Product Manager Platform, Applied AIML
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Job Location:
Sunnyvale, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 107500 - 165000
Posted on:
8 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Do you want to use Data and AI to creatively solve core game design problems delighting users today and crafting the future of mobile gaming Join Niantic Games now part of the Scopely family as a Product Manager on the Applied AI team. You will lead innovate and build outstanding AI-driven experiences across our suite of products including Pokémon GO Monster Hunter Now and Pikmin Bloom.
Unlike a traditional platform role you will partner directly with Game Designers Producers and ML Engineers to deploy AI features that directly touch the playerfrom personalized game loops to intelligent adaptive gameplay.
Responsibilities:
- Identify Gameplay Opportunities: Work with Game Producers and Designers to identify friction points or engagement opportunities where AI/ML can provide a unique solution (e.g. dynamic difficulty personalized rewards generative content).
- Drive the AI for Fun Roadmap: Create the vision and strategy for how Applied ML enhances the core game loop ensuring features optimize for fun and retention not just model accuracy.
- Cross-Discipline Translation: Act as the bridge between the ML Engineering team and the Game Teams. Translate Game Design Intent into ML Requirements and vice versa.
- Execution & Experimentation: Define success metrics that blend technical performance (latency/accuracy) with game KPIs (retention/DAU).
- Leverage the Ecosystem: Collaborate with Scopelys central tech teams to adopt and adapt state-of-the-art ML technologies for Niantics location-based specific needs.
Qualifications:
- 4 years of Product Management experience preferably in Gaming Consumer Mobile or Applied ML.
- 2 years of professional experience in Machine Learning Data Science or Data Analytics
- Passion for Games: A deep understanding of game mechanics (F2P RPG or Location-Based) and an intuition for what makes a game fun.
- Technical Fluency: Experience working with Data Science or Machine Learning teams. You dont need to code but you must understand the capabilities and limitations of LLMs Reinforcement Learning and Predictive Modeling.
- Adaptive Learner: Proven track record of picking up new domains quickly. You are comfortable stepping out of your comfort zone to tackle undefined problems.
- Collaborative Spirit: Experience managing trade-offs between creative desires and technical reality.
Plus If...
- Experience launching ML-driven features in a live service game (e.g. matchmaking bots personalization).
- Hands-on experience with Generative AI tools and workflows in a creative production environment.
- Experience managing platform services that have direct end-user UI components (e.g. Social Identity Payments).
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
$107500 - $165000 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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Key Skills
- Time Management
- Data Analytics
- Analytical
- Agile
- Requirement Gathering
- Strategic thinking
- Visio
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Market Research
- UML
- Cross Functional Teams
About Company
Scopely is expanding the possibilities of play through game experiences that aim to inspire community, connection and competition. Inspire play, every day.
