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Director of Product
1 year ago
GSN Games (A Scopely Company) is looking for a Director of Product to work with our Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem and The Walking Dead: Road to Survival game teams in India.
About Scopely: ( GSN Games, part of Scopely since 2021)
Founded in 2011, Scopely (www.scopely.com) is one of the fastest-growing private mobile games companies today, having tripled revenues from 2018 to 2020. The company has one of the most diverse mobile games portfolios in the industry with success across both casual and core games—from social player vs player (PVP) to mid-core role-playing games (RPG) to massively multiplayer online (MMO) strategy— and is known for its ability to build loyal and engaged player communities with a dedication to long-term, player-first experiences. It is Home to many top-grossing, award-winning franchises including “Star TrekTM Fleet Command,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” “Scrabble® GO,” “WWE Champions” and “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” among others.
It’s proprietary technology platform Playgami supports one of the most diversified portfolios in the mobile games industry. Recognized multiple times as one of Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies, Scopely is a multi-billion-dollar business due to its ability to create long-lasting game experiences that players enjoy for years.
Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and has global operations in Australia, Boston, Barcelona, Bengaluru, Boulder, Dublin, London, Kyiv, Los Angeles, Palo Alto, Seoul, Seville, Shanghai, Singapore, San Francisco, Tokyo, Washington D.C., with additional game studio partners in seven countries across four continents.
Scopely acquired GSN Games from Sony Pictures Entertainment in October 2021 and subsequently GSN Games' successful free-to-play mobile game titles: Tiki Solitaire Tripeaks, Bingo Bash and GSN Casino are an important part of Scopely’s portfolio.
About Looney Tunes :
Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem has delighted fans for the last 4 years on iOS and Android, and is actively working to identify further expansion opportunities. The game has grossed over 100M in revenue and upwards of 40M downloads since launch. It’s a mobile RPG with over 225+ characters, and a ton of content, in-depth features, live events and is continuing to create fun and immersive experiences for our players.
About The Walking Dead - Road to Survival :
RTS has grossed more than $100 million / year on iOS and Android and is actively working to identify further expansion opportunities. It’s a mobile RPG with over 1000 characters, and an immense amount of content and mature features, which are ever-expanding.
What You'll Do:
The Director of Product Management for our Mid-core games is an exciting role at GSN Games, reporting directly to the GM of the Business. This senior position is critical to the app’s success and is a key member of the studio’s management team. You will be responsible for helping to set business priorities, create the overall product roadmap, own the product KPIs and be a core part of the team that sets the game’s direction. You will also be instrumental in leading and growing the organization’s product management team and team of analysts. In order to be successful in this fast-paced role, the Director of Product Management must be a self-starter, experienced team leader, and skilled people manager.
- Work closely with the GM and Executive producer to set the vision, strategy and direction.
- Collaboration in roadmap planning and prioritization of various features and content in the game
- Coordinate closely with marketing, UA and CRM teams to externally promote feature launches in the game and maximize their impact
- Drive towards daily, monthly and quarterly revenue targets, including building target models and effectively communicating progress to the studio and company
- Lead the charge on real time LiveOps, constantly monitor revenue trends and initiate processes and action plans with different teams to launch product levers in real time
- Actively affect and drive key metrics to maintain the economy balance and maximize engagement & monetization within the game
- Validate various user and feature hypotheses with a team of analysts. Improve the game by deploying data informed methods and derive actionable insights from the game. Communicate data insights across the organization and inspire a data informed culture
- Drive processes within Product Management and Analytics teams, inspire new ideas, brainstorm on users and content features, and foster a growth mindset within all teams to drive towards the vision of the product
- Define and foster an efficient, accurate and crystal-clear PRD process in conjunction with Head of Production and Product Owner. Keep an objective approach towards feature planning through impact estimation and align each feature towards defined target metrics
- Ensure a tight "Build-Measure-Learn"-loop, with an ever-improving debriefing practice
- Responsible for the full product/game lifecycle, from writing product management specifications, working across multi-disciplinary teams: design, art, and engineering to launch core features
- Exhibit sound product judgment, ability to formulate product strategy and present clear measurable objectives that will lead to achieving our business goals
- Closely monitor the market and competitors to derive casualties and for product improvement
About You:
- Bachelor’s Degree with a Business Management degree preferred
- 3+ years of product management in F2P games
- 10+ years of product management, in either gaming or consumer product space
- Exceptional data analysis skills. Ability to dive deep into metrics, analyze AB test results, and improve game performance
- Passion for games and creating fun, engaging user experiences
- Experience in building, operating and growing live F2P social/mobile games and their virtual currency-based business models
- Thorough understanding of social networking paradigms and concepts
- Strong analytical skills and experience with metrics-informed decision making
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams on time and on budget
- Excellent communication, facilitation and organizational skills
- Enthusiastic, passionate, performance-driven, self-starter that can multi-task
- Team player with a collaborative work style
Bonus Points:
- Previous start-up, social networking and/or consulting experience, preferably in the gaming industry
More About Our Benefits:
Our ability to build immersive and innovative worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well- being for employees- we’ve got our employees covered.
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