Product Owner (Gaming)

Quick Facts

• Role: Product Owner (Gaming)

Description

Drive the business aspects of a large, business-critical technical project. You will define scope, strategy, and the path to launch, while protecting both commercial and player interests. You’ll collaborate with stakeholders and technical leaders to guide decisions and support successful delivery.

Responsibilities

• Work with Production and Directors to prioritize deliverables for a successful project launch
• Define KPIs and create measurement frameworks for beta cycles and milestone deliveries (with the Cell Producer)
• Represent and protect commercial and player interests in a mostly tech-driven project
• Establish validation roadmaps, structures, and measurement methods for testing and validating build deliverables
• Build and validate deliverables with the player community
• Ensure collaboration and communication between the project team and functions such as Marketing, Data Analytics, Community Management, Player Insights, and Platform Partnerships
• Identify commercial/business risks and coordinate solutions to address them
• Collect, analyze, and share information that guides decisions for successful completion and release

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in product management
• Managed or contributed to P&L, product roadmaps, and product requirements
• Experience with the full product loop: goal setting, execution, and success tracking
• Experience driving collaboration across multiple teams, stakeholders, and functions (e.g., marketing, community management, data, user research)
• Ability to clearly express desired outcomes and lead decisions based on player value and ROI
• Experience responsible for a commercially critical product
• Experience with video game production
• Experience with large-scale investments, business cases, and project deliveries

Benefits

• Opportunity to define key parts of scope and strategy and shape the path to launch for a business-critical technical project
• Work closely with stakeholders and technical leaders while combining product expertise with player insights
• Contribute to advances in technical capabilities and enable pioneering approaches in game development