Gametime
Last-minute event tickets marketplace for mobile
Product Manager - Payments & Checkout
About the job
- A track record of shipping product changes that moved measurable business outcomes.
- Strong cross-functional partnership skills working closely with engineering, design, and data teams.
- Experience owning payments, checkout, or fraud and risk in a consumer marketplace, fintech, or high-volume e-commerce environment.
- Familiarity with authorization, processing, and payment routing mechanics and their connection to conversion and cost.
- Experience managing vendor and processor relationships, including negotiating terms and evaluating new partners.
- A data-driven approach with comfort using SQL and analytics to diagnose funnel and payment performance issues.
- Identify and eliminate friction across the payment flow and run experimentation to improve checkout completion rates.
- Partner with processors and networks to reduce payment declines and recover failed transactions.
- Grow buy-now-pay-later usage and expand the mix of buy-now-pay-later and alternative payment methods offered at checkout.
- Balance conversion growth against fraud exposure, using risk tooling and rules to protect margin without adding friction.
- Manage and evaluate payment processors, buy-now-pay-later providers, and wallet partners to improve terms, performance, and total cost of acceptance.
- Drive down the blended cost of accepting transactions as volume and average order value grow.
- Own a roadmap tied directly to transaction growth, average order value, and payments cost efficiency.
About the company
What Gametime does: It sells last-minute tickets for popular events in sports, music, and theater across more than 50 cities in the U.S. and Canada, using a mobile-first platform that lets buyers access and purchase tickets without printing them. How its product works: The app shows available tickets for upcoming events, allows users to purchase on the go, and provides digital tickets that can be scanned at the venue’s gate for entry. How Gametime stands out from competitors: It focuses on spontaneous, mobile access to live events with real-time availability in many cities, eliminating the need for physical tickets and streamlining the purchase and entry process for last-minute buyers. What its goal is: To enable easy, flexible access to shared live experiences by making last-minute tickets quick and convenient to obtain and use.
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
Early VC
Total Funding
$71.5M
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Founded
2013
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Gametime's 2026 World Cup ticket data reinforces category authority and demand-gen relevance.
- The March 2026 AI-search partnership and August 2024 Picks launch improve conversion efficiency.
- Gametime's 50-city U.S.-Canada footprint keeps inventory breadth strong for last-minute buyers.
What critics are saying
- Gametime settled a $2.74 million California hidden-fees lawsuit in 2026, signaling legal exposure.
- All-in pricing only became default after that settlement, proving trust and compliance problems.
- StubHub, SeatGeek, and TickPick attack the same use case; pricing transparency erodes Gametime's wedge.
What makes Gametime unique
- Gametime still owns the last-minute, mobile-first ticket-buying moment for spontaneous fans.
- Gametime Picks, launched August 20, 2024, curates high-value seats with near-real-time inventory.
- Algolia-powered AI search boosted conversions in March 2026, tightening checkout speed and relevance.
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Benefits
Flexible PTO
Medical, dental, & vision insurance
Life insurance and disability benefits
401K, HSA, pre-tax savings programs
New equipment setup provided
Wellness programs
Tenure recognition
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By building a marketplace with a superior user interface and experience, Gametime has effectively competed with large incumbents such as Ticketmaster and StubHub in the $52 billion ticketing market.