Senior Product Manager
WarnerMedia
- Burbank, CA
- $101,500-188,500 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Work together with studio creatives to formulate the winning hypothesis/strategies that lead to hit games within the franchise.
- Lead the formulation of audience profile and product positioning to support overall franchise strategy.
- Help drive research / user testing initiatives to validate and build confidence in commercial success.
- Provide creative and genre expertise for projects as needed, using research and a strong knowledgebase of the industry.
- Distill learnings from internal game lifecycles to help shape our strategy to engineer bigger hits.
- Lead live operational frameworks and roadmap to ensure a game can last 3+ years, including oversight over Live Ops calendars through a strong understanding of content, features, economy, and production pipeline.
- Monitor health metrics across franchise products, using a mix of data and player feedback, to measure success and inform our priorities
- Oversee the analysis of results of events, promotions, and store updates to help improve future activities and strategies in relevant products.
- Work with team of analytics to create actionable recommendations for our development teams and communicate the ongoing KPI impact of recommendations.
- 8+ experience in the gaming industry, ideally on AAA product.
- 5+ experience in a Product Management role.
- Experience using data visualization tools (Tableau, Looker, etc).
- Experience running live-ops and engagement events in F2P games.
- Strong familiarity with Console & PC trends and best practices.
- Record of accomplishment via feature, promotional and business model recommendations.
- Strong project management experience and ability to work with and manage cross-functional units to advance business objectives.
- Data science or Statistical analysis work in any field.
- Thorough understanding of free-to-play games and business models.
- Effective communication skills including organizing and leading meetings.
- An analytical, logical, innovative, and creative approach to problem-solving.
- Exceptional product management skills (with experience at a features and systems level).
- Strong PC Skills, including proficiency with MS Outlook, Word, Excel (pivot tables, large data sets).
- Exceptional PowerPoint presentation skills.
- Ability to collaborate with colleagues across different disciplines and location to achieve results.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and prioritize work to meet specific deadlines required.
- Must be self-motivated and results oriented.
- Experience with managing A/B tests and experiments.
- Strong financial modeling skills.
- Flexibility to travel to WB Games studios as required.
- Attendance at industry conferences as required.
- BA/BS Degree, Background in Business, Finance, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, Design, Systems Design, Engineering, or Mathematics a plus. MA/MS/MBA preferred.