Product Manager, Growth & Gaming

Nclusion

$150K — $220K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years in product management, with 3+ years in gamification or growth products, preferably in fintech or gaming.
  • Strong track record of leading gamified product initiatives from concept to launch.
  • Fluency in game design principles like progression systems and feedback loops relevant to non-gaming contexts.
  • Proficient in user research methodologies to understand diverse user motivations.
  • Deep insight into habit formation and behavioral change strategies at scale.
  • Excellent analytical skills for data-driven decision making and defining success metrics.
  • Strong communication skills to align cross-functional teams with differing priorities.

Responsibilities

  • Own the full product lifecycle for gamification and growth initiatives, from design to launch.
  • Design gamified systems that enhance financial behaviors like saving and transacting.
  • Iterate on incentive structures based on behavioral economics and design principles.
  • Collaborate with research teams to translate user motivations into effective game mechanics.
  • Make strategic trade-offs in a resource-constrained environment, driving clarity in decision-making.
  • Work alongside cross-functional teams to ensure scalable and reliable product experiences.
  • Partner with Finance to model program economics and ensure sustainable growth initiatives.
  • Implement a culture of experimentation to optimize customer engagement and retention.

Benefits

  • 401k matching contributions up to 3% with tiered options available.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Equity options alongside competitive salaries to share in company success.
  • Flexible PTO policy encouraging a minimum of 14 vacation days.
  • In-office lunches and team events to nurture company culture.
Full Job Description
About the Role

Our Growth & Gaming team is responsible for building the systems that deepen customer engagement, drive retention, and unlock sustainable growth across our ecosystem. As a Product Manager, you will own the strategy, roadmap, and execution for gamified experiences, loyalty programs, incentive mechanics, and growth loops that motivate meaningful financial behavior in the communities we serve.

This is not a conventional growth role. You will be applying game design thinking, progression systems, challenges, streaks, rewards, and social mechanics to help first-time digital financial services customers build lasting habits and trust. You'll need to understand what makes experiences intrinsically motivating in these contexts, and build programs that deliver real, lasting value rather than hollow engagement. This role is highly collaborative, working cross-functionally with design, engineering, data, marketing, and operations to bring impactful products to life.

What You'll Do

  • Own the full product lifecycle for growth and gaming initiatives: from discovery and game design through launch and iteration, and driving prioritization with clarity and conviction.
  • Design and evolve gamified systems (streaks, challenges, leaderboards, milestone rewards, progress mechanics) that drive meaningful financial behavior: saving, transacting, and building trust with formal financial services.
  • Build and iterate on incentive structures (rewards, referrals, cashback, badges) grounded in behavioral economics and game design principles - balancing engagement with sustainable program economics.
  • Partner with our research team to understand what motivates our users and what doesn't, while translating those insights into game mechanics that reflect real needs, not assumptions.
  • Make hard tradeoffs. In a resource-constrained environment, you'll decide what gets cut, what ships, and why - and bring your team along on that reasoning.
  • Collaborate with engineering, design, data, and operations to ship experiences that work reliably at scale across diverse regions, languages, and connectivity conditions.
  • Partner with Finance and Analytics to model program economics, reward liability, and ROI - ensuring growth initiatives are sustainable and margin-aware, as well as partnering with Legal and Compliance to ensure incentives stay within policy.
  • Run a rigorous experimentation and learning culture, using A/B tests and behavioral data to continuously optimize engagement, retention, and activation loops.
  • Track and own product metrics, using data to iterate quickly and demonstrate impact.


What You Bring to the Table

  • 6+ years in product management, with at least 3 years working on gamification, growth, loyalty, or consumer engagement products - ideally in fintech, gaming, or another complex, constraint-driven environment.
  • A track record of shipping gamified or growth products end-to-end - not just writing specs, but driving decisions, owning outcomes, and standing behind them.
  • Fluency in game design principles: you understand progression systems, feedback loops, variable reward schedules, and how to apply them to non-gaming contexts without feeling gimmicky.
  • Strong instincts for user research, particularly with populations whose contexts differ significantly from your own. You know how to design studies, synthesize findings, and translate them into mechanics that reflect real motivations rather than assumptions.
  • Deep understanding of what actually drives habit formation, retention, and behavioral change at scale - grounded in both data and psychology.
  • Strong analytical skills - you're comfortable with data, defining success metrics, and using quantitative signals to make confident product decisions.
  • The ability to communicate clearly and lead without authority: aligning engineering, marketing, finance, and operations partners who often have different vocabularies, priorities, and constraints.
  • Comfort with ambiguity: you can make sound decisions with incomplete information and course-correct quickly when the ground shifts.
  • Experience working in or building for emerging markets is a strong plus - you've navigated contexts where low connectivity, low institutional trust, or first-time digital users shaped your product decisions.


Benefits and Perks

  • 401k up to 3% with additional tiered options
  • Medical Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Competitive compensation & equity - We believe in sharing success.
  • Flexible PTO - We focus on impact, not tracking vacation days. We encourage a minimum of 14 days.
  • In-office lunch, team events & culture


Compensation

The base pay range for this role is $150,000 - $220,000 per year.

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