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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Electronic Arts Inc.는 세계를 선도하는 인터랙티브 엔터테인먼트 소프트웨어 기업입니다. EA는 인터넷 콘솔, 개인용 컴퓨터, 휴대전화, 태블릿용 게임과 콘텐츠 및 온라인 서비스를 제공합니다.

EEOText: EA는 균등한 기회의 제공을 실천합니다. 모든 채용은 인종, 피부색, 출신 국가, 혈통, 생물학적/사회적 성별, 성 정체성 또는 표현, 성적 성향, 나이, 유전 정보, 종교, 장애 여부, 질병 유무, 임신 여부, 혼인 상태, 가족 상황, 군 복무 여부, 또는 법으로 금지된 기타 요인을 고려하지 않고 결정됩니다. 또한, 해당 직책에 합당한 능력을 갖추고 있다면 범죄 기록이 있는 지원자도 관련 법률을 준수하는 방식으로 채용 여부를 고려합니다. EA는 관련 법률에서 명시하는 대로 업무 공간에 장애가 있는 입사 지원자 또는 예정자를 위한 시설을 마련해두고 있습니다.

Days Open: 122

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EEO Employer Verbiage:

EA는 균등한 기회의 제공을 실천합니다. 모든 채용은 인종, 피부색, 출신 국가, 혈통, 생물학적/사회적 성별, 성 정체성 또는 표현, 성적 성향, 나이, 유전 정보, 종교, 장애 여부, 질병 유무, 임신 여부, 혼인 상태, 가족 상황, 군 복무 여부 등의 요인을 고려하지 않고 결정됩니다. EA는 관련 법률에서 명시하는 대로 업무 공간에 장애가 있는 입사 지원자 또는 예정자를 위한 시설을 마련해두고 있습니다.