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As part of the Fortnite Creator Ecosystem team, Product Management collaborates with development, publishing, marketing, and platform teams to define product strategy informed by data and market insights. The team aims to empower creators to operate as game publishers, with the tools, insights, and support needed to build, launch, grow, and monetize successful games. This work centers on two core areas: enabling a robust creator publishing ecosystem and supporting sustainable creator monetization.
What You'll DoWe are seeking a strategic, results-driven Senior Product Manager to lead the Ecosystem Matchmaking team. This role is ideal for a candidate who can define a compelling vision for matchmaking and adjacent systems, align cross-functional teams to that vision, and relentlessly drive outcomes that improve engagement and retention across the Fortnite ecosystem. The successful candidate will own an entire product area, balancing immediate player needs with long-term strategy.
In this role, you will- Set and communicate a clear vision for matchmaking grounded in validated player and creator needs, aligned with org strategy
- Lead structured, cross-team discovery to reduce risk before committing resources
- Prioritize initiatives based on potential business and customer impact, not just urgency
- Drive the matchmaking ecosystem strategy, optimizing time-to-match across platforms and modes while delivering innovative, net-new features
- Maintain ongoing measurement and iteration, leveraging A/B testing, data insights, and player feedback to maximize results post-launch
- Build and maintain strong relationships across Production, Design, Engineering, Analytics, Marketing, and Legal to ensure alignment on outcomes
- Own KPIs and conduct deep analysis to extract learnings, adjust strategy, and continuously improve matchmaking systems and report on product performance, outcomes, and key KPIs to executive leadership
- Passion for games and a deep understanding of matchmaking, engagement, and retention principles
- Strong experience with SQL, data analytics, and visualization tools (e.g., Tableau)
- Demonstrated ability to own an entire product area with clear goals and roadmap alignment to org strategy
- Track record of leading cross-functional initiatives, balancing discovery with delivery, and driving measurable business and player impact
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate vision, trade-offs, and reasoning
- Entrepreneurial mindset: proactive, resilient, and able to anticipate and resolve blockers
- Prior experience working in gaming or in game-adjacent spaces, and familiarity with UGC platforms
- Business, quantitative, technical, or design degree a plus
Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.
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Founded in 1991, Epic Games is an American company founded by CEO Tim Sweeney. The company is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, and has more than 50 offices worldwide. Today Epic is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic operates one of the world’s largest games, Fortnite, and Epic has over 600 million accounts with over 5 billion friend connections across Fortnite, Fall Guys, Rocket League, and the Epic Games Store. Epic also develops Unreal Engine, which powers the world’s leading games and is also adopted across industries such as film and television, architecture, automotive, manufacturing, and simulation. Through Unreal Engine, Epic Games Store, and Epic Online Services, Epic provides an end-to-end digital ecosystem for developers and creators to build, distribute, and operate games and other content.
