Game Product Manager

As the Game Product Manager, you will drive the roadmap and product vision of the game in collaboration with the rest of the game’s leadership team. You will work closely with the design and creative team to ensure that the product vision is followed and executed to specification. In this key leadership role, you will work closely with other product leaders, our Art Director, Executive Producer and Technical Director.

As a Game Product Manager, you will be required to:

- Engage with the Product Leadership Team(s) comprising the Producer, Designer and the External Partner Leadership Team to arrive at the right Product Strategy that delivers on the Creative Vision and Business Goals of the franchise.

- Be the day-to-day vision holder of the product at Gear, and help align efforts across design, engineering, production, and the rest of the team to achieve that vision.

- Drive business forecasting considering Product and Industry Trends, Tech and Design realities and other Strategic Insights

- Strategize Player Lifecycle Management - Messaging, Segmentation, Personalization, Game Events etc.

- Regularly identify, present and report to leadership and stakeholders on Product Health, Opportunities and Risks 

Requirements:

- 5+ years of Product management experience in Game development

- Strong passion for Mobile gaming and understanding of Mobile + Freemium / Free-to-Play Business model.

- Fluency with metrics-driven decision-making combined with a sense of Design and Aesthetics

- Earning the respect of the Cross-Functional Team through authentic insights on Game Design, Business Fundamentals and Analytical Methodologies

- A ‘Creative Product Development’ mindset – Iterative nature of work, Comfort with complexity and change, Multi-Disciplinary approach to problem-solving

- Fluent in English

- Work at the Milan office (Candidates with the right to work in Europe and open to relocating to Milan are welcome)

Advantages:

- Have experience with the development and live operations of top-grossing mobile games

- Experience developing feature roadmaps and/or content calendars. Experience with backlog management, priority setting, and user modeling

- Experience A/B testing design assumptions to maximize KPIs of a feature

- Experience working with remote teams and partners

- Experience working & managing games/products based on Western IP’s