Associate Product Manager / Product Manager

Ubisoft’s 19,000 team members, working across more than 30 countries around the world, are bound by a common mission to enrich players’ lives with original and memorable gaming experiences. Their commitment and talent have brought to life many acclaimed franchises such as Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Just Dance, Rainbow Six, and many more to come. Ubisoft is an equal opportunity employer that believes diverse backgrounds and perspectives are key to creating worlds where both players and teams can thrive and express themselves. If you are excited about solving game-changing challenges, cutting edge technologies and pushing the boundaries of entertainment, we invite you to join our journey and help us create the unknown.

Job Summary: 
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Associate PM/Product Manager for Production team in Ubisoft Pune. As a team player, you will work closely with entire game development team to design, plan and execute feature development and live ops for our games with P&L ownership. Additionally, you will act POC heading live operations of the game and managing all core KPIs. 

Core Responsibilities: 

• Primary responsibility of PM is to ensure that all project KPIs are upto the mark especially downloads, engagement and monetization is on track and game is constantly profitable. 
• Strong command of data and analytics is must with hands on expertise and command over first party consoles and analytics tools. 
• Strong understanding of KPIs (downloads, engagement, revenue) and live operations of game. 
• Expertise in design, UI, development and live operations. 
• Carry the journey of features from concept to market with appropriate market research and data driven mindset to deliver high-quality products that align with product’s business objectives. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and ensure effective licensing and pricing strategies are in place. 
• Suggest features and ideas for long term product vision and roadmap. 
• Ensuring the right planning and execution with his team to make the product profitable and improve revenue and engagement metrices. 
• Provide clear direction to the team members and conduct sync, feedback sessions with your reportees regularly to ensure high performance. 
• Plan efficiently so work life balance is not disrupted. 
• Maintain the documentation of plan and strategy so expectations are clear and team is well in sync before execution. 
• Conduct regular reviews to ensure feature development is followed in the intended direction for success. 
• Coordinate with all external stakeholders for relevant communication and ensure that the flow of information is smooth and transparent without any hiccups. 
• Accountable for the learning and development of members in team to ensure their skills stay relevant and upto the market trends. 
• Ensure that the team is happy and motivated and carries a positive vibe among themselves. Conduct various activities to do the same. 
• Ensure that the timeline is fulfilled with the given constraints and live-ops events/ feature releases are successful. 
• Ensure that you develop yourself and your team through excellent communication skills and mentoring. 
• Manage the given team efficiently with mature decision making and regular feedback- objectives session to ensure they have a positive growth driven mindset. 
• Be fully autonomous, creative, solution oriented and carry positive can-do attitude. 
• Solution-oriented mindset with a focus on delivering user centric development and features. 
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to influence and collaborate with global stakeholders. 

Technical Competencies: 

• Around 4 years of relevant experience is must in Product Management/ relevant track. 
• Minimum 5 years of experience in gaming and should have handled team with multiple people. 
• Proficiency in Excel, Miro, Google Play Console, App store connect, MS office. Sensor tower, tableau is a plus. 
• Hands-on experience in analytics and first party consoles. 
• Strong background in monetization, ASO and engagement centric product development.  
• Experience of handling team with multiple members (People manager). 

Behavioral Competencies: 

• Problem-solving and analytical thinking. 
• Effective teamwork and collaboration. 
• Adaptability to evolve technologies and project needs. 
• Clear and concise communication skills. 
• Initiative and self-motivation to innovate and improve processes. 
• Leadership skills to guide and influence technical decisions. 

• International collaboration game projects & AAA IP’s. 
• Access to cutting-edge hardware. 
• Experience using hottest internally developed game engines. 
• Proficient and fun-to-work-with colleagues.