Jam City

Lead Product Manager

Jam City$140K — $180K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in Product Management or Business Intelligence in the F2P games industry
  • Strong analytical skills for data-driven decision making
  • Experience in gaming or a related field
  • Creatively solve problems in a fast-paced environment
  • Ability to write SQL queries for data analysis or a willingness to learn
  • Self-starter with project management experience from concept to completion
  • Exceptional communication and organizational skills

Responsibilities

  • Serve as key stakeholder in feature prioritization with cross-functional teams
  • Design and enhance features to boost player engagement metrics
  • Oversee LiveOps and in-game events to optimize revenue and player retention
  • Analyze game data and collaborate with Analytics for strategic business decisions
  • Collaborate with game teams to assess and implement impactful product changes
  • Identify necessary tools and reporting methods, working with technical teams
  • Formulate game hypotheses and design A/B tests with clear success metrics
  • Communicate key performance indicators to stakeholders regularly

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Parental leave
  • Paid time off
  • 401(k) plan
  • Life, disability, and accident insurance
Full Job Description
Jam City is on the hunt for a Lead Product Manager to support Cookie Jam, one of Jam City's flagship titles. You will manage a F2P game and use that data to inform strategic roadmap decisions in the pursuit of delivering amazing player experiences and driving business outcomes. As a Lead Product Manager you'll have a direct impact on the success of Cookie Jam. You will make decisions and understand our "Game as a Business Strategy", looking to achieve great player experiences while maximizing ROI. You will help us to define, set up and maintain in-game offers, sales, promotional events, along with new content and features to drive KPI goals. The ideal candidate is passionate about casual and puzzle games games, can pull, analyze, and report data from the game and use this to inform effective live ops decisions and product prioritization. They have the agility to manage projects on their own and understand how they work in a fast evolving, data driven company. They have the people skills to work smoothly and communicate effectively with Producers, Designers, and Engineers. **RESPONSIBILITIES** - Key stakeholder and decision-maker for feature prioritization, in combination with other crafts. - Identifies and designs/improves features to improve key indicators, by making our games more engaging. - Manages LiveOps, in game events & sales to maximize revenue and keep players engaged through balancing and optimizations. - Analyze data, build automated reports, and work with the Analytics team to make informed business decisions. - Work closely with game teams to identify, test and measure high-impact product changes that drive growth in revenue, reach and retention. - Identify tools and reporting, working with technical teams, to design, implement and improve through rapid iteration. - Understand game metrics to inform hypotheses and create A/B testing experiments with clear and measurable success criteria. - Effectively communicates relevant KPIs and updates to key stakeholders in a timely fashion. **QUALIFICATIONS** - 5+ years experience in Product Management, Business Intelligence or related role in the F2P games industry. - Excellent analytical and quantitative skills with a focus on data-driven decision making. - Gaming or comparable industry experience. - Thrives in an entrepreneurial environment with a creative problem solving mindset. - Experience writing SQL queries and distilling complex analysis into actionable insights or willingness to learn. - Self-starter with experience managing projects from concept through completion. - Outstanding communication and organizational skills. - Must be able to understand and diagnose the economy of the game, driving healthy behavioral metrics. - Must be able to work closely with studio leadership in developing an optimum roadmap for future features based on evolving game needs. In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation for this role. The range listed is just one component of Jam City's total compensation package for employees, which may also include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. Starting pay for the successful applicant will depend on a variety of job-related factors, which may include education, training, experience, certifications, location, business needs, or market demands. This range is based on a full-time position. This range may be modified in the future. In addition, Jam City provides a variety of benefits to employees, including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, parental leave, paid time off, a 401(k) plan, life, disability, and accident insurance. Pay Range: $140,000 - $180,000 salary per year.

About Jam City

Jam City is a mobile gaming company that develops and publishes popular games such as Cookie Jam, Panda Pop, and Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Culver City, California. Jam City's games have been downloaded over 800 million times and the company has partnerships with major entertainment brands such as Disney, Marvel, and Universal. In addition to its headquarters in California, Jam City has offices in Toronto, Berlin, and Buenos Aires.
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Size
500 employees
Industry
Founded
2010

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