Pixelberry Studios is a top mobile games developer, creating fun and engaging games with heart for over nine years. We’re a division of Nexon, one of the Top 10 largest gaming companies in the world. Our studio is 3-for-3 launching games into the App Store's Top 25 Grossing chart. Our market-leading, award-winning mobile game, Choices: Stories You Play, broke into the Top 5 in the App Store. Our vision for success is based around innovative game design, diversity, and putting our players first!

We've seen firsthand the positive impact that games can make. Because of that, we leverage our commercial success to make a real difference: we have partnered with numerous non-profits, saved actual lives with our games, and donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to charities. Players love our games’ focus on racial, gender, sexual, and identity diversity while holding us accountable when they expect more. 

Some of us at Pixelberry have worked together for over 10 years through multiple companies. As a result, we strive to create long-term relationships that help sustain our success. We continue to add new individuals who aren’t just searching for another stepping stone but a place to put down roots and actively make a difference. We love what we do and are looking for passionate, like-minded people who want to grow, learn, and make a difference together.

SUMMARY OF POSITION 

At Pixelberry, we strive to expand the potential of narrative games. As we utilize new technologies in that pursuit, we are searching for a highly innovative and analytical Product Manager to lead a Core technology team and provide the vision for the next generation of narrative games. They will lead the development of a new platform from concept to launch to live operation. The ideal candidate collaborates with all departments to ensure the "what" of the work serves all stakeholders well and the "why" of the work is understood by all. They are highly organized, thoughtful, collaborative, adaptable, and decisive. They are focused on empowering their team and helping them grow. They are a quick learner with a compelling vision for how games should be built. They love experimentation and finding the best product through trial and error. They strongly value team input and building alignment and buy-in so that they can integrate feedback into processes and feature design. In all decisions, they strive to advocate for players and the product.

Our headquarters are in Mountain View, CA but we can accommodate a remote work environment for a candidate from the following states: California, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, and Washington.

Currently, all Pixelberry staff work remotely with the option to work in-office, if desired.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain an ordered and itemized backlog that takes into consideration player, team, and business requirements
• Gather and synthesize product requirements and user feedback from our players and
  stakeholder teams
• Define and break apart features according to what they must measurably accomplish
• Communicate product challenges, feature mismatches, and other points of success and
  failure transparently to the team and stakeholders
• Work closely with engineers and designers to understand challenges, define and
  unblock work, and review completed features
• Give clear direction and context, establish measurable goals, and provide insight into
  competitor and industry trends
• Define and prioritize features, user stories, and acceptance criteria
• Apply a hypothesis-based analytical approach, conduct experimentation, and apply
  learnings
• Produce frequent written and verbal reports on product and feature performance

REQUIREMENTS

• 5 years of experience as a Product Manager or relevant Product experience
• Shipped 2 successful products or games
• Experience with game development, web development, or back-end technology development
• Stellar written and spoken communication skills; ability to communicate with everyone from developers to C-level stakeholders
• Experience working with external development teams
• Ability to unify and balance the needs of several different stakeholder projects and departments
• Ability to deconstruct competing feature sets based on player feedback, stakeholder needs and understanding of the market landscape
• Able to propose credible and complete features on both a macro and micro level
• Familiarity with Agile and project management software

PLUSSES

• Experience and passion for narrative or interactive fiction games
• Computer Science or other technical experience/education
• Design, Art, or other creative experience/education

BENEFITS & PERKS

• Competitive salary
• High level of autonomy and freedom
• Rich & flexible health, disability, and employee assistance offerings to meet the needs of a diverse workforce
• 401(K) with matching program
• Paid Year-End Break
• For local employees that elect to work in-studio, a relaxed office environment with free food and snacks
• Virtual escape rooms, video game nights, trivia parties, and other team-building activities throughout the year!

HOW THIS JOB IS DIFFERENT

• Learn about the business side of mobile games. Our team is very good at what we do.
• Good work/life balance. We are family-friendly and look at things in the long term.
• That warm fuzzy feeling that you’re not just making a difference at a company, but in the lives of people all over the world.

Pixelberry Studios values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, Black/BIPOC, LGBT individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply. Pixelberry is also an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.