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We are open for this role to be based from one of our sweet offices in:

  • London
  • Barcelona
  • Stockholm

We are looking for an experienced, entrepreneurial product manager to lead King’s Machine Learning Data Strategy. The PM Machine Learning and AI will work in close collaboration with Game Studios, Advertising and Marketing teams to identify and develop opportunities to use machine learning to enhance our players’ experiences.

A key responsibility will be the product strategy for our new ML Operations Platform. The ML Ops platform will be a centralised platform that aims to remove all the friction points and duplication of effort associated with deploying ML models at scale. We want our Data Scientists to easily deploy, train and run machine learning models at scale, processing data for our 350M monthly players.

Responsibilities

  • Define and deliver the Product Strategy for King’s Machine Learning Operations Platform.
  • Work closely with stakeholders to identify and develop use cases for machine learning.
  • Partner with the ML Engineering team to support the full ML Model Lifecycle, as required by the maturity of the stakeholder.
  • Collaborate with the ML R&D team on research initiatives. This will include supporting the commercial deployment of research work where appropriate.
  • Support ML Craft and Community by facilitating King’s Machine Learning Workgroup. The workgroup is an open forum where teams share updates on their projects and initiatives on a regular basis.

Qualifications

  • 5 years of experience in Product Management
  • 3 years of experience working with Machine Learning teams in a PM capacity
  • Demonstrated ability to develop relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Effective communication skills, written and verbal.
  • Proficiency in using data to monitor product performance.
  • Ability to create agreements across different teams and stakeholders.
  • Games industry experience would be very beneficial

Customers and Stakeholders

  • Game Studios
  • Marketing
  • Advertising
  • King Data Science teams

About King

King is the game developer behind the world- famous Candy Crush franchise, as well as mobile game hits including Farm Heroes, Bubble Witch and Pet Rescue. Candy Crush is the top- grossing franchise in US app stores, a position it has held for the last two years, and King’s games are being played by 245 million monthly active users as of Q3 2021. King, which is part of the Activision Blizzard group since its acquisition in 2016, employs nearly 2,000 people in game studios in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona and Berlin, and offices in San Francisco, New York, and Malta.

A Great Saga Needs All Sorts of Heroes

Making games is fun. Especially when you do it with people who share the same idea of what makes a good workplace great. We design games for everyone, no matter where they are or who they are, and we employ all sorts of people from all kinds of backgrounds to bring them to life. Truth is, we simply cannot expect diversity in our players and originality in our games without first nurturing it in our people. A great saga needs all sorts of heroes.

Making the World Playful

Making the World Playful is what inspires us to create new experiences and raise the bar. It’s what makes King a place where we can all dream bigger, continue to add innovation to our games, broadening the portfolio and exploring new territories in mid- core and casual. We take the art and science of gaming to the next level through our curiosity for the unexplored, passion for games, respect for each other and love for our players - and we’re not afraid to have fun along the way. In fact, together with our parent company Activision Blizzard and experts around the world, we believe having fun is good for you. There has never been a better time to join us. We're dreaming bigger and see a world of possibilities ahead. If you share our passion, our values, and our hunger to shape the future, join us in Making the World Playful!

Applications needs to be in English.