At AccelByte, our mission is to empower game creators by providing them with the backend platform and tools required to make scalable, reliable AAA-quality games. The company was founded in 2016 by industry veterans who have engineered online systems for some of the largest game and distribution platforms in the world including Fortnite, Epic Store, Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, and EA Origin. We are backed by top investors including Softbank, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Galaxy Interactive, NetEase, and Krafton. Our latest Series B funding has firmly solidified our place as a top player in the gaming industry. AccelByte’s talent has decades of experience building and shipping some of the largest game and distribution platforms in the world.
We believe that the best companies empower employees to make decisions, obsess about the best user experience, and are not afraid to make and learn from their mistakes. Our culture is based on humility, openness to feedback, drive, and collaboration, which we feel results in the best-performing teams. As a company that values diversity, inclusion, and employee growth, our employees have opportunities to work with and learn from teams all over the world. We offer competitive salaries, a full range of health benefits, social activities, career growth opportunities, and an amazing team. Come join us!
Position Summary
The Senior Product Manager is responsible for driving product strategy and helping to design, build, and enhance AccelByte’s growing offerings. This position consists of working closely with engineering, design, and business leaders, as well as clients, to design, deliver and scale the AccelByte offers and enable creators of all sizes to build and scale games faster, simpler, and without compromises. This position also will be responsible for defining product requirements, driving developer adoption, and delivering AccelByte users an enjoyable experience.
Essential Functions/Responsibilities
The Senior Product Manager is accountable for the following functions and responsibilities:
- Deeply understand the product visions and have knowledge of the end-to-end of AccelByte and client's’ product(s)
- Engage with customers, as well as perform market research/product discovery to plan, define and deliver product requirements and ensure we are building the best-in-class capabilities
- Collaboratively work with/lead Accelbyte’s team of engineers, designers, sales and business teams to develop concepts and solve complex real-world challenges
- Partner with marketing on messaging, positioning and GTM plans
- Drive first-person workflow & usability studies, field research, and market analysis into product requirements to build best-in-class game tools and infrastructure (particularly around self-service developer onboarding)
- Define our approach to developer community management and developer support mechanisms
- Establish shared vision for your product across the company and building consensus on priorities leading to product execution
- Define and analyze metrics that inform the success of products, develop insights, and implement improvements
- Communicate project status key stakeholders and assess and address risks
- Facilitate the creation and maintenance of proper product documentation
- Be familiar with similar and competing products in the marketplace
- Use database queries and/or GA to analyze performance indicators, evaluate experiments, etc
- Work with engineering to define priorities, timelines, milestones, and sprints
- Work with the marketing & communications teams to coordinate initiative launches
- Help identify and evaluate market trends, opportunities, and areas of focus and winning strategies for future projects
- Benchmark features, content, game design across the industry and present insights to creative directors and product directors to drive change on their projects
- Present data supported summaries and recommendations to improve products within your genre of expertise
- Perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications/Experience Required
- 6-8 years of experience as a product manager in a SaaS/cloud-driven company
- Experience with conducting product discovery and defining user stories
- Experience working with web interfaces
- Experience with creating metrics plans and defining key performance indicators
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or related field of study
- Ability to evaluate information quickly, identify key issues, and formulate conclusions based on sound, practical judgment, experience, and common sense
- Ability to maintain the highest standard of personal conduct in performing all duties
- Ability to deal with difficult/problem situations and maintain a professional demeanor, at all times
- Possess project management skills and excellent organization and time management skills
- Ability to handle confidential information in a discreet and professional manner, protecting the organization’s value
- Ability to successfully manage multiple tasks and timelines in a fluid environment, bearing high levels of responsibility and accountability while keeping the best interests of the business in sight
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, allowing for open, honest, and consistent communication
- Proficiency in written and verbal English language to succeed in a remote work environment
- Cognitive skills to include the ability to think critically, learn, to process thoughts and apply knowledge, to analyze and reason, and to evaluate and make appropriate decisions to achieve business goals and solve problems
- Vision, road mapping, goal setting, spec writing, managing project execution, A/B testing, UI/UX wireframing, defining product roll-out strategy
- Proficiency in written and verbal English language to succeed in a remote work environment
- Flexibility to adjust to work routines/schedules, as required, to meet the needs of the company and expectations of customers
- Experience working in a multinational technology startup is a big plus
AccelByte Inc is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, all qualified candidates applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, age, or disability. Our culture is innovative and inclusive, and we value our people the highest.
Please visit our career page for a complete listing of our open positions: https://accelbyte.io/careers