Are you passionate about online games? Are you a creative innovator? KIXEYE is seeking individuals who will work on our newly acquired game called “Rise of First Born” which is a mobile strategy game that combines hero role-playing-game elements with real-time player-versus-player. We believe the best games are made by passionate and entrepreneurial people who feel supported in their endeavors. KIXEYE’s aim is to create countless unique experiences that thrill, delight and challenge anyone who loves games.
About
For over a decade KIXEYE has innovated the competitive gaming sector while focusing on innovation, fidelity, and accessibility. Based in Victoria, British Columbia, KIXEYE has constantly and reliably enhanced the user experience with a nuance based attitude that leaves no detail too small to perfect. With our operations head located in Western Canada and our employees across the United States, Australia, Vietnam and Spain, KIXEYE allows the efficiency of streamline systems with the flexibility of global appeal.
Benefits and Perks at KIXEYE
- Compensation: We offer a competitive compensation structure
- Health, Dental & Vision Insurance: Good health is essential to your well being. Always look and feel your best at KIXEYE.
- Life & Disability Insurance: If you are ever knocked off your feet, you can rest assured that we’ll have your back.
- PTO / Holidays: You work hard, balance makes for better work. It’s your time off, use it however you want.
- Continuous Improvement: An annual budget to inspire you to pursue learning.
- Work-Life Balance: Flexible working times and places, such as working remotely.
- Dog-Friendly: We love our 4-legged friends — dogs bring joy and excitement to everyday life at the office!
- Cell Phone Plans: All staff have options between different cell phone plans that support them best
- Beautiful headquarters in the heart of Victoria: Situated in the BC’s capital city with stunning downtown harbor views
- Remote work: All staff have the option of working remotely and we offer a WFH stipend to help you get set up at home.
- Company Events: We love engaging our staff in employee team building activities!
As a Lead Product Manager you are at the epicenter of game execution. You provide direction, coordination and measurable performance to the game design process. You own game and feature specification. Improving monetization and performance is your mantra. You creatively solve problems and understand data can accelerate performance. You motivate and strengthen team culture bringing it all together and keeping everyone moving forward.
What you get to do every day:
- Work with leadership to define and promote the product vision, and overall strategy throughout the team
- Own the development of new features sourced from well defined roadmaps
- Lead cross functional teams developing features for the product
- Analyze data from multiple sources to facilitate a deeper understanding of a game’s ecosystem for yourself and the team
- Drive features from concept to ongoing optimization working with all relevant cross functional disciplines to provide the best outcomes at the lowest cost
- Identify opportunities for key initiatives to enhance the player experience by driving the fun factor
- Liaise and collaborate with all relevant teams to guarantee smooth, efficient implementation and rollout
- Communicate product releases and implementation plans to all key stakeholders
- Define and implement feature testing protocols – A/B, multi-variate
- Set up process using optimization tools, write test projections, and measure performance using relevant data points to report on variances and make recommendations
- Act as a leader for in the quality assurance process in delivering a flawless product
What you bring to the role:
- Strong passion and knowledge of gaming, especially F2P titles
- Experience in the gaming industry is preferred
- Experience managing teams or product departments is strongly preferred
- Proven experience in making demonstrable impact on revenue
- Able to deeply understand the game development process and push maximum impact relative to cost
- Able to partner with cross-functional disciplines, and to influence effectively while remaining diplomatic
- Deep understanding of feature development process; aware of all relevant considerations (UI/UX, design, engineering costs, monetization, analytics, etc.)
- Advanced use of analytics platforms/tools like MS Excel, Google Sheets, Tableau, Looker
- Strong organizational and analytical skills & attention to detail
- Performance-driven self-starter and team player
- Able to meet deliverables and drive your work to completion within specified timelines
- Great communication skills both written and verbal
- Can work cross functionally in many areas without being constrained by your job
- Knowledge and passion for interactive entertainment and games is preferred
Location: Canada, remote work or office in Victoria BC
Reports to: VP of Product
KIXEYE is committed to inclusive hiring practices! All are welcome; diverse candidates, women, and LGBTQ+ persons are strongly encouraged to apply.