into prioritised backlogs.
  • Support org health: hiring, mentoring, process improvements, and clarity of ownership.

Selected Work & Certifications

LinkedIn Recommendations

It was a total pleasure working with Seb — his vast experience and knowledge around all areas of production was a massive help: roadmaps, Jira tracking, resource planning, build processes, and tracking multiple builds in a live context. His ability to keep calm and work through each curveball and come up with a solution was exceptional.

- Kevin Watts, Development Director, EA (Criterion / DICE)

He brings innovative ideas to the table, especially when it comes to collaboration, processes and pipelines. He helped me tremendously while I was at Ludia and I will be forever grateful.

- Serge Mongeau, CEO, BKOM

Seb has passion, knowledge and experience in his field. He’s also a great motivator of people, can drive processes and design, and is fully hands on when required with the day to day work. Fantastic when customer facing and within development, an asset to any company and a pleasure to work with.

- Steve Dunn, Senior Software Engineer

More references available upon request.