Product Manager, New Games

2 Weeks ago • All levels • Product Management

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Product Manager at Wildlife, you will be responsible for defining new game concepts, and managing the game's vision throughout its development, from prototyping to global launch. You will analyze player feedback, and use data analysis to improve the game's performance. You will propose new game ideas, define the game's vision and product roadmap, design features, and work with various teams to ensure the game's success. This involves coordinating deliveries and providing product leadership. The role requires a passionate gamer who thrives in a fast-paced environment.
Must have:
  • Experience in product or game design roles in game development.
  • Passionate about games; a lifelong player.
  • Flexibility for iterative development cycles and frequent releases.
  • Strong interpersonal skills.
  • Strong data analysis skills.
Good to have:
  • Experience shipping mobile games.
  • Programming skills to develop prototypes independently.
  • Experience using AI tools for art or programming.

Job Details

We're looking for a talented and passionate Product Manager to join Wildlife's New Games team. Wildlife is constantly building and releasing new titles with the goal of bringing fun to billions of people around the world. The company has already surpassed the mark of 4 billion downloads. The New Games Product team is accountable for defining which new games will be produced and building these products in partnership with engineers and artists. These are the products that will drive the company's growth for the following years. 

As a Wildlife New Games Product Manager, you will define new game theses to be validated by the executives team, you will also be accountable for the game's vision throughout the development cycle, from prototyping to global launch. You will use player feedback, data analysis and accurate business sense to improve the game's performance. 

We know that the work we do has a high impact on our company's success and culture. The right person for this position is curious by nature, and comfortable in a "take the initiative" environment, loves solving problems, and can thrive in a fast and growing business.

What you'll do

  • Using market research, propose new game theses that can be played by millions of people for multiple years
  • Define the new game's vision and product roadmap (adapting it if needed as we gather more data about the product)
  • Design the game's main features and write their specifications
  • In partnership with the game's art leader and the distribution team define the game theme and art style
  • Review game design decisions made by the rest of the team (artists and engineers)
  • Coordinate deliveries within the core team and with related disciplines (engineering, art, distribution, data science);
  • Provide product and game design leadership through your own experience, competitor analyses, playtests, player feedback, data analysis, etc.) within the product's core team;
  • Analyze the performance of new versions and features released. Continuously refine the roadmap based on new findings

What you'll need

  • Experience in product or game design roles within game development (shipping games in any platform, leading product development in game jams or hackathons)
  • Passionate about games, you have been a player your whole life
  • Flexibility to work in iterative development cycles with frequent releases
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Strong data analysis skills

Nice to Have

  • Experience shipping mobile games
  • Programming skills that allow you to develop prototypes independently
  • Experience using AI tools for art creation or programming

More about you

  • Excited about joining the most valuable, highest growth start-up in Brazil that will provide you meaningful work, meaningful relationships, continuous meaningful learning, and a team radically committed to produce great products;
  • Thoughtful and analytical decision-maker: you consider multiple solutions to the same problem and can see nuance where others don't to decide what level of detail/sophistication you’ll need to make an informed timely decision;
  • A structured and creative thinker: with a structured mindset you are able to harness chaos into a logical architecture, where others would give-up you won't, and by digging into benchmarks you're able to uncover unthinkable solutions to your day-by-day problems;
  • A natural but humble leader and mentor: as an accomplished leader, you're able to speak on a broad spectrum of topics; your demeanor diffuses conflicts and puts people at ease, helping you give constructive feedback and build relationships across cultures and interacting and coordinating the work of several teams, to extract the most value from each team member;
  • A multicultural gamer: you love gaming (console, mobile, board, or card games) as much as we do, so you'll plug that passion into providing players' needs with unparalleled focus.

About Wildlife

Wildlife is one of the leading mobile game developers and publishers in the world. We have released more than 60 titles, reaching billions of people around the globe. Today, we have offices in Brazil, Finland, and the United States. Here, we create games that will excite, intrigue, and engage our players for years to come!

Equal Opportunity

Wildlife is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law.

We're committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. 

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About The Company

We're a Brazilian native global company and one of the leading mobile game developers and publishers in the world. We have released more than 60 titles, reaching billions of people around the globe. In early 2019, we decided to expand globally, opening offices worldwide. This way, we can reach more incredible people and unique knowledge to scale our development and delivery capacity. Today, we have offices in the United States, Ireland, and Argentina – besides, of course, Brazil. Being in Wildlife is about being part of something big! Our team is made of exceptional people who are dedicated to creating incredible things. We dream of being the best technology company to work for in the world and we aspire to develop games that will be remembered by generations.

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