Product Owner (gaming)

Description

We are seeking a Product Owner to drive the business aspects of a large, business critical,

technical project. As the Product Owner, you will have the unique opportunity to

define key parts of the project’s scope, strategy and path to launch. You'll collaborate closely

with internal stakeholders, managing relationships and expectations, and drive decisions to

ensure the successful delivery of a business critical project.

In this role, you’ll work closely with key stakeholders and technical leaders while combining your

product expertise with player insights to drive advancements in the project’s technical

capabilities and pave the way for pioneering approaches in our creative endeavors,

technological leaps and product development.

In this role, you’ll report to the Head of Project.

Responsibilities

Work together with the Production and Directors to prioritize deliverables towards a

successful project launch

Define KPIs and set measurement frameworks for beta cycles and milestone deliveries

together with Cell Producer.

Represent and protect the commercial and player interests in a mostly tech driven large

project

Establish validation roadmaps, structures, and measurements for testing and validating

build deliverables with our player community

Ensure an effective collaboration and communication between the project team and

other functions such as Marketing, Data Analytics, Community Management, Player

Insights, Platform Partnership etc.. towards a successful launch of the project

Identify key commercial/business risks to and coordinate the team to devise solutions to

address them.

Collect, analyze, and share information that will guide decisions towards how we

progress towards completing this project and release successfully

Required Qualifications

5+ year of experience in product management

Managed or contributed to a P&L, product roadmaps and product requirements

Experience with the full product loop; goal setting, execution and success tracking

Experience driving collaboration across multiple teams, stakeholders, and functions

(such as marketing, community management, data, and user research.

Being able to clearly express desired outcomes and lead towards decisions based on

player value and ROI

Experience of responsibility for a commercially critical product

Experience with video game production

Experience with large-scale investments, business cases, and project deliveries

Desired Qualification

Has strong drive and motivation to align and lead in circumstances of uncertainty

Experience with and knowledge of Agile and Lean software development

Past experience with cultural transformations

Motivations

Motivated for delivery over discovery

Energized aligning people towards decisions over cultivating discussions

Interested in identifying and addressing business risks over discovering and leveraging

business opportunities

Will be willing to get hands dirty on execution over looking above from a strategy layer.