Product Strategy

• Partner closely with the General Manager to define an overall vision for the product and to create a clear product roadmap of prioritized features and initiatives that work toward that broader vision
• Monitor game performance and guide the PM team to define and drive KPIs and targets for products and features
• Implement effective review cycles of the state of our games that carefully consider internal and external feedback as well as key product metrics to continually improve the product
• Drive user and competitive research to identify user segments, highlight player needs and product value propositions to maximize player engagement, retention, and LTV

Product Execution

• Partner with development teams to define and deliver features and functionality that support the overall strategic vision of the product(s)
• Collaborate with design teams to balance & tune game economies, conceptualize and implement engaging features, mechanics, systems, and modalities of play that accomplish engagement and retention goals
• Gather requirements, write specifications, and work across design, UX, art, and engineering to launch features and content, and analyze the impact of those releases
• Work closely with marketing and community to ensure they are equipped with the latest information and messaging to successfully take our products to market and to manage a live service

Player Insight

• Define and implement metrics and tracking tools for the product and use the data to inform game design and drive decisions for optimization and future feature development
• Partner with analytics to establish experimentation road map, using A/B testing to meet goals and create product and player insight. Translate outcomes into actionable recommendations
• Leverage live ops tools, analytics, A/B testing, and other tools to optimize player experience and drive business objectives
• Identify opportunities to maximize player experience and performance

People Management

• Manage, mentor, and motivate other Product Managers in a way that encourages autonomy, mastery, and purpose
• Lead and inspire team members to find a resolution for complex problems
• Develop successful relationships across the studio and with external partners to deliver meaningful business outcomes

Skills and Abilities

• Strong business & creative capabilities. You can connect detailed player behavior and financial outcomes
• Ability to perform research analytics at industry, genre, and game level to shape products
• Able to manage multiple, and competing tasks and be self-directed in a quickly evolving environment and meet deadlines with limited direction
• Excellent attention to detail and strong desire to iterate and improve on processes
• Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Ability to coach, manage, mitigate, and prioritize through stressful situations for you and your team
• Excellent written and verbal communication. Comfortable interacting and presenting to all levels of the company, especially key stakeholders, and publishers
• Exceptional mentoring and supervisory skills and abilities   
• Self-motivated team player able to work in a team environment with maturity and leadership

Education and Experience

• 8+ years of experience in product management, games systems design, or data analytics in games as a service (mobile, PC, or console)
• 3+ years of experience managing direct reports
• Strong experience in quantitative analysis, including the ability to model game parameters using Excel, SQL, and business intelligence tools such as Tableau
• Experience with A/B and multivariate testing
• Understanding and experience with a wide range of business models including, but not limited to, free-to-play and subscriptions business models
• Bachelor’s degree in math, finance, statistics, economics or related field preferred
• MBA a plus