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# Contract Sourcing and Production Manager at Exploding Kittens

- **Company:** Exploding Kittens
- **Location:** Los Angeles, CA
- **Compensation:** $55–$65/hr
- **Employment:** contract
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-08-20
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/explodingkittens/490fab10-80ba-45a9-99cf-8be2bedfca5c

## Job description

The Sourcing and Production Manager plays an essential role in bringing Exploding Kittens games and products to life. In this role, you’ll manage production schedules, purchase orders, costs, materials, and manufacturing timelines across multiple concurrent projects. You’ll serve as the primary point of contact between our manufacturing partners and internal teams, keeping projects organized and moving toward successful, on-time delivery.

The ideal candidate is a highly organized project manager and confident communicator who can balance competing priorities without losing sight of the details. You understand how materials, manufacturing methods, costs, and timelines affect one another, and you’re comfortable identifying practical solutions that protect both product quality and the business.

If you love turning creative ideas into physical products, enjoy building strong relationships with manufacturing partners, and know how to keep complex projects on track, you’ll fit right in.

## WHAT YOU'LL DO

- Serve as the primary point of contact for manufacturing partners and internal stakeholders across assigned games and products

- Develop and manage strategic production schedules, purchase orders, milestones, and delivery timelines

- Monitor project execution and proactively address risks that could affect cost, quality, or on-time delivery

- Manage and maintain accurate Bills of Materials, technical packs, requests for quotation, and supplier quotations for new and existing products

- Conduct cost analyses and negotiate with manufacturers and suppliers to secure competitive pricing and favorable production terms

- Recommend materials and manufacturing methods that improve quality, efficiency, and cost performance

- Coordinate closely with internal teams, including Creative, Marketing, and Sales, to align production requirements and launch timelines

- Oversee multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring tasks and deliverables are completed accurately and on schedule

- Track production performance against cost, delivery, and project-management goals

- Identify opportunities to improve sourcing, production, and supply-chain processes from development through cargo-ready date

## WHAT WE NEED

- Experience in sourcing, production, manufacturing, supply-chain management, or a related field

- Strong project-management skills, with the ability to plan and oversee multiple projects and deadlines at once

- Experience working directly with manufacturers, suppliers, and cross-functional internal teams

- Proven negotiation and cost-analysis skills, including the ability to identify savings without compromising product quality

- Working knowledge of supply-chain operations, logistics, inventory considerations, and production scheduling

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

- Exceptional attention to detail and a commitment to maintaining high quality standards

- Strong organizational and problem-solving abilities, with a proactive approach to identifying and resolving production challenges

- Strategic thinking and the ability to balance immediate project requirements with longer-term business goals

- Flexibility and adaptability in a fast-moving environment where priorities may evolve

- Proficiency with Google Workspace, Microsoft Excel, order management systems, and project-management tools

- Experience with games, toys, consumer products, packaging, or printed goods is a plus

This is a full-time temporary role. The position may have the opportunity to convert to permanent employment following an assessment of the company’s long-term business needs; however, permanent employment is not guaranteed.

## About Exploding Kittens

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Exploding Kittens designs and publishes party card games, mobile apps, and entertainment content that bring people together through humor and play.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Venture-backed; total funding $81.4M across multiple rounds)
- **Headquarters**: Los Angeles, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2015
- **Founders**: Elan Lee (former Xbox game designer) and Matthew Inman (founder of The Oatmeal)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Tabletop games / Entertainment / Digital games
- **Target customers**: B2C – families, friends, and casual gamers of all ages
- **Mission**: “To inspire people to connect, laugh, and play fun games in the physical world.”

## Products & Services
- **[Exploding Kittens (card game)]**: The flagship party card game – the #1 most-backed project in Kickstarter history (219,000 backers, $8.7M raised). Over 20 million copies sold worldwide.
- **[Kitty Letter (mobile app)]**: A free-to-play word-based mobile game.
- **[Exploding Kittens (mobile app)]**: A premium app available on iOS, Android, and Nintendo Switch, consistently a top 30 premium game.
- **[Netflix series *Exploding Kittens*]**: An animated series in production, expanding the brand into streaming content.
- **Other games**: Nearly 30 games in the portfolio, including expansions and spin-offs, available in 35+ languages.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding – $81.4M (as of 2025); Annual Revenue – approximately $4M (2025 estimate)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: TCG (led $30M venture round in 2019), Netflix (series partnership), Kickstarter (original crowdfunding platform)
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Sold over 20 million games to date (up from 18M in earlier reports)
  - Workforce grew 3.2% YoY (51 employees as of 2025)
  - Active job postings increased 100% year-over-year (4 open roles)
  - Expanding into digital and streaming (Netflix series, mobile games)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Brand & Community**: Massive cult following built on Kickstarter; strong brand recognition (“Exploding Kittens” is synonymous with modern party games).
- **Creative Talent**: Founders with deep game design and viral web comic experience; team includes top talent from Netflix, Kickstarter, and major game studios.
- **Distribution**: Products sold in 35+ languages and available in retail, e-commerce, and digital app stores.
- **IP Ownership**: All original characters and designs (e.g., Taco Cat, Cattermelon) are proprietary, enabling cross-platform expansion.

## Strategic Focus
- **Digital expansion**: Growing mobile app presence and launching a Netflix animated series to reach new audiences.
- **Product diversification**: Continuing to release new physical games and expanding the mobile game portfolio.
- **International growth**: Increasing distribution in non-English markets (employees in 5 countries).

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Highly collaborative, cross-departmental work environment; described as “motivated, well-selected people” with “remarkable expertise.” Emphasis on creativity, humor, and inclusion.
- **Hybrid policy**: Flexible hybrid model – employees choose how they work best, with a cool office space in Los Angeles. On-site time is flexible.
- **Perks**: 401(k) matching, paid parental leave, performance bonuses, relocation assistance, home-office stipend, pet-friendly office, commuter benefits, health/dental insurance, and learning opportunities (Lunch and Learns, online course subscriptions).
- **Diversity**: Highly diverse management team; hiring practices promote diversity.
- **Open roles**: Contract Game Designer, FP&A Manager/Senior Manager, Principal Game Developer, International Sales Manager.

## Sources
1. [jobs.lever.co/explodingkittens](https://jobs.lever.co/explodingkittens/)
2. [explodingkittens.com/pages/careers-team-and-culture](https://www.explodingkittens.com/pages/careers-team-and-culture)
3. [explodingkittens.com/pages/about-exploding-kittens](https://www.explodingkittens.com/pages/about-exploding-kittens)
4. [linkedin.com/company/exploding-kittens](https://linkedin.com/company/exploding-kittens)
5. [builtin.com/company/exploding-kittens](https://builtin.com/company/exploding-kittens)

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