Project Manager

1 Month ago • 3 Years + • Project Management • $80,000 PA - $110,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Nexon America is seeking a Project Manager to join their IntelligenceLabsUS team. The role involves planning, communicating, and managing projects and products, working closely with game production teams, platform teams, Infra, creative, and QA to deliver excellent products like websites, platform features, data analysis, web3.0 products, and marketing support. The Project Manager will analyze stakeholder needs, propose new products and solutions, define specifications, and strategically prioritize project backlogs and release plans to align with product and company goals. Responsibilities include managing website and platform projects, conducting product research in gaming solutions, AI, and Web3.0, and potentially acting as a Scrum Master for creative teams.
Must have:
  • Minimum 3+ years of software project/product management experience
  • Proven success in defining software products
  • Expertise in creating functional specifications
  • Understanding of API and front-end/back-end interaction
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to make critical product feature decisions
  • Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment
Good to have:
  • Professional proficiency in Korean
  • Knowledge of Web3.0 for project implementation
  • Experience implementing features/products from scratch
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
  • PM-related certificates (PMP, SCM, or similar)
Perks:
  • Medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Health savings account contribution
  • Company-paid life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability benefits
  • Voluntary life and AD&D for dependents
  • Flexible spending accounts
  • 401(k) savings plan with company match
  • Pet insurance
  • Monthly wellness credit
  • Lunchtime yoga
  • Language classes
  • Bi-monthly catered lunches
  • Monthly happy hours
  • Well-stocked snack bar
  • Paid time off
  • Sick days
  • Company holidays
  • Year-end break

Job Details

About Nexon

Nexon America is a branch of Nexon Co., Ltd., a global video game publisher and leading developer of online virtual worlds for PCs, consoles, and mobile devices. Nexon proudly offers celebrated franchises like MapleStory and Mabinogi that have been enjoyed by millions of players for over two decades. When we founded our Nexon America branch in 2006, we made it our goal to bring those unique games to western players using a player-first approach. We achieve that goal by applying our team’s outstanding free-to-play expertise and live game support to every decision, every day.

But we’re committed to more than our games! Here at Nexon America, we’re all about open communication, diversity, mutual respect, and collaboration, so we can bring out the best in each other. Nexies find support, friendship, and career growth all in one place! And because we know a healthy work-life balance is the key to happiness, Nexies also enjoy flexible hours, a hybrid work model, and extra perks like food trucks, happy hours, and team events. It’s why we’ve earned the Great Place to Work certification for 5 years running!

We’re looking to expand our team with passionate individuals who want to learn, play, and grow with us. Ready for a new challenge?

Summary of Position

We are committed to making players have a seamless experience on Nexon. In order to achieve it, IntelligenceLabsUS works closely with game production teams, platform teams in Korea, Infra, creative, and QA to deliver excellent products. Deliverables include websites, platform features, data analysis, web3.0 products, and marketing support.

This role as a PM in IntelligenceLabs US is responsible for planning, communicating and managing projects/products along with analyzing the needs of stakeholders, game studios, and customers. This includes proposing new products/projects and solutions that address stakeholder/player needs, developing strategic directions and defining specifications of each functionality for features and services, overseeing and strategically prioritizing project backlogs and release plans ensuring to meet directions of products or the company’s goals.

We are currently working in the office 2-3x a week in a hybrid work model.

Job Responsibilities

  • Project Management for Website Projects: Communicate closely with game production and marketing teams and collaborate with engineering, design, and marketing teams to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality products that not only meet their needs but also create significant value.
  • Project Management for Platform Projects: Gather business requirement from game teams and other related Nexon America internal teams and fulfill the requirement working with Nexon Korea development/UX design/QA team.
  • Product Research: Conduct thorough product research to identify key features, strengths relative to other products, and opportunities within gaming solutions, AI, and Web3.0 products. Validate product ideas and pinpoint opportunities for differentiation. Document research findings, analyses, and recommendations in a clear and concise manner. Prepare and deliver presentations to effectively communicate research insights to stakeholders. Act as a liaison between the technical and non-technical teams, translating complex AI concepts into understandable insights.
  • Scrum Master for Creative Teams (PM Task Rotation): Establish sprints for each team, allocate tickets to team members through collaboration with the team lead, act as the point of contact (POC) for each team to handle ad-hoc requests, ensuring team members can focus on achieving sprint goals.
  • Other duties as assigned

Work Experience

  • Minimum of 3+ years of relevant software project/product management experience

Education, Professional Training, Technical Training or Certification

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, design-related, or a related field
  • PM-related certificates preferred (PMP, SCM, or related certificates)

Knowledge/Skills

  • Required Knowledge/Skills:
    • Minimum of 3+ years of relevant software project/product management experience
    • A successful record of defining software products in a similar industry
    • Expertise in creating comprehensive functional specifications for software products
    • Understanding the basic concept of API and interaction between front-end and back-end
    • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
    • Make critical product feature and functionality decisions
    • Work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment
  • Preferred Knowledge/Skills:
    • Professional working proficiency in Korean
    • Knowledge of Web3.0 at a level sufficient to run actual projects
    • Experience implementing a feature or product from scratch

Management has the right to add or change duties and job requirements at any time.

Nexon’s Benefits and Perks

We offer medical, dental and vision plans for you, your spouse or domestic partner and your children. Employees who enroll in the high deductible health plan receive an annual employer contribution to a health savings account and company paid hospital indemnity benefits. We also provide company paid life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability benefits as well as access to voluntary life and AD&D for yourself and your dependents, flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) savings plan with a company match, and pet insurance. Nexies are encouraged to take advantage of our monthly wellness credit, participate in lunchtime yoga, and enroll in language classes. We host bi-monthly catered lunches, monthly happy hours, and maintain a well-stocked snack bar. To help you maintain a good work life balance, we offer paid time off, sick days, company holidays, and a year-end break.

Nexon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Compensation Description for Pay Transparency (annually)

The base salary range for this position in El Segundo, CA is $80,000 - $110,000 annually.

Our salary ranges are determined by market data based on position and level. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum salaries for that position. An individual’s pay is determined by factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s qualifications, skills, experiences, relevant education or training, and location.

Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work. This role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, however the salary range listed in this job posting reflects the base salary only.

Beware of Recruitment Scams

We have been made aware of fraudulent recruitment activities by individuals falsely claiming to represent Nexon America. Our recruiters will only contact you from official company email addresses ending in @nexon.com and will follow a formal interview process. We will never request for payment or personal financial information such as photos of government-issued identification during the recruitment process or offer a job without a formal interview process. If you receive suspicious email, we advise you to mark the email as junk or spam, so your email provider will block future messages from the sender.

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