Product Manager, PTW
Video game development services
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Video game development services
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
PTW's mission is to make every gamer's experience as perfect as possible.
Role
Who you are
- Experience: 3-5 years of product management experience in social apps, gaming, or tech, with a proven ability to drive results in user-centric products
- Leadership Skills: Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and foster collaboration
- Strategic Mindset: Strong analytical and strategic skills with the ability to develop comprehensive product strategies
- User-Centered Focus: Passionate about delivering top-notch user experiences, especially for younger demographics like Gen Z
- Technical Acumen: A good understanding of technical concepts and experience working closely with engineering teams
- Problem Solving: Able to handle complex challenges, make data-driven decisions, and prioritize effectively
- Project Management: Experience managing multiple projects and delivering quality outcomes on time
What the job involves
- We are seeking an experienced and driven Product Manager to lead the development of key features for our upcoming social media app targeting teen gamers
- Initially, you’ll focus on content direction and production, helping to shape the app's voice and user engagement
- Long term, your role will evolve to focus on building a strong user network, ensuring health and safety standards, and driving continuous product innovation
- You will be an essential partner in creating a vibrant and engaging community, working closely with cross-functional teams to deliver the best possible user experience
- 1. Product Strategy & Roadmap:
- Develop and communicate a clear product vision and strategy that aligns with company goals and user needs
- Prioritize and manage a long-term roadmap, from content production to core app features like user profiles, endorsements, and game recommendations
- 2. User Network Development:
- Create strategies that help users build meaningful connections and interactions within the app, including enhancing the "friend graph," user profile customization, and the "TeamUp" experience
- Lead the development of features like referrals, endorsements, and game modules tailored to user behavior
- 3. Health & Safety Leadership:
- Ensure the app is a trusted and safe environment for users through verification processes, privacy controls, and reporting/blocking flows
- Stay updated on privacy and child safety laws to maintain compliance and set competitive benchmarks for user safety
- Drive partnerships focused on user health and safety, including potential toxic user rehabilitation initiatives
- 4. Cross-Functional Collaboration:
- Collaborate with engineering, design, marketing, and customer support teams to bring features to life
- Partner with moderation teams to maintain a healthy and positive community
- 5. Data-Driven Product Decisions:
- Analyze user data, market trends, and feedback to inform product decisions and optimize the user experience
- Conduct competitive analysis to stay ahead of industry trends and continuously evolve product features
- 6. Stakeholder Communication:
- Clearly communicate product goals, milestones, and progress to internal stakeholders and executives
Our take
Video game development is a complex process that requires teams of artists, programmers, testers, voice actors, and other specialists to allow the game to launch successfully. However, sourcing and hiring such specialists and coordinating teams can be a time-consuming task, particularly for cross-platform and multilingual games.
PTW provides cross-platform video game development services for publishers, focused on offering end-to-end services from art production and game development to localization and data collection. The company differentiates itself from similar agencies by focusing heavily on localization, ensuring that every game has been designed to meet QA for localized standards such as slang, culture, holidays, taboos, food, and more.
Whilst PTW certainly faces competition from other video game development agencies and freelance service providers, the company recognizes that building and coordinating such a team is complex. By filling any specialist gaps in a development team whilst focussing heavily on localization, the company claims it can help video game developers publish high-quality video games that meet the expectations of players, wherever their location.
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Company benefits
- Excellent OTE with % based commission package - uncapped
- Working with people creating cutting edge interactive entertainment
- Group pension scheme and death in service benefit
- Dynamic and entrepreneurial culture
- Video games focused environment
- The opportunity to work with video games pioneers creating cutting edge interactive entertainment
Company values
- Question Everything - Think laterally, come up with creative solutions and innovate. Challenge the status quo and change the norm
- Be Fearless - Take calculated risks, even if it means failing, and then try again. Know your worth and that you have value
- We're Stronger Together - Look out for one another. Empower others to help them grow and be their best self. Communicate with honesty, transparency, and respect
- Get It Done - Once we come up with something brilliant, we like to run as fast as we can to get it done
Company HQ
Venice, Los Angeles, CA
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Leadership
Teppei Tachibana
(Chairwoman)Graduate of Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Founded Pole to Win in 2009 as CEO. Currently acts as President and CEO for Pole to Win Holdings.
Deborah Kirkham
(CEO)Group Manager of Engineering Services for Check Point Software from 2005 to 2008. Experience as Director of Operations for BANDAI NAMCO Games Inc and as Director of Production Services for LucasArts.
Diversity & Inclusion at PTW
- Pole To Win International does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.
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