Product Manager Pokémon GO
San Francisco, CA - USA
Job Summary
Our mission is to encourage exploration of the real world together with friends family and community through the universal appeal of Pokémon.
The ideal candidate will be excited to build fun experiences for Trainers push the boundaries of location based games and augmented reality and bring Pokémon GO to Trainers across the world. Theyll deeply empathize with our Trainers (qualitatively and quantitatively); theyll share that knowledge with our artists engineers game designers and producers; and theyll seek out novel ways to bring new Trainers into the fold. Sound like you
Responsibilities
- Think big. Youll look beyond todays constraints and think about big product-defining opportunities.
- Understand our Trainers and industry. Youll care deeply for Trainers and constantly learn about their experiences with the game. Youll closely follow gaming trends gather market and competitor intelligence and use those findings to inform our strategy and roadmap.
- Communicate. Youll influence and persuade the Pokémon GO team to follow you towards those product-defining opportunities. Youll convince product and company leadership to trust you.
- Prioritize. Youll figure out the possible impact of potential work and weigh it against the effort required to make the work happen without shying away from big opportunities.
- Call your shots. Youll understand the right amount of data needed to forecast impact ensure work is measured and ship work which delivers against forecasts.
- Execute. Youll do whatever it takes to help the team ship.
- Required in-office 2 days a week.
Qualifications
- You have 2 years of experience in Product Management.
- Youve been a Product Manager for one or more mobile free-to-play products.
- You have deep knowledge of mobile free-to-play games their relevant audiences and the gaming industry overall.
- You have experience working with diverse teams that span continents.
- Experience working on cross-functional teams with ability to communicate effectively through written and verbal communications including asynchronous interactions with others.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced hybrid environment and handle stress appropriately and/or ability to solve practical problems and be sufficiently adaptable to handle dynamic situations with little advance notice.
- You regularly play Pokémon GO.
Plus If...
- Youve driven double-digit growth (players or revenue).
- Youve been a Product Manager for a top 100 mobile game.
- Youre a level 55 (new level curve!) or higher Pokémon GO Trainer.
For candidates in CA CO NJ NY and WA the annual salary range is provided addition to base pay employees may be eligible for equity bonuses and a comprehensive benefits package including healthcare benefits retirement benefits pet insurance paid holidays paid Scopely free days and unlimited paid time off. Base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience.
CA CO NJ NY and WA Annual Salary Range
$156600 - $174000 USD
About Scopely
Scopely is a leading video game and global interactive entertainment company home to many of the worlds most beloved and enduring experiences including two of the most successful mobile games of all-time MONOPOLY GO! and Pokémon GO along with Stumble Guys Star Trek Fleet Command MARVEL Strike Force WWE Champions the Scrabble franchise Yahtzee With Buddies and many others. Across mobile web PC and console Scopely creates develops publishes and live-operates one of the most diversified and award-winning portfolios in the games industry bringing hundreds of millions of players together through a shared love of play.
Founded in 2011 Scopely is powered by its exceptional team including thousands of world-class gamemakers around the globe a distinctive tenet-driven culture and its proprietary technology platform Playgami. Together these strengths have fueled Scopelys position as the #1 mobile games company in the U.S. and #2 globally generating more than $10 billion in lifetime revenue. Whether building global sensations like MONOPOLY GO! from the ground up or expanding through strategic acquisitions including the FoxNext GSN and Niantic games businesses Scopely consistently delivers experiences players love today and return to for years to come.
Recognized multiple times as one of the 100 Most Influential Companies in the World by TIME magazine and one of Fast Companys Worlds Most Innovative Companies and Best Workplaces for Innovators Scopely believes that video games can be a force for good creating meaningful connections vibrant communities and making life better through play.
Scopely has global operations and partners across four continents in more than a dozen countries worldwide. For more information visit: Experience:
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Scopely is expanding the possibilities of play through game experiences that aim to inspire community, connection and competition. Inspire play, every day.