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Director, Product Management EverMerge
1 year ago
Job Posting Title
Director, Product Management EverMergeSummary
Big Fish is looking for a Product Management expert in mobile games that can lead and grow the hit game EverMerge to the next level of success. This is a Director level role, also serving as the Product Owner for the game. The ideal candidate has a deep understanding of the features, systems, and economies that drive KPIs and player behaviors and can work closely with the cross-functional disciplines to define strategy, establish data-driven processes, mentor product managers and producers, and grow a top grossing game. In this role you will be responsible for the business and financial goals of the game, driving and supporting the entire feature and systems lifecycle from ideation and design to release and live operation. This role provides an incredible chance join a hit game in growth mode, and work with a super talented team to build innovative and industry-leading features and systems with an essential social element.Responsibilities
- Define long-term Product strategy and roadmap, working with the team leads to identify opportunities for KPI growth and improvement.
- Presents product’s business goals, status, and KPIs in executive-level meetings.
- Directly manage and mentor a team of Product Managers, and mentor the cross-discipline teams to leverage data across design, development, and live operations.
- Create and live operate compelling game mechanics and engaging experiences for all player segments.
- Partner with cross-discipline teams to define, design, implement, release, and live operate new game features.
- Manage, tune, and balance a complex game economy and virtual currencies.
- Establish KPI targets and measurable business goals for new features, systems, and events and work with the data team to provide Dashboards for measuring success.
- Consistently stay in communication with stakeholders, team members and cross-functional peers, both verbally and in written format.
- Collaborate closely with cross-discipline teams across Design, Art, Engineering, QA, Production and with central teams including Product Marketing, UA, and Data Science.
- Both review and write detailed documents (Business Requirements Documents, Product Requirements Documents and/or Specs) for all types and sizes of features.
- Work with data analysts to analyze data and player behaviors to share learning and provide insights to the team.
- Collaborate with Marketing on Go-To-Market and sustaining marketing activities across the mobile games ecosystem.
- Identify and drive improvements to the development process.
- Provide mobile gaming market evaluations, using competitive performance information to provide insights and influence feature roadmap and live operations optimization.
Qualifications
- 8-10 years of directly relevant experience with at least 3 years in a product leadership role at a top mobile games company and a demonstrated track-record of success.
- Prior experience in a Director of Product role at a top mobile games company.
- Deep understanding of game development practices, particularly on mobile devices.
- Experience working at each stage of a game development lifecycle, from concept and pitch to GTM and live ops.
- Highly expert in the product management discipline with proven expertise developing user stories, writing business requirements & feature specifications, wire-framing, and partnering effectively with UI/UX and engineering teams to make appropriate trade-offs while ensuring excellence in execution.
- At least 3 years of experience leading teams with ability to attract, develop, and retain top talent.
- High analytical acumen with extensive understanding of business value drivers in the mobile F2P category.
- Demonstrated ability to lead complex analysis and distill complex concepts into the essence of the business impact and player motivation, and clearly articulate them as goals for the game teams.
- Extensive familiarity with live services strategy/execution with proven ability to develop winning growth plans
- Experience in revenue forecasting and cost modelling, deriving KPI targets for game teams and well developing advertising budgets
- Ability to think both strategically and tactically
- Proven track record of taking ownership and driving results
- Passion for mobile games & the casual games category.
- Have a creative mindset and ability to communicate clearly and directly.
About Big Fish
Celebrating 20 years delighting players worldwide, Big Fish Games is a mobile games category leader in Casual & Social Casino.
Big Fish operates an extensive portfolio of popular games across genres, including EverMerge, Cooking Craze, Gummy Drop, Big Fish Casino, Jackpot Magic Slots, and Fairway Solitaire. Our core values: All about the player, Talent Unleashed, Collective Brilliance and Good Business, Good Citizen.
Why Big Fish?
At Big Fish Games, we make the best games, the best possible way. We show up every day to enchant and delight our players and contribute to building a great company. We think big because that’s what our players demand.
B ig Fish Games is an equal opportunity employer. We bring unique talents together to build something special that’s why we welcome and encourage diversity in the workplace regardless of race, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.
Our Values
- All about the Player
- Talent Unleashed
- Collective Brilliance
- Good Business Good Citizen
The US based roles may require registration with the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) and/or other gaming jurisdictions in which we operate.
Location
USA - RemoteJob family
Big Fish GamesContract Type
RegularTime Type
Full timeCompany
Big Fish Games
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