Description
VP of Product
Scopely is looking for a VP of Product to join our WWE Champions game team in our Culver City hub or remotely within the US West Coast time zone!
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.
WWE Champions is our ultimate and unique Puzzle RPG game featuring WWE superstars and legends across mobile and PC platforms. WWE Champions is the most downloaded WWE game to date, with a highly engaged and passionate community - are you ready to take this world-renowned, top-grossing franchise to the next level ?
Reporting directly to the franchise General Manager, the Head of Product defines the product vision and player experience to achieve our long-term game vision. By combining product thinking, a deep understanding of our players, analytical rigor, creative vision, and executional excellence, you will have an opportunity to put your stamp on the future of a cross-platform social & entertainment eco-system.
Our ideal candidate is a relentless truth seeker, strategic & analytical thinker, team motivator, and driver of excellence. Locations: Los Angeles / US west coast time zone.
What you will do
- Help define the long-term vision of the game and help set the strategy to reach that vision
- Define the core game pillars to achieve long-term game vision with cross-functional leads
- Translate product strategies into inspirational and achievable annual, quarterly, and monthly goals with measurables
- Oversee all product functions and builds best-in-class product organization
- Directly manage Directors of Products and mentor Sr. Product Managers to accelerate their growth
- Drive constant improvement of the Product Management craft, team health, processes, and methodologies
- Prioritize product initiatives across all product functions (Roadmap, LiveOps, Analytics, Growth) to maximize KPI impact
- Partner with the Director of Product Roadmap to increase feature hit rate
- As part of the leadership team, responsible for shaping team culture, providing solutions to help the team work & collaborate more effectively
- Manage collaboration with different interfaces within and outside the product org and game team
What you will need
- 10+ years of experience in product management in F2P gaming or related consumer-facing digital product
- 6+ years of experience managing a team of product leaders
- Track record of driving product roadmap that shapes player behaviors & drives product KPIs
- Practice a mastery of behavioral economics, demonstrating a thorough understanding of both product and player lifecycles
- Thrives in games as a live service environment, making changes with an engaged community
- Drive and ability to effectively create transformational changes on a 7-year product
- Proactive communicator. Outstanding written, oral, and presentation skills. Ability to drive aligned vision
- Growth mindset. Open to feedback. Always seek to improve
- Default to challenge the status quo and push the boundary of best-known methods
- Self-motivated, entrepreneurial, and resourceful
- Collaborate effectively with a cross-functional team in a global setting
- Optimize decision and design leveraging qualitative, quantitative, academic research, industry best practices, and operator intuition
- Project Management: able to deploy resources against highest impact initiatives, understand tradeoffs, anticipate & mitigate risks from afar, manage people's expectations & maintain a high quality of deliverables
- Leadership: Engage and inspire team members to deliver the best-quality product possible
- Passionate about WWE IP and F2P games
For candidates in CA, CO, NJ, NY and WA, the annual salary range is $223,000 - $281,400, plus equity, bonus and benefits 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 .
At Scopely, we create games for everyone - and want to ensure that the people behind our games reflect that! We are committed to creating a diverse, supportive work environment where everyone is treated with respect. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and welcome individuals from all backgrounds to join us & embrace the adventure!
About Us
Scopely is a global interactive entertainment and mobile-first video game company, home to many top, award-winning experiences such as "MONOPOLY GO!," "Star Trek™ Fleet Command," "Stumble Guys," "MARVEL Strike Force," and "Yahtzee® With Buddies," among others.
Scopely creates, publishes, and live-operates immersive games that empower a directed-by-consumer™ experience across multiple platforms--from mobile, web, PC and beyond.
Founded in 2011, Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform Playgami that supports one of the most diversified portfolios in the games industry.
Recognized multiple times as one of Fast Company's "World's Most Innovative Companies," Scopely is a multi-billion-dollar business due to its ability to create long-lasting game experiences that players enjoy for years.
Scopely has global operations in more than a dozen markets across Asia, EMEA, and North America, and is home to many internal game development teams, referred to as Scopely Studios, with additional game studio partners across four continents.
Scopely was acquired by Savvy Games Group in July 2023 for $4.9 billion, and is now an independent subsidiary of Savvy.
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