Product Manager - SCUM

Are you an experienced, hands-on and collaborative Product Manager who wants to work on the hugely popular online survival game, SCUM?

As the Product Manager on SCUM at Gamepires, you will work cross-functionally with the various different teams on the game to surface information and drive impactful decision on the backlog, releases and forward-facing strategy of the game.

This is a position with a high degree of ownership and responsibility, and to set you up for success, you will have direct mentorship from the Jagex Product Director and will then take full ownership of SCUM as a product.
You will lead the execution of product initiatives on a game with a growing community, bringing insights and information to the game team, and being the champion of the player, customer, game, and company.

What you’ll be doing:

• Work with the Product Director to accomplish the key product initiatives, ensuring they are in line with immediate business objectives and aligned to Product KPIs.

• Own the Competitive Analysis of SCUM; understanding the direct competitors and upcoming competitors to drive awareness and generate useful teardowns for the product and game team.
• Work with analysts and utilise telemetry and research data to understand the behaviour of our players and help identify areas of improvement. 
• Be the players’ voice. Own Research and Player Feedback rounds to understand the player and customer, what they value and want from their game.
• Play SCUM and the competition. Use this knowledge and experience for understanding and avoiding direction based on anecdotal data. 
• Synthesize and surface the above combined information in a concise way to inform the product team and receive feedback and guidance. 
• Build recommendations with the Product team for the SCUM team with the aim to own this process on your own.
• Act as a collaborative liaison, ensuring cohesive efforts between the SCUM team and other departments such as production, marketing, and design.

What we're looking for:

• Proven experience working as a product manager or operation in that capacity is required.

• Proven experience in building and sustaining cross functional relationships. 
• Demonstrable ability to understand data, research, feedback (community, player experience) and quality assurance and synthesize into actionable recommendations. Demonstrable expertise in integrating data-driven methods into product management and team decisions. 
• Robust understanding and experience with Survival / Open World Survival Craft genres, either as a professional, a dedicated player or ideally, both.
• A player-centric mindset, with a commitment to enhancing the gaming experience based on customer insights, user feedback/data and an understanding of how to interact with the community to improve the game. 
• Strong experience in the effective use of MS Excel.
• Ability to work fulltime onsite at our studio in Zagreb, Croatia.

Why work at Gamepires?

 In addition to joining a talented and passionate team who love what they’re doing, Gamepires offers:

• Flexible working hours
• Discretionary Bonus
• Budget for education and game dev summits
• Yearly health check-ups and 100% paid sick leave
• Care & Attention towards your professional development
• Experience working on a globally famous Croatian game
• Friendly work atmosphere in a modern office in Zagreb
• Opportunity to learn from successful game developers
• Team and Social gatherings
• Fresh coffee, tea, fruits, and healthy snacks in the office
• MultiSport Card