Director of Product - NaturalMotion Games

Position Overview:

At NaturalMotion, we make games that wow people. Founded in 2001, we released our first title, Backbreaker Football, for the iPhone in 2009. A series of further titles followed, such as NFL Rivals, My Horse, and the number one grossing and award-winning game, CSR Racing, in 2012. Our current hit games include CSR Racing 2 and our first Star Wars game for mobile and Nintendo Switch, Star Wars: Hunters™. For the past seven years, NaturalMotion Studios has been named as one of the Best Places to Work in the UK games industry by gamesindustry.biz.

NaturalMotion is proud to be a Zynga studio. Zynga is a global leader in interactive entertainment with a mission to connect the world through games and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.

We are looking for an exceptional Director of Product to join our studio and help drive the product vision and strategy for our next project. You will use a combination of excellent analytical abilities, mobile free to play expertise, business acumen, and critical thinking to build and evolve immersive experiences to keep players engaged. You will have a proven track record of owning and delivering experiences to players that raise the bar from an innovation, usability, and design perspective.

We embrace a hybrid work environment. Within this role, you would work 2 days per week in our London office and the remaining days at home.

What You'll Do:

• As part of the game leadership team, define and drive the game’s business strategy to build a robust product roadmap for development and post-launch live operations
• Lead and manage a team of high calibre Product Managers, supporting their career development, and maximizing their impact through coaching and process improvements
• Work closely with a multidisciplinary team (Design, Art, Production & Analytics) to design, scope and implement core features that result in an outstanding gameplay experience for our players and positively inflect metrics
• Drive user and competitive research, driving the usage of core innovative game technology, and ensure that product decisions are based on in-depth data analysis and an understanding of the market.
• Effectively champion product vision & strategy, monitor product progression through completion of milestones and partner with other parts of the organization including Central Analytics, Consumer Insights and Product Marketing
• Build knowledge and understanding of data driven insights within the rest of the team through regular communication and the creation of meaningful dashboards and reports.
• Expected to provide valuable input into business cases based on in depth analysis and demonstrate how that analysis impacts business metrics
• Be a player champion!

What You Bring:

• Product Management experience in free-to-play mobile game development, with a consistent track record in shipping titles, managing live operations, balancing in-game economies and leading Product Management team
• Experience working on shooter and/or RPG titles
• Experience with new game development from concept stage through to worldwide launch
• Experienced at articulating product vision, driving team-wide and studio-wide cross discipline alignment and evangelizing the vision to key stakeholders
• Ability to provide clear direction, set measurable goals and give insight on industry trends
• Identify areas of growth ranging from acquisition funnel and in- game optimisations
• Effectively partner with other parts of the organization including cross platform partners, Central Analytics, Consumer Insights and Product Marketing to identify opportunities for product growth
• Build knowledge and understanding of data driven insights through regular communication and the creation of meaningful dashboards and reports
• Strong passion for games, creating fun and compelling user experiences

Bonus Points:

• Previous experience with leading product for a AAA Studio
• PC/Console experience
• Passion for and in-depth knowledge of ARPG mid-core and hardcore genres and other FTP titles in these categories

What We Offer You:

• Competitive salary and discretionary annual bonus scheme
• 26 days holiday, plus bank holidays & 2 paid personal days
• 6 months fully paid maternity/adoption leave. 16 weeks fully paid paternity leave (eligibility criteria applies)
• Pension plan with a double matching employer contribution (capped at 8%)
• Private medical & dental insurance and healthcare cash plan
• Life insurance, personal accident insurance and income protection
• Mental health and neurodiversity support programs
• Company Employee Stock Purchase Plan (eligibility criteria applies)
• Fitness reimbursement plan worth £600 per annum
• Flexible working hours
• Weekly happy hours, seasonal parties and monthly social events
• Annual rail season ticket advance and cycle to work scheme.

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