Product Manager

About the Role: We are seeking an experienced and driven Product Manager to lead the development of key features for our upcoming social media app targeting teen gamers. Initially, you’ll focus on content direction and production, helping to shape the app's voice and user engagement. Long term, your role will evolve to focus on building a strong user network, ensuring health and safety standards, and driving continuous product innovation. You will be an essential partner in creating a vibrant and engaging community, working closely with cross-functional teams to deliver the best possible user experience.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Product Strategy & Roadmap:

• Develop and communicate a clear product vision and strategy that aligns with company goals and user needs.
• Prioritize and manage a long-term roadmap, from content production to core app features like user profiles, endorsements, and game recommendations.

2. User Network Development:

• Create strategies that help users build meaningful connections and interactions within the app, including enhancing the "friend graph," user profile customization, and the "TeamUp" experience.
• Lead the development of features like referrals, endorsements, and game modules tailored to user behavior.

3. Health & Safety Leadership:

• Ensure the app is a trusted and safe environment for users through verification processes, privacy controls, and reporting/blocking flows.
• Stay updated on privacy and child safety laws to maintain compliance and set competitive benchmarks for user safety.
• Drive partnerships focused on user health and safety, including potential toxic user rehabilitation initiatives.

4. Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Collaborate with engineering, design, marketing, and customer support teams to bring features to life.
• Partner with moderation teams to maintain a healthy and positive community.

5. Data-Driven Product Decisions:

• Analyze user data, market trends, and feedback to inform product decisions and optimize the user experience.
• Conduct competitive analysis to stay ahead of industry trends and continuously evolve product features.

6. Stakeholder Communication:

• Clearly communicate product goals, milestones, and progress to internal stakeholders and executives.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Experience: 3-5 years of product management experience in social apps, gaming, or tech, with a proven ability to drive results in user-centric products.
• Leadership Skills: Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and foster collaboration.
• Strategic Mindset: Strong analytical and strategic skills with the ability to develop comprehensive product strategies.
• User-Centered Focus: Passionate about delivering top-notch user experiences, especially for younger demographics like Gen Z.
• Technical Acumen: A good understanding of technical concepts and experience working closely with engineering teams.
• Problem Solving: Able to handle complex challenges, make data-driven decisions, and prioritize effectively.
• Project Management: Experience managing multiple projects and delivering quality outcomes on time.

Benefits

What’s in it for you?

• Full-time employee, medical, dental, vision
• 401K with matching
• Paid personal and sick leave
• Flexible & remote work model
• Employee Assistance program for you and your family
• Company provided laptop and phone
• Fun, diverse, inclusive and collaborative work environment

Who we are

PTW is a boutique games services company that provides custom solutions worldwide. We believe in accelerating innovation across the globe. We started more than 25 years ago and since then, have grown exponentially year-on-year to who we are today. Our history is in gaming, and we are still gamers at heart. In our time within the games industry, we have worked on over 1,500 titles across all genres and all platforms.

We have grown rapidly over the past few years and now have 16 sites spanning the globe. The PTW umbrella of companies includes SIDE, 1518, OR Esports. SIDE works at the cutting edge of interactive media as a provider of audio services for the global entertainment market. 1518 is known industry wide for world-class art and is also our in-house game and product development studio.

Basically, anywhere in the world, any platform, any genre, we can help come up with a custom solution to make games run better, get to market faster, and enhance the lives of more players.

In summary, we connect and bring fun to the world.

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