Associate Product Manager

Job Summary 

Product Managers manage the life-cycle of in-game mechanics and features. Responsible for understanding the impact to key KPIs through data and statistical methods, conducting A/B tests to isolate the impact of individual features and campaigns and evaluate the results of these tests. Work with other Product Managers and Analysts to provide a complete analysis of each element of an individual product to drive revenue and meet the product goals. This specific position will work closely with the live operations team, this position should understand how to drive positive player behavior on a day by day basis.  

Essential Job Functions:  

• Collaborate with Director of Product and Director of Monetization on new features and promotions.  

• Own features and promotions from spec/design creation through development.  

• Highly focused on features that drive engagement through the means of events and promotions.  

• Iterate on and maintain existing specs before and during production to ensure accurate requirements are always available as the single source of truth. 

• Estimate the revenue impact of new features, promotions or game optimizations 

• Work with Executive Producer and Engineering leads to create accurate ROI estimates based on revenue impacts and development cost 

• Assist with designing and maintaining a high quality backlog of “ready to implement” features and promotions for Roadmapping and Sprint planning with easily understandable specifications and design documents. 

• Work with art, engineering, and production to ensure planned feature specs are 100% approved, cost-evaluated, and ready for implementation at the start of each sprint. This includes final UX design flows from Art. 

• Work with Analytics to plan comprehensive testing strategies for features that will be tested in-game 

• Attend daily stand-ups and weekly meetings with the development team, other Product Managers, and Analysts 

• Act as day-to-day primary point of contact for any product and promotion related questions from the game team. 

• Review daily KPIs and proactively identify opportunities, trends, and threats to the product. 

• Evaluate notable competitors and share key insights / learnings to test. 

• Document our processes and best practices 

• Constantly seek improvement opportunities in our day-to-day workflows 

• Create presentations of notable successful cross-genre mechanics for sharing with broader PM org and executive leadership team. 

• Evaluate test results of implemented features and make recommendations for future iterations. 

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience 

• Must be passionate about the product and has a strong desire to move the genre forward. 

• Motivated to win market share while building a high quality product. 

• 2+ years relevant experience  

Preferred Experience:    

• MBA or equivalent experience is a plus  

• Experience in gaming, social, online casino, or consumer mobile live service products. 

• PLUS: Previously worked designing events/promotions on a mobile game.  

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities 

• SQL and Data-mining experience a plus 

• Excel/Google Sheet Skills and Proficient in Powerpoint/Google Slides 

• Strong understanding of statistical significance in datasets. 

• Understanding of forecasting and statistical modeling 

• Agile/Scrum software development experience is a plus 

• Critical Thinking and Creative Problem Solving 

• Ability to develop positive relationships and communicate effectively with Developers, QA, Analysts and Producers. 

• Excellent Organizational skills 

• Strong starter who can quickly get up to speed on new markets and products. 

• Strong affinity for understanding target audience needs and spender priorities.