Senior Product Manager
PeopleSoft Requisition Number
R000038660
Company Overview
WarnerMedia is a leading media and entertainment company that creates and distributes premium and popular content from a diverse array of talented storytellers and journalists to global audiences through its consumer brands including: HBO, HBO Max, Warner Bros., TNT, TBS, truTV, CNN, DC Entertainment, New Line, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies and others.
Business Unit Overview
NetherRealm: The creative team that brought Mortal Kombat and Injustice to life is now NetherRealm Studios, part of the Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment family. With over 20 years of creation under our belts, NetherRealm’s mission remains the same; to create cutting edge entertainment and deliver industry leading tech, game art and overall gaming experiences. NetherRealm Studios is a collaborative and creative environment, constantly striving to up the ante on what is possible in interactive entertainment. We encompass the best of both worlds – a team of dedicated professionals with years of experience, who are also at the forefront of an industry taking over the entertainment landscape. The passion and energy that made Mortal Kombat a reality is still on display every day in our offices, our hallways and most definitely the studio’s arcade room! Monolith: For the past 20 years Monolith has been obsessed with delivering a unique gaming experience for our fans. Starting with Blood, our very first title – all the way to our most recent offering, Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor, we are constantly pushing the envelope to combine innovative gameplay, inventive narratives, cutting edge tech & AI, and stunning visuals. We are challenging ourselves even further to ensure that our next game is going to be our best yet. That’s where you come in – for us to achieve that we need the best and brightest talent the industry has to offer. Come join us and help create our next AAA title! Turbine: Founded in 1994, Turbine, Inc., a Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment development studio, is focused on creating free-to-play games for mobile platforms. The studio is utilizing its extensive expertise in creating persistent online worlds that foster powerful social gaming communities to develop its mobile titles, which include Batman™: Arkham Underworld and the upcoming Game of Thrones® mobile game. Avalanche: Avalanche Software was acquired by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment from Disney in 2016. The studio's first title under WBIE is a companion video game to the upcoming Cars 3, in partnership with Warner Bros., Disney, and Pixar. WB Games SF: Warner Bros. is a top video games publisher across multiple platforms. In mobile games, we have a growing portfolio of hits that includes DC Legends, Mortal Kombat X, and LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga, and we continue to expand by adding great people and leveraging the best portfolio of brands and intellectual property in the industry, such as DC Comics, Harry Potter, and LEGO. We are looking to add enthusiastic, talented and experienced professionals to our Mobile Publishing team. WB Games New York: WB Games New York works with some of the top talent in the game industry to build online competitive and social features for video games. Our highly experienced team of engineers utilize cutting-edge technology to build game services that are robust and scalable enough to support world-class developers such as NetherRealm Studios, Rocksteady, Monolith Productions, WB Montréal, and more!
OPPORTUNITY: As a top video game publisher, WB Games and NetherRealm Studios continue to expand by adding great people and leveraging our brands like Mortal Kombat, the DC Universe’s Injustice, and other WB intellectual properties. We are looking to add enthusiastic, talented and experienced professionals to our Mobile games team.
SUMMARY OF POSITION: The Product Manager will help define, market and maintain the company’s free to play mobile games and play a critical role in defining business requirements for our publishing and BI platform and tools. Reporting to the NetherRealm Studio Head,, this role is crucial to driving the studio’s aggressive goals in mobile games
JOB QUALIFICATION STANDARDS
Work Experience
- BS/BA degree, ideally in a quantitative discipline. MS/MBA highly preferred.
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in free-to-play mobile game Product Management or related role.
- Strong analytical skills and experience with data driven product improvements and decision making.
- Record of accomplishment via feature, promotional and business model recommendations.
- Strong project management experience and ability to work with cross functional units to advance business objectives.
- Passion for games and strong player empathy with a thorough understanding of micro-transaction based business models that influence player behavior.
- Familiarity with iOS, Android and other F2P marketplaces, trends and best practices.
- Review and provide detailed feedback and KPI impact analysis on in development features, including but not limited to - UI/UX specification documentation and in-game tuning models.
- Perform teardowns and analyses of competitor feature sets, live updates, economy balance, in-game merchandising, and player behavior profiles.
Education, Professional Training, Technical Training or Certification
- BS/BA degree, ideally in a quantitative discipline. MS/MBA highly preferred.
Knowledge/Skills
- Strong product management skills at a features/system level
- Strong PC Skills, including proficiency with MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Analytical and problem solving skills
- Ability to collaborate with colleagues across different disciplines and locations to achieve results
- Ability to work in a fast-pace environment and prioritize work to meet specific deadlines required
- Must be self-motivated and results oriented
Other Requirements
- Flexibility to travel to Warner Bros. studios as required
- Attendance at industry conferences as required
The Perks
Warner Media, LLC and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.