Director, Game Product Manager

Requisition Number: 158312

Position Title: Director, Game Product Management

External Description:

Director, Game Product – The Sims

Location: Redwood City, CA

At Maxis, we thrive on outrageous thinking. It’s the fuel that inspires the best games in the world. We are great storytellers and create a platform for players to live their own stories. But it’s not just about amazing your peers – it’s about amazing yourself and our fans. Take risks. Collaborate with brilliant minds and dare to dream big. Together, we change the way millions play every day.

As a Product Manager on The Sims, you will work with a large but tight-knit team of enthusiastic industry craftspeople from all walks of life. You are autonomous and work on converting our goals into applicable tasks and follow them through to completion, gathering together and inspiring a team of like-minded collaborators.

The Sims 4 has an extremely unique player base attracting a large young female skewing audience. We are looking for someone with deep insights on how to create the best experience for our players.

You will report to the Senior Lead Product Manager on Maxis.

Description

As the Senior Lead Game PM, your job is to advocate a well-informed strategic view that guides the product roadmap.  You answer the “why” in all decisions and have a compelling, data-oriented argument to support your stance.  You build and manage a PM team that provides the same level of rigorous strategic thought to specific focus areas of the product.  Your team is also responsible for overseeing LiveOps planning and execution on the product.  You possess strong communication skills and are comfortable presenting a compelling product vision to an Executive audience.  Most importantly, you are an excellent co-worker, building strong relationships within your team as well as across EA departments.

Responsibilities

• Oversee product strategy, ensuring growth opportunities are identified and properly prioritized
• Design the game monetization strategy for future products
• Align product goals, targets and plans to studio financial goals
• Create the business case for the product’s revenue model and feature set
• Construct a risk mitigated go-to-market plan that establishes proof of concept for features prior to commercial launch
• Build confidence with executive and game leadership around proposed strategies
• Create and hire against a PM staffing plan
• Oversee team’s creation of and measurement against KPI targets for build releases and events
• Train PM team on processes, routines, frameworks and best practices
• Architect the product’s LiveOps strategy and oversee its execution
• Spec necessary tooling and work cross functionally to see it built and implemented
• Collaborate with Analytics and CI on analysis ideation, data collection, accessibility and visualization (and AB Testing)
• Partner with Marketing and Publishing to ensure coordination across all stakeholders

Requirements

• 7+ Years in Game Product Management
• Strong understanding of gaming business models
• Holistic knowledge of all facets of the game’s business, from development to distribution
• Quantitative mindset and degree in quantitative field
• Experience in Investment Banking or Management consulting a plus
• MBA a plus
• Avid Simulation gamer a strong plus

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We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

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About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

Days Open: 122

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About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.