Product Manager

Description

IGN Entertainment, a division of Ziff Davis, Inc., is one of the world’s largest gaming and entertainment media platforms and the go-to destination for fans to explore and celebrate games, film, TV, comics and much more. Across its 16 digital properties, IGN Entertainment reaches more than 490 million monthly users in 110 countries and engages with 73 million fans on social media. Its portfolio includes favorites such as IGN, Eurogamer, Digital Foundry, Rock Paper Shotgun, and MapGenie, delivering daily content across 46 platforms, including YouTube, TikTok, X, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and connected TV. Through its online digital store Humble Bundle, IGN Entertainment has donated over $250 million to more than 38,000 charities worldwide, underscoring its commitment to making a positive impact. Headquartered in Los Angeles, IGN Entertainment's content is localized in 20 languages. Learn more at corp.ign.com.

The Opportunity

Key Responsibilities

• Product Strategy and Leadership - Develop, lead, and communicate a clear product strategy and vision for IGN's large portfolio of digital platforms and products, ensuring that it coincides with the company's goals and objectives.
• Product Roadmap - Define and maintain the product roadmap for multiple products, ensuring it aligns with business priorities, user needs, and market trends. Make data-driven decisions and prioritize features accordingly.
• Product Development - Oversee the end-to-end product development process, from conceptualization to release. Coordinate with development teams to deliver high-quality products on schedule.
• Project Management - Define and prioritize product features, enhancements, and requirements based on customer feedback, market research, and business impact.
• Product Launch - Plan and implement successful product launches, including marketing strategies and user communication. Monitor product performance post-launch and iterate based on user feedback.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration - Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, design, editorial, and marketing, to ensure successful product development and delivery.
• Partner Communication - Keep collaborators informed about the status of ongoing projects, turning points, and potential roadblocks. Maintain visibility and ensure alignment with business goals, overall product strategy, and the product roadmap.
• User Research - Conduct, analyze, and engage with user feedback/research to gain insight into our user needs, preferences, concerns, and difficulties. Use this data to inform product decisions and improvements.
• User Experience (UX) - Work with UX/UI designers to create user-friendly and visually appealing products. Ensure a seamless and engaging user experience across IGN's digital platforms.
• Data Analysis - Apply data analytics and key performance indicators to supervise product performance, identify areas for improvement, and make decisions to optimize the product.
• Market and Competitive Analysis - Stay informed about industry trends, emerging technologies, and the competitive landscape to find opportunities and threats in the market, ensuring that our products remain innovative.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience of 3-5 years working on technology-powered products as either a product manager, product designer, engineer, data analyst, data scientist, or user researcher
• Solid understanding of digital media platforms, technologies, and industry trends.
• Shown ability of building intuitive content management systems that meet both internal and external customer needs
• Experience in building subscription based products with a track record of driving growth
• Led product development on sophisticated features from 1st to Nth interaction
• A history of deep, and demonstrated understanding of the techniques and methods of modern product discovery and product delivery
• Proven track record to determine solutions to hard problems with many constraints, using sound judgment to assess risks, and give recommendations in a well-structured, data-informed, written narrative.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to aid in collaborations with engineers, designers, and company leaders

Bonus Points if you have...

• Deep understanding of the gaming industry and market trends.
• Deep understanding of the ecommerce industry
• Strong background in app development and design.

• Work Schedule: 40 hours per week, M-F. There is no expectation for this role to work weekends, holidays, or odd hours. 
• Travel Requirements: No travel is required for this role. 
• Physical Requirements: This role involves standard office-based activities, including extended periods of sitting, standing, and working at a computer.
• Work Model: For applicants who reside in or around Los Angeles, New York, or London, there may be a requirement to go into our offices 2-3 days per week. For others located in different areas around the world, this position will be remote.

• You’ll make an impact. We reach 490MM monthly unique users. We’re big time, but we’re not afraid to give you real opportunities to be epic and make a difference immediately.
• We’ve got a big presence, but a small team.
• We have fun. It’s all about games and games are fun. Anyone can offer a casual work environment, flexible hours, and benefits. We can offer that and a place where you can squad up with your coworkers in the arcade/game room.
• We’re passionate about what we do. IGN employees understand our users, because they are our users. We have a personal interest in providing the best possible product.