Netflix

Product Manager - Games, Social Platform (L5)

Netflix$310K — $500K+*
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in product management or related fields, especially in social products for video games.
  • Demonstrated success in launching major product initiatives or improving high-impact product areas.
  • Ability to transform user feedback into significant product features.
  • Strong command of iterative development and customer experience enhancement methodologies.
  • Skill in clearly articulating goals, requirements, and results for varied audiences.
  • Technical acumen or solid comprehension of technical platforms and systems.
  • Self-motivated with a capacity to thrive in ambiguity and manage multiple projects.

Responsibilities

  • Set and drive near-term product roadmaps for social platform strategies with senior stakeholder guidance.
  • Manage end-to-end project execution for large initiatives, developing efficient systems and tooling for game partners.
  • Shape product strategy by leveraging industry trends and data to innovate social experiences like multiplayer and sharing.
  • Build collaboration among cross-functional teams in Netflix’s Games and Product & Technology sectors to unify member interactions.
  • Facilitate informed decision-making by drawing out dissenting opinions and managing risk assessments in partnership with Trust and Safety and other departments.

Benefits

  • Health Plans and Mental Health support.
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match.
  • Stock Option Program and Disability Programs.
  • Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts.
  • Family-forming benefits and Life & Serious Injury Benefits.
  • Generous paid leave of absence policies.
  • 35 annual days of paid leave for full-time hourly employees and immediate flexible time off for salaried employees.
Full Job Description

At Netflix, we have an insatiable desire to continually improve our products and deliver new experiences to delight and entertain our quickly growing membership. The Product Manager - Games - Social Platform is a cross-functional leader who will apply their strategic, analytical, and relationship-building expertise to develop and execute our roadmap for bringing our members together to play games via social experiences like online and co-op multiplayer, sharing, chat, and more.

The Product Manager for Games - Social Platform will lead major new product initiatives and materially transform existing product areas with high business impact. You will champion a curated space where players can connect, collaborate, and share, while ensuring a high-quality, trusted environment.

What you will do:

  • Drive near-term roadmaps: Set near-term product roadmaps with some guidance, bringing along senior stakeholders to shape the games social platform strategy for our first and third-party game studio partners.

  • Execute end-to-end projects: Execute with minimal guidance on large, end-to-end projects developing back-end systems and tooling for game partners, breaking things down into achievable milestones.

  • Innovate on social experiences: Apply strong knowledge of industry trends, data, and market dynamics to shape product strategy and identify meaningful innovation opportunities for friends, presence, online multiplayer, sharing, and chat features.

  • Foster collaboration and alignment: Drive alignment with cross-functional stakeholders outside of your squad across Netflix’s Games and Product & Technology organizations to create a unified strategy for member-to-member relationships.

  • Drive effective decision-making: Effectively farm for dissent to inform decision-making, drawing out opposing opinions and leveraging context to manage risk assessments for social features in partnership with Trust and Safety, Legal, and Customer Support.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in product management or related business areas, ideally with direct experience working on social products or systems in video games.

  • Proven ability to lead major new product initiatives or materially transform existing product areas with high business impact.

  • Experience translating UX testing and feedback into impactful new features.

  • Demonstrates strength in experimentation methodology, iterative product development, and analysis best practices to enhance the customer experience.

  • Experience articulating project goals, product requirements, and results in clear, compelling, and actionable ways across diverse technical and non-technical stakeholders.

  • Technical background or strong understanding of technical systems and platforms.

  • Ambitious self-starter who deals well with ambiguity and a fast-paced, multiple-project environment.

Generally, our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $310,000.00 - $545,000.00. This compensation range will vary based on location.

Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. See more details about our Benefits here.

Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more here.

Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.

Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.

About Netflix

Netflix, Inc. is an American media company founded on August 29, 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, and currently based in Los Gatos, California, with production offices and stages at the Los Angeles-based Hollywood studios (formerly old Warner Brothers studios) and the Albuquerque Studios (formerly ABQ studios). It operates an eponymous over-the-top subscription video on-demand service, which showcases acquired and original programming as well as third-party content licensed from other production companies and distributors. Netflix is also the first streaming media company to be a member of the Motion Picture Association.
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Size
11,300 employees
Market Cap
$127.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
$2.7 billion
Founded
1997
5 Year Trend
+27.5%
Revenue
$24.9 billion
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