Preference will be given to candidates willing to relocate to Bend, OR (relocation assistance provided) OR candidates willing to travel frequently to the studio.
Director, Product Management
As Director, Product Management on an Unannounced Project, you will be responsible for establishing and growing development and business facing product teams to create a best-in-class product management organization.
Using data, insights, user testing, and creative solutions, you will build actionable strategies and business plans, and work across all disciplines/teams to develop and articulate a clear roadmap to create value for players and the product with a keen sense of critical product KPI’s and game health.
This role will operate as a member of the studio leadership team focused on maintaining a broad and deep understanding of the competitive landscape, player motivations for those products, and opportunities to level up those experiences in places where they matter most to players.
Responsibilities
- Hire, mentor, and grow product managers and strategists to form a best in-class organization.
- Maintain deep audience, core loop, and retention understanding and operationalize that into strategy to ensure the development team's efforts are aligned with the critical path for creating a successful product & business.
- Determine product success metrics and analyze player data, research, sentiment, and market opportunity to determine where the team should focus.
- Build actionable business plans and work with game teams to articulate clear roadmaps and requirements to execute.
- Identify opportunities for product performance growth, influence key stakeholders, and collaborate with team subject matter experts to deliver high-quality products that drive initiatives to successful outcomes.
- Communicate and collaborate with leadership across development and external support groups to optimize business performance.
- Own the revenue side of the financial model, by working with leadership and finance.
- Partner closely with marketing and sales functions to deliver successful strategies and plans to meet product performance goals.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of development experience within the games industry
- 4+ years of experience in a people management role or product leadership
- Deep, practiced knowledge of product strategy and product development with expertise in aligning product roadmaps with desired outcomes and goals.
- Deep expertise with several of the following craft domains: analytics, research, revenue strategy, engagement and retention systems, and player growth
- Excellent product leadership experience, with proven ability to drive clarity, generate energy, and deliver company and global level impact and outcomes.
- Demonstrated ability to define success criteria and key performance indicators while leading teams to achieve them.
- Strong managerial expertise in direct mentoring/coaching and offering difficult feedback with respect.
