Jam City is on the hunt for a Lead Product Manager to support Cookie Jam, one of Jam City’s flagship titles. You will manage a F2P game and use that data to inform strategic roadmap decisions in the pursuit of delivering amazing player experiences and driving business outcomes.
As a Lead Product Manager you'll have a direct impact on the success of Cookie Jam. You will make decisions and understand our “Game as a Business Strategy”, looking to achieve great player experiences while maximizing ROI.
You will help us to define, set up and maintain in-game offers, sales, promotional events, along with new content and features to drive KPI goals.
The ideal candidate is passionate about casual and puzzle games games, can pull, analyze, and report data from the game and use this to inform effective live ops decisions and product prioritization. They have the agility to manage projects on their own and understand how they work in a fast evolving, data driven company. They have the people skills to work smoothly and communicate effectively with Producers, Designers, and Engineers.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Key stakeholder and decision-maker for feature prioritization, in combination with other crafts.
Identifies and designs/improves features to improve key indicators, by making our games more engaging.
Manages LiveOps, in game events & sales to maximize revenue and keep players engaged through balancing and optimizations.
Analyze data, build automated reports, and work with the Analytics team to make informed business decisions.
Work closely with game teams to identify, test and measure high-impact product changes that drive growth in revenue, reach and retention.
Identify tools and reporting, working with technical teams, to design, implement and improve through rapid iteration.
Understand game metrics to inform hypotheses and create A/B testing experiments with clear and measurable success criteria.
Effectively communicates relevant KPIs and updates to key stakeholders in a timely fashion.
QUALIFICATIONS
5+ years experience in Product Management, Business Intelligence or related role in the F2P games industry.
Excellent analytical and quantitative skills with a focus on data-driven decision making.
Gaming or comparable industry experience.
Thrives in an entrepreneurial environment with a creative problem solving mindset.
Experience writing SQL queries and distilling complex analysis into actionable insights or willingness to learn.
Self-starter with experience managing projects from concept through completion.
Outstanding communication and organizational skills.
Must be able to understand and diagnose the economy of the game, driving healthy behavioral metrics.
Must be able to work closely with studio leadership in developing an optimum roadmap for future features based on evolving game needs.
Skills Required
- 5+ years experience in Product Management, Business Intelligence or related role in the F2P games industry.
- Excellent analytical and quantitative skills with a focus on data-driven decision making.
- Gaming or comparable industry experience.
- Thrives in an entrepreneurial environment with a creative problem solving mindset.
- Experience writing SQL queries and distilling complex analysis into actionable insights or willingness to learn.
- Self-starter with experience managing projects from concept through completion.
- Outstanding communication and organizational skills.
- Must be able to understand and diagnose the economy of the game, driving healthy behavioral metrics.
- Must be able to work closely with studio leadership in developing an optimum roadmap for future features based on evolving game needs.
Jam City Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare options are consistently characterized as strong, including medical, dental, vision, FSA, and life insurance. Solid coverage is highlighted as a plus across benefits descriptions.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous or “unlimited” PTO alongside paid holidays, sick leave, bereavement, and parental leave is widely listed. These time-off provisions are positioned as strengths even when base pay may not be top-of-market.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Perks such as pet-friendly offices, commuter benefits, snacks/drinks, company events, and wellness activities are commonly showcased. Remote/hybrid options further support day-to-day flexibility and work–life balance.
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What We Do
Jam City is an award-winning entertainment company providing unique and deeply engaging mobile games that are played by tens of millions of people across the globe. Led by CEO Chris DeWolfe, former MySpace co-founder and CEO, and COO Josh Yguado, former 20th Century Fox executive, Jam City is the creative powerhouse behind some of the highest-grossing and most enduring mobile games. Jam City’s global franchise Cookie Jam has generated more than half a billion dollars, and Panda Pop has more than 120 million downloads to date. The company also is the go-to studio for Hollywood, having developed immersive, narrative-rich mobile games around iconic entertainment brands. The company’s popular RPG game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery was the #1 game in more than 40 countries at its launch in April 2018. Jam City has nine studios located in Los Angeles (HQ), Berlin, Buenos Aires, Bogotá, Burbank, Cedar Falls, San Diego, San Francisco, and Toronto. The Jam City team is known for its creative excellence and technological innovation in key areas including storytelling, data science and audience insights.
