Lead Product Manager

Job description

As a leading mobile games developer, Jam City is looking to “level up” our talent. We’re searching for innovators who consider themselves dynamic, collaborative, and thrive in a fast-paced environment. **PERKS & BENEFITS** Unlimited Vacation, Paid Sick Days, Recharge Days & Holidays 100% Employee Covered Medical, Dental, Vision Plan Base Plan Life Insurance, 401k, Flexible Spending Accounts & More Happy Hours Company Events Jam City is on the hunt for a Lead Product Manager to support Cookie Jam, one of Jam City’s flagship titles. You will manage a F2P game and use that data to inform strategic roadmap decisions in the pursuit of delivering amazing player experiences and driving business outcomes. As a Lead Product Manager you'll have a direct impact on the success of Cookie Jam. You will make decisions and understand our “Game as a Business Strategy”, looking to achieve great player experiences while maximizing ROI. You will help us to define, set up and maintain in-game offers, sales, promotional events, along with new content and features to drive KPI goals. The ideal candidate is passionate about casual and puzzle games games, can pull, analyze, and report data from the game and use this to inform effective live ops decisions and product prioritization. They have the agility to manage projects on their own and understand how they work in a fast evolving, data driven company. They have the people skills to work smoothly and communicate effectively with Producers, Designers, and Engineers. ### RESPONSIBILITIES - Key stakeholder and decision-maker for feature prioritization, in combination with other crafts. - Identifies and designs/improves features to improve key indicators, by making our games more engaging. - Manages LiveOps, in game events & sales to maximize revenue and keep players engaged through balancing and optimizations. - Analyze data, build automated reports, and work with the Analytics team to make informed business decisions. - Work closely with game teams to identify, test and measure high-impact product changes that drive growth in revenue, reach and retention. - Identify tools and reporting, working with technical teams, to design, implement and improve through rapid iteration. - Understand game metrics to inform hypotheses and create A/B testing experiments with clear and measurable success criteria. - Effectively communicates relevant KPIs and updates to key stakeholders in a timely fashion. ### QUALIFICATIONS - 5+ years experience in Product Management, Business Intelligence or related role in the F2P games industry. - Excellent analytical and quantitative skills with a focus on data-driven decision making. - Gaming or comparable industry experience. - Thrives in an entrepreneurial environment with a creative problem solving mindset. - Experience writing SQL queries and distilling complex analysis into actionable insights or willingness to learn. - Self-starter with experience managing projects from concept through completion. - Outstanding communication and organizational skills. - Must be able to understand and diagnose the economy of the game, driving healthy behavioral metrics. - Must be able to work closely with studio leadership in developing an optimum roadmap for future features based on evolving game needs.