About Skillz

Skillz is driving the future of entertainment by accelerating the convergence of sports, video games and media for a booming mobile-first audience worldwide. The company’s platform empowers mobile game developers and players with access to fun and fair competition for real prizes, shifting the paradigm to make esports accessible to anyone, anywhere.

Skillz helps developers build multi-million dollar game franchises by turning content into competitive social gaming properties for the world’s 2.6 billion gamers. The company has already worked with 20,000 game developers, leveraging its patented technology to host billions of casual esports tournaments for 30 million players worldwide.

Last year, Skillz was recognized as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies and CNBC Disruptor 50 (for the second time). In 2018, Skillz was listed as one of Forbes’ Next Billion-Dollar Startups and Entrepreneur Magazine’s 100 Brilliant Companies. In 2017, Inc. Magazine ranked Skillz the No. 1 fastest-growing private company in America.

The company is backed by leading venture capitalists, media companies, and professional sports luminaries, ranging from Liberty Global, Accomplice, Wildcat Capital, Telstra Ventures, and a founder of Great Hill Partners to the owners of the New England Patriots, Milwaukee Bucks, New York Mets, and Sacramento Kings.

Who We’re Looking For

Revenue Operations is a mindset, an approach to managing a live game and its player base to drive ongoing user engagement, retention, and satisfaction through innovative live operations (events, leagues, discounts, etc.). As the Head of Rev Ops at Skillz, you will develop a program to create money-can’t-buy experiences and forever customers across the Skillz mobile gaming platform.

What You’ll Do

Manage a world-class Live Ops team and program designed to drive heightened monetization and deep retention of mobile gaming players across the network of game environments on the Skillz platform
Manage a Player Comms marketing team to segment players and make targeted communications or offers appropriate for each segment
Design special in-game and system-wide live events to stimulate engagement of active and lapsed players
Collect and analyze game data to provide insight into how to optimize Skillz games
Partner with Product Development team to develop new tools and features to enable next generation Live Ops for both Skillz staff and our developer partners
Develop KPIs and reporting to regularly monitor the progress and efficacy of the program
Drive the company’s long term plan for recurring and engaging platform content, ensuring our system continues to surprise and delight
Work alongside teammates in Player Relations who care about creating money-can’t-buy experiences for forever customers as much as you do

Your Skillz

7+ years experience in product management, analytics, consulting, live ops, or related field
4+ years of direct people management
2+ years experience in gaming; mobile preferred, but not required
Excellent communication skills, analytical ability, and attention to detail
Strong interpersonal and organizational skills, with the ability to respond to feedback and implement ideas in a changing environment
Ability to provide clear direction, set measurable goals and give insight on industry trends

Skillz embraces diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to diversifying our workforce, we do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, gender, gender identity, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, veteran status, or disability status.