Director of Product, VRChat

• 7+ years of product management in a high-growth consumer tech company
• Past expertise in virtual economies, e-commerce, gaming, UGC and/or social platforms
• University degree, with design, technical or business background or mix of education and experience
• Extensive experience in product intuition and UX design, with a healthy obsession to discover and fulfill the needs of users
• Expert at defining metrics and making product and strategic decisions based on A/B testing and/or qualitative feedback
• Intellectually curious about new technologies and societal changes, and understands how to apply innovations and trends to product opportunities
• Proven demonstrable impact, driving $10M+ high impact growth opportunities

• The Director of Product, Economy, is a highly strategic Senior IC role on the newly formed product management team at VRChat
• This person will have full ownership of the VRChat economy, consisting of our VRC+ subscription product, the Creator Economy, New Revenue Products, and Payments + Fraud Prevention
• This person will play a pivotal role in establishing the VRChat economy as a core heartbeat of our product and company, thereby shaping the future of our platform and driving revenue growth
• This role reports into VP Product at VRChat, and will work closely with a dedicated cross functional team, heads of various functions, with periodical interaction with the exec team and the VRChat Board as well
• Take ownership of the entire Economy roadmap and establish a good framework for categorization and prioritization
• Support high quality execution with timely decisions and team leadership
• Create the short and long term strategy for this space, and align it with higher level product vision and strategy
• Actively oversee live operations of the economy, monitoring KPIs to find opportunities and issues
• Run a smooth and collaborative planning process to generate plans that reflect strategic goals, user insights and past learnings
• Manage execution throughout the half to deliver against goals and objectives
• Represent progress at periodic product reviews, and seek leadership support in a timely manner to unblock execution
• Partner with production for execution support and work collaboratively to resolve issues
• Stay current on industry trends and best practices in virtual economies, e-commerce, gaming, UGC and social platforms to inform strategic decisions
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including the Creators team, creators, partners, and the broader VRChat community
• Support the VP Product in critical strategy, organization and execution areas

• Work remotely: Work from anywhere! They use collaboration software to stay organized and VRChat for meetings and hanging out.
• Health and wellbeing: Medical, Dental and Vision plans for those in the United States, and extended health plans in British Columbia, Canada.
• Fun: Monthly team dinners, get-togethers and once a year, they travel somewhere fun for a few days to hang out, catch up, brainstorm and have fun.
• Tools: You’ll be provided a powerful PC, high-end VR hardware, and any software you need to make you effective in your role.
• Vacations: Flexible vacation schedules that are encouraged. Most United States and Canadian holidays are observed by everyone on the team.
• Swag: Great VRChat and Developer Team Swag such as hoodies, coffee mugs, t-shirts, sun glasses and even custom 3D printed goodies.

Total funding: $95.2m

Virtual Reality is one of the technologies with the highest projected potential for growth. VRChat offers a free-to-play metaverse platform where users gather as avatars in virtual spaces to socialize and hang out, just as one would in real life.