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Product Manager

At Kabam, we’re constantly raising the bar of excellence in free-to-play mobile gaming. We hire for passion and diversity so that we can triumph in our collective skill. Our teams are made up of a fusion of personalities and interests bound together by a collaborative nature, fun-loving culture, and a drive to do what it takes to make great games. And this is where you come in…

You are passionate about everything relating to games and data, with a drive to grow your knowledge in the world of business. You possess a mix of strategic skills and creative instinct that can help evaluate and create plans, feature sets, and strategies that benefit our players and game. In addition, you are motivated by continuously driving for improvements and making informed decisions through a data-driven approach. You are always thinking from the perspective of the player.

Are you who we’re looking for? Read on!

We are looking for a Product Manager to join our growing team. In this role, you will work directly with our game teams to help and create the most engaging and rewarding product and live service experience for our players. You are dedicated to figuring out what players want, how they behave in the game, and most importantly, why. From there, you will consider insights from data and work with the game teams to create actionable product roadmaps.

This role is for someone who can take on at least one area of a game (Early/Mid/Late) and drive that area to improve the experience and KPIs. You will be focused on optimizing one segment of the expansive player journey, and work with other segment owners to provide a compelling overall player experience that drives the business.

In this role, you can expect to:

• Work closely with the game team, including the Lead and Senior Product Managers (as applicable), and other stakeholders to inform and execute product strategy around one or more areas of the game
• Stay in touch with players, advocate for our customers, and deliver a product that retains and engages them
• Understand the product strategic directives and contribute to setting goals and results through the associated KPIs
• Contribute to a comprehensive in-app event and monetization strategy in one or more areas of the game with design that gives users engaging things to do each day and supports planned feature releases
• Proactively identify issues, optimizations, and feature implementations/improvements to maximize the player experience and business performance
• Have the ability to do detailed deconstructions of popular game features and their monetization mechanics to influence decisions to incorporate these trends or not
• Supports Lead/Senior Product Managers by executing a variety of tasks related to product development
• Work closely with design and Live Ops teams to conceptualize and implement features, mechanics, systems, and modalities of play that fulfill business goals in one or more areas of the game
• Communicate with the data team to conduct an in-depth analysis of in-game trends using data insights to impact top-line KPIs
• Meet regularly with the game team and key stakeholders to communicate about results and next steps
• Evaluate and prioritize feature requests in one or more areas of the game
• Ensures features meet the creative standards set by the product vision
• Keep abreast of and understand gaming/market trends and player preferences across all genres and platforms
• Possesses analytical and communication skills and a drive to improve their knowledge/application of those skills

Your background includes:

• Experience: 1-2+ years in Product Management; Experience in gaming is a big plus!
• Communication: Communicates in a clear, concise, and professional manner with staff at all levels; adapts communication style to the audience; explains difficult situations clearly
• Collaboration: Collaborates effectively with others in the same discipline, across feature groups and cross-discipline regularly
• Teamwork: Builds trusted relationships with team members across disciplines, inspires and encourages teamwork
• Industry: Gaming trends and market knowledge plus a drive to continue to grow this knowledge

Our success is due to the hard work of our people. We share our success with our people through flexible benefits and reward programs, sweet swag, snacks, and more. Here’s a look at some of the support we provide our people:

• We know that one size doesn’t fit all - every team has the flexibility to find the right balance between in-studio, remote, and hybrid in-studio/remote.
• We offer extended health coverage effective day one, with no waiting period, including a flexible health spending account and/or personal spending account! Any leftover amounts from the health/personal spending account can also be automatically added to a group TFSA.
• EQ Care that provides you a way to remotely interact with healthcare providers, available 24/7 to get prescription refills or referrals from the comfort of your home.
• We provide an employee assistance program to ensure our people’s mental and emotional well-being.
• Everyone retires eventually, and we help our people save for their futures with a contribution matching program for their RRSP.
• We offer paid parental leave, flexible paid time off (no worrying about how much time has been earned), as well as paid time off for volunteering.
• We encourage development through educational support, training sessions, skill development, knowledge sharing, and more!
• We encourage our team to help us hire the best talent through our referral program where they can earn up to $5,000 for a successful referral hire.

Excited by this opportunity? We invite you to apply now and start the conversation with us. Together, we can create and support some of the best games ever made and entertain the world!

Excited by this opportunity? We invite you to apply now and start the conversation with us. Together, we can create and support some of the best games ever made and entertain the world!

Kabam is a world leader in developing entertaining, immersive, and highly social multiplayer games, bringing high-quality graphics, next-generation technology, and revolutionary gameplay to players around the world.

Founded in 2006, Kabam has studios and offices in North America, including Vancouver and Montreal in Canada, and Los Angeles and San Francisco in the United States. Kabam is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Netmarble Games.

Kabam is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and equitable workplace, and inclusive environment for all existing and potential employees. Employment decisions are based on candidate qualifications and business need, not race, color, ancestry, place of origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, political belief, religion, creed, marital or family status, medical condition, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, prior criminal conviction or any other protected class in accordance with federal, state or provincial and local laws and ordinances. Accommodations will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.