Product Director | Catalog Games

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Job Description:

We are looking for a collaborative and innovative Product Director to join our team at Catalog Games. In this role, you will lead the strategy and execution for product, driving player engagement, sustainable growth, and meaningful experiences. Working closely with leaders across the organization, you will ensure your team’s efforts align with the broader vision and goals of Catalog Games, while fostering a culture of belonging, creativity, and excellence.

Your Role Within Our Kingdom

• Strategic Leadership: Shape and lead the strategy and roadmap for your products, ensuring alignment with broader objectives and long-term goals.

• Collaboration: Partner with leaders to identify and prioritize opportunities, balancing player enjoyment with business needs.

• Accountability: Take full ownership of the player experience, product outcomes, and business performance of your products.

• Innovation: Foster a culture of experimentation and learning, leveraging player insights and market trends to explore new ideas and approaches.

• Team Leadership: Recruit, mentor, and inspire a high-performing, cross-functional team, creating an environment where everyone can thrive.

• Operational Excellence: Develop and implement processes to enhance efficiency, collaboration, and the delivery of exceptional results.

• Continuous Improvement: Promote a culture of growth by identifying and sharing learnings across teams.

• Cross-Team Collaboration: Build strong relationships across teams, facilitating effective planning, prioritization, and decision-making.

• Insights-Driven Decision-Making: Analyze performance metrics and player feedback to uncover trends, mitigate risks, and identify new opportunities.

Skills to Create Thrills

We are looking for a leader who brings both vision and empathy, empowering teams to achieve outstanding results. Key skills include:

• Empowering Leadership: Ability to support and inspire cross-functional teams to reach shared goals while fostering belonging and inclusivity.

• Strategic Mindset: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on aligning product decisions to larger company objectives.

• Delivery Expertise: Proven experience with production processes and operational strategies, ensuring timely and high-quality results.

• Collaborative Communication: Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, adept at building trust and alignment across diverse teams.

• Innovation and Curiosity: A drive to explore new ideas and encourage creative thinking to remain competitive in the ever-evolving gaming landscape.

• Culture Champion: Commitment to fostering an environment where all team members feel valued, respected, and empowered to succeed.

• Process Improvement: Experience designing processes that enable long-term organizational growth and adaptability.

About King

At King, we're Making the World Playful. Heard of Candy Crush? We're the creators behind it. With game studios in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona and Berlin, and offices in Dublin, San Francisco, New York, and Malta, we have a 20-year history of delivering some of the world's most iconic games in the mobile gaming industry and are on a mission to level-up the little moments for our more than 200 million active monthly users. But we aren't just crushing it with candies, we're also behind Farm Heroes, Bubble Witch, Pet Rescue and loads of other sweet games. As a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world, King is part of Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft.