Product Manager

About Us

Exient is a leading video game developer and publisher with over 25 years of experience. Our portfolio includes a diverse range of games across mobile, PC, console, and handheld platforms, with popular titles such as Lemmings, Angry Birds Transformers, F1, Madden, FIFA, and many more.

Located in both Malta and the UK, our team consists of over forty talented individuals, representing a multicultural and hardworking group of friendly professionals.

Since our founding in 2000, we’ve had the privilege of collaborating with world-class partners like Activision, Disney, EA, Sony, Rovio, and Ubisoft, creating some truly memorable games together.

As we continue to grow, we are seeking passionate, talented, and driven individuals who are excited about the future of gaming to join our expanding team.

About the role

We are looking to recruit a Product Manager to help drive the vision, development, and live operations of our games. In this role, you’ll own the product strategy of our internal products while working closely with cross-functional teams to deliver exceptional player experiences.

You’ll serve as the linchpin between creative, technical, and business teams — ensuring our games not only engage and delight players but also meet commercial objectives. This is a hands-on role for someone who thrives in both high-level planning and day-to-day agile execution, and who brings expert knowledge of the video game industry to every phase of development.

Responsibilities include

As Product Manager, you’ll operate across both strategic leadership and tactical execution responsibilities.

Strategic responsibilities:

• Act as the primary owner of our games, driving the overall vision and ensuring they balance player satisfaction with commercial success.
• Maintain the internal product roadmap and feature set for live game titles, based on player needs, business goals, and market trends.
• Define and track KPIs like retention, engagement, and monetisation, and optimise features and systems accordingly.
• Coordinate with design and analytics teams on monetisation strategies and player behaviour insights.
• Stay ahead of market trends, conduct competitive analysis, and use feedback to inform product direction.
• Lead concept testing efforts to visualise and iterate on new product concepts.

Tactical responsibilities:

• Own and prioritise the backlog, write user stories, and lead sprint planning while ensuring the team always has a well-groomed backlog.
• Write clear, actionable product specifications to ensure features are implemented with alignment across design, engineering, and QA.
• Collaborate with production, game designers, engineers, artists, and QA to ensure timely, high-quality releases.
• Oversee content updates, live events, and feature rollouts.
• Design and evaluate A/B tests to optimise engagement and monetisation.
• Work with player support and community teams to gather insights and act as the internal voice of the player.
• Partner with production to evaluate internal processes and research external tools to improve workflows.

Required

• 3+ years’ experience in product management roles within the video game development industry.
• Experience with F2P (free-to-play) games, live operations, or GaaS (Games-as-a-Service).
• Excellent stakeholder management and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across departments and levels of the organisation.
• Strong knowledge of the gaming market landscape, with the ability to rapidly understand and contribute to Exient’s product portfolio.
• Demonstrated expertise in roadmap planning, product vision setting, and strategic decision-making.
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to interpret KPIs and derive actionable insights.
• Deep understanding of game development pipelines and Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Proven track record of managing feature development, launches, or live services in a game environment.
• Deep knowledge of the mobile gaming market — and a genuine passion for games.
• Experience using tools like Jira, Confluence, Unity, Unreal, and analytics platforms.
• Excellent communication skills, with a collaborative and problem-solving attitude.

The following would be considered a plus:

• Technical literacy and the ability to collaborate closely with engineers.
• Familiarity with game economy balancing, monetisation models, or player segmentation.
• Product Owner certification or equivalent (e.g., CSPO).
• Experience with market research tools such as SensorTower.

All applicants must be based in Malta or willing to relocate.