Product Director
Department: Product
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Melbourne, AU
Reporting To: Eyal Chameides
Description
Who are we?
Tripledot Studios was founded by a team of industry veterans from some of the biggest names in mobile games such as King, Peak Games, Facebook, and Product Madness.
We are now a 500 person mobile games studio, headquartered in London, with offices in Warsaw, Barcelona, Minsk, Jakarta and Melbourne.
- The Financial Times awarded Tripledot the Fastest Growing Business in Europe in 2022
- Tripledot won Tech Growth Business of the Year 2021 and 2023
- PocketGamer just awarded us Best Mobile Developer 2023
We are a record breaking, chart-topping mobile games studio that is currently leading in the Casual mobile gaming space.
Our guiding principle as a team is that when people love what they do, what they do will be loved by others.
The studio is filled with people who love taking things apart and figuring out how they work. We enjoy problem-solving and most importantly, we LOVE making games!
Role Overview
As a Product Director you will operate in a friendly, open and collaborative environment. You will help spearhead new game initiatives alongside people in Australia as well as our studios all around the world. You will be expected to own the games you work on including concepts, mechanics, economies, production and delivery. You will oversee and work besides some of the industries best talent to ensure world class, chart topping quality of games.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee and own a single game, or multiple games roadmap
- Own the quality standard of the games and articulate the balance between speed & quality.
- Drive the games to find the balance to be both innovative and be able to take gut risks while still being data and market driven leveraging best in class practices and examples.
- Business Accountability & Strategy: Own the "North Star" strategy for the game
- Assure organizational alignment on how we're going to win (Product, Growth, Monetization)
- Oversee delivery Actual vs Plan and problem solve
- Plan and and track the organization capabilities required (head count, budgets, external support)
- Game Development: Own high level schedule for Game development and product delivery
- Ownership of monitoring systems, processes and incident management
- Set target and forecasts from the game performance Guide and own the game roadmap
- Responsible for championing their games within Tripledot as well being able to pull in best practices, processes and technology from the greater Tripledot to their games.
- Go-to expert within Tripledot for designated Game/s - invited to give opinion/contribute to key projects - engage true breadth and depth of professional / industry knowledge in a meaningful and impactful way at Tripledot.
Required Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- 5 years experience at Product Director level, ideally in Casual Mobile Games
- Setting and implementing strategic Game direction, aligning with day to day operations and wider business alignment.
- Accountable for delivery against objectives and financial metrics.
- Previous experience with new Game development through to worldwide launch
- Expert knowledge of the ‘Games ecosystem’ eg competitor landscape including past and present key players, relevant and irrelevant, to your specific genre.
- Insight into DAU, Spend and Monetisation of competitors as well as feature rollouts and their potential impact.
- Able to create the strategy and identify market opportunities in the ecosystem such as new games, new features, new UA campaigns etc...
- Experience managing analytical tools and analysis prioritization
- Able to define key KPIs and standardize across the group, provide clear direction, set measurable goals and give insight on industry trends
- Able to monitor several product teams simultaneously as necessary
- Experience managing up to Senior Product Managers including recruitment & selection
- Successful leadership of people, organizational culture and/or Games systems and infrastructure.
- Able to deliver WFP (work force planning) and make hiring decisions
- Responsibility for success and ongoing development of broad function.
- Works with a consultative approach with senior stakeholders such as C-Suite, to outline inspiring long-term functional vision and strategy.
- Instills a sense of purpose to help set teams ambitious team objectives with a focus on the things that truly matter
Working at Tripledot
- 25 days holiday: Enjoy 20 days of paid holiday plus an additional 5 days per annum, in addition to bank holidays to relax and refresh throughout the year.
- Hybrid Working: We work in the office 3 days a week, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and a third day of your choice.
- 20 days fully remote working: Work from anywhere in the world, 20 days of the year.
- Superannuation: Company paid superannuation plan
- Continuous Professional Development: Propel your career with continuous opportunities for professional development.
- Private Medical Cover: monthly stipend to cover private medical cover which you can use to ensure your and your family's health is in good hands [in time as the team grows this will be changed to a Company paid health insurance plan].
- Employee Assistance Program: Anytime you need it, tap into confidential, caring support with our Employee Assistance Program, always here to lend an ear and a helping hand.
- Family Forming Support: Receive vital support on your family forming/ fertility journey with our support program [subject to policy]