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Sr. Product Manager, Monetization Platform

As a global leader in mobile gaming, we’re dedicated to developing games the world can’t wait to experience. Games like Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire, Mobile Strike, and Game of War: Fire Age.

We build massive mobile games that break down linguistic and geographic barriers by uniting an unprecedented number of global players in one gaming world. Our team pushes the boundaries of innovation in a player-driven ecosystem.

As a studio, we are masters of our own destiny, untethered by the traditional publisher model. Every update and feature creates amazing experiences for millions of players!

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MZ is looking for its next Sr. Product Manager to help evolve the Monetization Platform for its suite of highly-engaging, top-grossing mobile titles. Whether it’s improving search relevance within Game of War’s storefront or enabling game designers to scale prize payouts with in-house tooling, the Monetization Platform Product Team provides leadership on building world-class software while directly impacting MZ’s bottom line. This diverse problem space gives the team the opportunity to partner with almost any function at the company to improve the lives of our players and employees. As such, those who perform best in this role leverage expertise in communication, data analytics, UI/UX design (desktop and mobile), systems thinking, and most importantly user empathy.

What you’ll be doing:

• Perform user research and testing across qualitative and quantitative sources, including user interviews and data analysis
• For desktop projects, define UI and UX designs and specifications using Google Material UI
• Prioritization of roadmaps based on impact, reach, cost, and company goals
• Field requests from customers and cross-functional teams. Ensure each one is accounted for and transparent in the prioritization process
• Provide cross-functional leadership in areas of KPI tracking, impact assessment, prioritization, and user empathy

Work cross-functionally to:

• Define problems in a clean, crisp, actionable way and gather buy-in before designing solutions
• Facilitate collaboration and empathy between engineering and all other stakeholders
• Lead the design and development of solutions, testing assumptions and course-correcting along the way. Unblock any cross-functional dependencies
• Ensure a smooth rollout. Are users adopting? What was the short- and long-term impact?

Your background and who you are:

• 8+ years in software product management, with examples of projects you have lead from problem gathering, through to ideation, design, development, and retrospective
• Skilled at ascending the steep learning curves associated with complex, interdependent systems, and moving on to hold informed opinions on how they can be used and improved
• Proficiency in working directly with developers and UX designers to author specification documentation, user stories, KPI’s etc.
• Experience conducting qualitative user interviews and distilling down actionable insights
• A deep understanding of “goal-oriented design” and developing user empathy
• Experience creating wireframes and UI prototypes for presentation and/or user testing
• A data-driven mindset, excited to dig into the numbers to uncover trends to craft project KPI’s
• Interested in mobile games

Bonus points:

• Professional experience in mobile gaming
• Working knowledge of analytics tools like Excel, SQL, or Tableau

MZ is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, medical condition, religion, marital status or veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.

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