About Skillz:

Skillz is the leading mobile games platform connecting players in fair, fun, and meaningful competition.

The gaming industry is larger than movies, music, and books, with more than 2.7 billion gamers playing monthly and 10 million developers worldwide. Mobile is the fastest-growing segment of the gaming market, expected to increase from $68 billion in 2019 to $150 billion in 2025.

Skillz is pioneering the competitive mobile gaming experience, leveraging its patented technology to power over two billion esports tournaments a year. The company is headquartered in San Francisco and backed by leading venture capitalists, media companies, and professional sports leagues and franchises.

Through its philanthropic initiatives, Skillz has harnessed the power of its platform to transform the way nonprofits engage with donors, enabling anyone with a mobile device to support causes such as the American Red Cross, Susan G. Komen, American Cancer Society, and NAACP by playing in Skillz tournaments.

Skillz has also earned recognition as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, a two-time winner of CNBC’s Disruptor 50, one of Forbes’ Next Billion-Dollar Startups, and the #1 fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000.

Who we're looking for:

Our product development team sets the vision for the Skillz developer experience. Skillz is a mobile social gaming platform where players compete for real world prizes. Skillz has enabled hundreds of games to add competitive dynamics for real world prizes to create entirely new play experiences, opportunities for monetization and a way to make e-sports more inclusive for everyone. The Product Manager for synchronized games will enable thousands of developers to integrate the Skillz platform into their games to build vibrant businesses on live head to head competition. The Product Manager will own key features that will help define the experience of the hundreds of developers on the Skillz platform.

What you'll do:

Collaborate with our business teams and developer partners to help build features for the synchronized game platform
Create wireframes, write specifications and present recommendations for new features in our ever evolving platform
Perform analysis to optimize feature performance and propose product rollout plans to deliver improvements to our web products
Oversee the research, data gathering and studies required to produce thoughtful product evolutions
Maintain processes to ensure documentation, reports and plans are accurate and complete
Work alongside teammates who care about building great products as much as you do

Your Skillz:

4+ years of experience in product management, product development, game design, management consulting, or similar field
2+ years of experience performing quantitative analysis, preferably for a web, mobile or other technology company
Degree in engineering, computer science, or other quantitative field
Ability to approach complex problems and transform them into simple and elegant solutions
Understanding of data analysis and using testing methods to inform decisions
Strong communication skills and comfortable liaising between technical and non-technical partners
Strong interpersonal and organizational skills with the ability to respond to feedback and implement ideas in a changing environment.

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 and/or disability status.