Scopely is seeking a Senior Product Manager (Performance) to work on our The Walking Dead: Road to Survival game. You will be dedicated to the creation, configuration, and maintenance of in-game promotional events, contests, new content, and sales to drive monthly KPI goals for their game.
As a Senior Product Manager, you will contribute to the long-term live ops strategy, balance of the game’s economy, as well as ROI analysis for future features for the game. Live events are an integral part of the success of our games and offer our players unique experiences each day. You will collaborate with an experienced product team dedicated to maximizing KPIs.
What you will do:
- Working closely with the game product lead to define and execute a comprehensive Live Ops strategy and detailed multi-quarter plan for events, sales and new game content to hit planned KPI targets and maximize long-term customer value.
- Analyze the performance of events and sales and their impact on KPIs and game health to inform iterations and optimizations.
- Conduct quantitative analysis of data to provide key insights into product performance and uncover opportunities for further engagement and monetisation
- Collaborate closely with Product Managers and Analysts to assess trends in the key in-game economies that impact business KPIs. Identify issues and opportunities, and develop strategies to improve game economy health.
- Support the product feature and tool roadmap by surfacing unmet player and team needs.
- Create regular performance reports for key stakeholders
What you will need:
5+ years of experience in Product Management working across live operations, economy balancing, and/or feature design in free-to-play games.
- Strong passion for games, and regularly play new titles to identify trends, new practices and mechanics
- Experience designing successful features or systems that drive player engagement, retention and investment for a live service product
- Creativity. You’ll have to make the leap from understanding what’s going on to brainstorming ways to improve it. Ultimately, success is about implementing campaigns and events that have a big impact on our users
- Strong understanding of how game economies work, change, and impact business KPIs.
- Understanding of game design concepts and principles
- Flexible, adaptable self-starter, able to identify obstacles and work through.
- Proven ability to own, build and iterate functions and processes
- Proven track record as a strong team player with strong verbal and communication skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally across multiple disciplines and cultures
- Clear verbal and written communication skills
- SQL Proficiency and Data Analysis skills
About Scopely:
Scopely is a leading mobile games company home to many top-grossing, award-winning franchises including Star Trek™ Fleet Command, Looney Tunes™ World of Mayhem, WWE Champions 2019, The Walking Dead: Road To Survival™, YAHTZEE® With Buddies and Wheel of Fortune®: Free Play, among others. Scopely creates rewarding, immersive games that empower a directed-by-consumer experience. Founded in 2011, Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform that personalizes gameplay at scale across one of the most diversified portfolios in the west. Recognized in Fast Company’s ‘World’s Most Innovative Companies’ and #2 on Deloitte’s ‘Technology Fast 500’ as one of the fastest-growing companies in North America, Scopely has achieved more than $1 billion in lifetime revenue by creating game experiences that are an important part of people’s lives. With global operations in Los Angeles, Barcelona and Dublin (DIGIT Games Studios), and additional studios in seven countries across four continents, Scopely has raised more than $250 million in financing from global entertainment and technology investors.
