ABOUT THE ROLE
The Central Technology division of Jam City builds and maintains cutting edge platforms for use across the Jam City portfolio of games including cloud infrastructure, live operations, data platform, IT solutions, data security, and much more. The Product Management team works with internal and external customers to understand their needs, value of the work, and timeline of every major initiative Central Technology undertakes, and they steer the work of numerous individuals to where it will make the most impact for the business.
As a Technical Product Manager you will collaborate with team members across every division of Jam City to identify opportunities, define product strategy, own and build the Central Technology roadmap, and contribute to strategic planning.
REQUIREMENTS
- Work closely with game and corporate teams to understand their needs, particularly in the realms of data, analytics, dashboarding, and reporting.
- Define and drive a vision, strategy, and roadmap with the Analytics group.
- Create detailed product requirements that are used to guide design and technical specifications.
- Partner with Engineering, Analytics, IT, DevOps, and other Product Managers to answer business and design questions, perform in-depth analysis, and align product and technical plans for teams to execute against
QUALIFICATIONS
- 4+ years experience in product management, building and delivering software products
- Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Strong ability to define and write product requirement documents, measure and rank opportunities by business value, and create and maintain accurate roadmaps for work in progress
- Eagerness to learn, grow, and collaborate with a diverse array of extremely talented Jam Citizens across the globe on a variety of challenging and ambitious projects
- Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree, or equivalent work experience
NICE TO HAVE
- A passion for games
- Fluency in Spanish
- Writing code and/or making games of any kind
- Experience with data platforms, ETLs, building taxonomies, querying data, building visualizations
- Working on or with a centralized technology / platform engineering team
- Working with a global team across many time zones
In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation for this role. The range listed is just one component of Jam City’s total compensation package for employees, which may also include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. Starting pay for the successful applicant will depend on a variety of job-related factors, which may include education, training, experience, certifications, location, business needs, or market demands. This range is based on a full-time position. This range may be modified in the future. In addition, Jam City provides a variety of benefits to employees, including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, parental leave, paid time off, a 401(k) plan, life, disability, and accident insurance. Pay Range: $84,750 — $153,500 salary per year.
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OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, DIVERSITY, & INCLUSION
We believe in creating games that unite people across the world and that showcase our commitment to providing an environment that is both inclusive and diverse for our players and employees. We strive to create a workforce that is reflective of our global player community as we know that we are stronger and better when we play together. To help promote an inclusive culture, we celebrate the visible and invisible diversity of our Jam Citizens through initiatives including Employee Resource Groups, cultural events, trainings, speaker series, and more.
Jam City is an equal opportunity employer. We enthusiastically accept our responsibility to make employment decisions without regard to race, age, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, religion, ethnicity, marital, or domestic partnerships status, disability, genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing), predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, veteran status, domestic violence victim status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expressions, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws. Our management is committed to following this policy with respect to hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, recruiting, pay, and other forms of compensation, training, and general treatment during employment.
ABOUT JAM CITY
Jam City is an award-winning mobile entertainment company providing unique and deeply engaging games that appeal to a broad, global audience. The company is the creative powerhouse behind some of the highest-grossing games, generating over $4 billion in aggregate lifetime bookings and nearly 1.5 billion downloads for hundreds of millions of players around the world. In addition to conceiving and developing the hugely popular Cookie Jam and Panda Pop franchises, the company is a partner for some of the biggest global IP holders, having developed immersive, narrative-rich mobile games around iconic entertainment brands from NBCUniversal, Disney, and Warner Bros. Games. The company’s popular RPG game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery has generated over $500 million in bookings and 135 million installs since launch, Cookie Jam has generated over $1 billion in aggregate lifetime bookings, and Jurassic World Alive continues to be one of the top-grossing geo-location-based, AR mobile games in the market. Jam City has studios and talent located in Los Angeles (HQ), Burbank, Cedar Falls, Las Vegas, San Diego, San Francisco, and, internationally, in Berlin, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Montreal, and Toronto. For more information, please visitwww.jamcity.com.
