Description
Scopely is looking for a VP of Product to join our Star Trek Fleet Command team in Dublin or Barcelona.
At Scopely, we care deeply about what we do and want to inspire play, every day - whether in our work environments alongside our talented colleagues, or through our deep connections with our communities of players. We are a global team of game lovers who are developing, publishing and innovating the mobile games industry, connecting millions of people around the world daily.
Star Trek Fleet Command's ongoing success goes from strength to strength. Our in-house developed 4X MMO was launched in 2018 and continues to evolve, being consistently one of the top 10 gross revenue Massive Multiplayer Strategy games on the market.
What You Will Do The VP of Product Management is a leading product thinker in Scopely and has a key role responsible for crafting a dynamic vision for Star Trek Fleet Command, which will continue and improve the title's success into the future. You will set strategies and lead a team of cross-functional experts to deliver features, content, and improvements that optimise the user experience and continually have value and enjoyment to our players and the game as a whole.
1. Help define the long-term vision of the game and help set the strategy to reach that vision
2. Accountable for creating a feature roadmap that will drive business results in alignment with the game’s vision and strategy
3. Ensure designs meet the business goals and are aligned with the game’s vision and strategy, but also meet player’s needs and are aligned with the best-in-class market trends
4. Accountable for ensuring the live operation of the title yields the best possible performance while always aligning and supporting the long-term vision.
5. Drive for world-leading retention of players across their life-cycle through the delivery of incredible, rich, deep experiences that allow the continuous growth of the player audience
6. Lead, guide and mentor a team of experienced PMs who oversee the entire game’s feature set.
7. Support the team on the most innovative and complex product challenges
8. Shape the future of the game team and the franchise as part of the game leadership team
9. Work with the leadership team to hit aggressive targets to optimise the lifetime value of the player base
10. Manage collaboration with leaders across Star Trek Fleet Command and across Scopely
11. Drive constant improvement of the Product Management craft, team health, processes, and methodologies
12. Help identify inefficiencies and provide long-term solutions in our feature development process and live operation process & tooling to further drive operational excellence
What We’re Looking For
13. Passion for creating great games and rich player experiences
14. Extensive experience leading a team of Product Managers or Game Designers in social or mobile F2P games, managing a live game with strong Social / PvP elements. Ideally, in a persistent shared game world
15. Communication: strong verbal & written communication skills. Able to articulate the “why” instead of just the “how” and “what” to drive team-wide alignment on product vision
16. Project Management: demonstrated ability to deploy resources against highest impact initiatives, understand tradeoffs, anticipate & mitigate risks from afar, manage people's expectations & maintain a high quality of deliverables
17. Design: Able to create & design experiences that shape positive player behaviours. Ability to effectively balance the needs of technology, business, and player experience
18. Quantitative Capability: intermediate business statistics knowledge, know when to use and not to use data, able to translate product problems into analytics problems, set expectations, develop and test hypotheses, interpret data in a meaningful and actionable way, and manipulate and visualise data
19. Leadership: Engage and inspire team members to deliver the best quality product possible