Job Description
Position Summary
The Principal Product Manager is responsible for driving product strategy and helping to design, build, and enhance AccelByte’s growing offerings. This position consists of working closely with engineering, design, and business leaders, as well as clients to design, deliver and scale the AccelByte offers and enable creators of all sizes to build and scale games faster, simpler, and without compromises. This position will also be responsible for defining product requirements, driving developer adoption, and delivering AccelByte users an enjoyable experience.
Essential Functions/Responsibilities
The Principal Product Manager is accountable for the following functions and responsibilities:
Setting the practice of hands-on design collaborations together with design and engineering team members
Engage with customers, as well as perform market research/product discovery to plan, define and deliver product
Establish a clear organizational context and strategy
Retain the right managers and product people for your organization
Collaboratively work with/lead Accelbyte’s team of engineers, designers, sales and business teams to develop concepts and solve complex real-world challenges
Direct first-person workflow & usability studies, field research, and market analysis
Define and direct our approach to developer community management and developer support mechanisms
Define and analyze metrics that inform the success of products, develop insights, and implement improvements
Be familiar with similar and competing products in the marketplace
Contribute to the team or company to improve the quality or effectiveness of the work by making initiatives
Coach the product/program/project managers and create individual growth plans for their career development
Help identify and evaluate market trends, opportunities, and areas of focus and winning strategies for future projects
Benchmark features, content, game design across the industry and present insights to creative directors and product directors to drive change in their projects
Present data-supported summaries and recommendations to improve products within your genre of expertise
Manage risk for strategic objectives
Develop a process for analyzing game performance, building recommendations for feature prioritization, analyzing key performance indicators of post-release features, and rigorously testing/optimizing them
Build the feature roadmaps and meet with executives to bring incremental growth to the business
Perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications/Experience Required
Bachelor's Degree or relevant work experience or certifications/courses.
At least
10 years of experience as a Product Manager or similar roles in
SaaS/cloud-driven companies
At least 5 years of management experience
Advanced ability to deal with difficult/problem situations and maintain a professional demeanor, at all times
Advanced ability to coach employees, helping them improve their skills and grow
Advanced understanding of technical problems and communicating technical solutions.
Expert in stakeholder management
Expert in technical documentation
Expert in product strategy, planning, feature prioritization
Expert in managing product roadmap
Expert gaming industry knowledge and understanding of AccelByte’s products or similar services.
Expert in performing data-driven analysis
Advanced experience in PC, Console, Mobile and VR development
Expert in ticketing and bug-tracking solutions (Jira, etc.)
Advanced experience in the SaaS/managed services industry
Advanced experience in modern software development and operational tools and process
Experience at a AAA game studio or a software product company is preferred
Experience working with cloud platforms or web products is preferred
Previous professional software experience of any kind is preferred
Experience working in a multinational technology startup is highly preferred
Eagerness to learn new technologies.
Proficiency in written and verbal English language.
Flexibility to adjust to work routines/schedules.
Compensation and Benefits
Base Salary: CAD 140,000 - 200,000 / year
Medical, Dental, and Vision (100% paid for by AccelByte)
Short and Long-term Disability Insurance
Life Insurance
Retirement Plan with match up to 4%
Flexible PTO
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