Manager, Product Manager

| Austin, TX, USA | Hybrid
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Position Summary
Essential Job Functions:

  • Managing a team of Live Ops Product managers.
    • Mentorship: Provide guidance and support to team members, offering insights and advice to help them navigate challenges and develop professionally.
    • Skill Development: Identify and encourage the enhancement of individual skills, facilitating training opportunities or projects that contribute to personal and professional growth.
    • Feedback and Recognition: Offer constructive feedback regularly and acknowledge achievements to motivate and boost confidence.
    • Goal Setting: Collaborate with team members to set clear and achievable goals, aligning them with both personal development and organizational objectives.
    • Performance Reviews: Conduct regular performance reviews, discussing strengths, areas for improvement, and future development plans.
    • Career Path Planning: Work with employees to create a roadmap for career advancement, aligning their aspirations with the team's and company's needs.
    • Communication Skills: Encourage effective communication within the team, fostering an environment where ideas and concerns can be openly shared. While working on the communication with the rest of the Jackpot Party team, streamlined and open communication that helps all aspects of the team do their jobs in the best way possible.
  • Work to always be optimizing the tuning aspects of the game:
    • Stores economy
    • Features
    • Live Ops events
  • Defining, communicating, and executing the Live Game strategy.
    • Promotions and Live Ops events
    • Working with the designers and Live Ops PMs on uilding and executing the game's events calendar
  • Constantly monitoring and driving users' engagement (early retention, DoD and long-term retention)
  • Ensuring the game feels alive, appealing, and exciting on a daily basis, including in - game and external of the game communication channels
  • Initiate new Live Ops features and improvements. Working as an internal customer of the product team for developing those features and additions to the game.
  • Using a tailor-made approach for users (segmentation) driven by deep analytics capabilities and learnings.
  • Executing and running the game's special offers and sales based on the strategy defined by the game's economist.
  • Highly focused on features that drive engagement through the means of events and promotions.
  • Work with Analytics to plan comprehensive testing strategies for Live Ops events and tuning strategy changes, that will be tested in-game.
  • Review daily KPIs and proactively identify opportunities, trends, and threats to the product.
  • Evaluate notable competitors and share key insights / learnings to test.
  • Constantly seek improvement opportunities in our day-to-day workflows
  • Evaluate test results of implemented changes and make recommendations for future iterations.


Qualifications
Required Qualifications:

  • Proven record of management experience.
  • Must be passionate about the product and has a strong desire to move the genre forward.
  • Motivated to win market share while building a high-quality product.
  • 4+ years relevant experience


Preferred Experience:

  • MBA or equivalent experience preferred.
  • Experience in gaming, social, online casino, or consumer mobile live service products.
  • PLUS: Previously worked designing events/promotions on a mobile game.


Light & Wonder is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. If you'd like more information about your equal employment opportunity rights as an applicant under the law, please click here for EEOC Poster .

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An Insider's view of SciPlay

What are some social events your company does?

SciPlay loves events! #playTogether is one of our core values! We hold an annual DevCon, a two-day, 2-night offsite event. The focus is on team building, relationships and having fun! Activities include costume parties, masquerades, arcade night, karaoke challenges, lazy rivers and golf. We also host crawfish boils, volunteer days & tons more!

Thomas

Social Media Manager

What's the biggest problem your team is solving?

SciPlay’s continued focus on becoming a player-first company is more important than ever before. Creating deep retention loops by constructing a catered experience for our players is how we are attacking this market. Changing the mindset on becoming a player first company starts with becoming players ourselves. Living through player’s vision is key

Cameron

Vice President, Product Management

How does the company support your career growth?

SciPlay fosters a fun, collaborative environment where everyone is encouraged to improve the skills they’re passionate about. I joined SciPlay 6 years ago as a Marketing Lead and over time, added the LiveOps side of the business to my responsibilities. Now I’ve moved to be a Monetization Director on our biggest game, Jackpot Party!

Dafna

Director of Monetization

What is your vision for the company?

Our primary goal is to become the No. 1 casual mobile gaming company in the world. We've been following a path for growth, development and recent achievements. With the high demand for our games and rising downloads, we are expanding our teams across the company and investing in insource and outsource training to provide the best gaming experience.

Josh

CEO of SciPlay

What's something quirky about your company?

We are a game company with the motto ‘WE MAKE GAMES!’ to simply remind us of the pleasure of bringing joy to our customers. We follow this with a hearty ‘YEEHAW!’ to proclaim our excitement and encourage having some fun. Having fun as a team builds camaraderie and reminds us that enjoying the process is important to our company’s success.

Aaron

Founder and Chief Gamer

What are SciPlay Perks + Benefits

SciPlay Benefits Overview

SciPlay offers competitive salaries and annual bonuses alongside matching 401(k), employee stock purchase plans, and other competitive benefits. At our studios you’ll find a fully stocked kitchen and fully stocked game room featuring current generation consoles and titles, shuffleboard tables, foosball tables and arcade cabinets.

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Partners with nonprofits
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Open office floor plan
Employee resource groups
Employee-led culture committees
Hybrid work model
Summer hours
Employee awards
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Diversity
Documented equal pay policy
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity employee resource groups
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance + Wellness
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
We match employee FSA and HSA.
Disability insurance
SciPlay offers long-term and short-term disability insurance.
Dental insurance
Guardian Dental basic and plus plans.
Vision insurance
VSP basic and plus plans.
Health insurance
We offer three-tiered insurance plans through Aetna, and our benefits include Teladoc services.
Life insurance
Life insurance is company-paid and equal to two years of an employee’s annual salary.
Pet insurance
Wellness programs
We offer wellness discounts on insurance premiums.
Mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
We offer 401(k) plans with Fidelity Investments.
401(K) matching
Company equity
Employee stock purchase plan
Performance bonus
SciPlay offers annual and merit increases.
Child Care & Parental Leave
Childcare benefits
As part of our benefits package, employees can elect childcare reimbursement up to a set amount.
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Return-to-work program post parental leave
Company sponsored family events
SciPlay sponsors family oriented events Semi-annually.
Vacation + Time Off
Generous PTO
Paid volunteer time
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Bereavement leave benefits
Company-wide vacation
We hold an annual DevCon offsite!
Office Perks
Company-sponsored outings
We attend cultural events and host annual studio-wide trips. Social activities include happy hours, sports, group workouts and more.
Free daily meals
We provide lunch two days a week
Free snacks and drinks
We offer a fully stocked kitchen, healthy snack options, and beer and wine fridges.
Company-sponsored happy hours
Onsite office parking
Free onsite parking.
Recreational clubs
Relocation assistance
Fitness stipend
SciPlay has a free gym onsite.
Home-office stipend for remote employees
Onsite gym
Professional Development
Job training & conferences
Tuition reimbursement
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Mentorship program
Continuing education stipend
Full-time employees are eligible for tuition reimbursement after six months of continuous employment, for courses that are part of a job-related degree or certification program.
Continuing education available during work hours
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