Director, Product Management - NHL & UFC

Job Description

Director, Product Management - NHL & UFC

Vancouver, Canada

EA SPORTS is one of the most iconic brands in entertainment – immersing hundreds of millions around the world in the sports they love through a portfolio of industry-leading video games. The EA SPORTS UFC franchise offers the electrifying spectacle and entertainment of MMA, while the EA SPORTS NHL franchise allows players to experience the speed, skill, and heart of the NHL. Founded on passion and innovation in Vancouver, BC, these teams are composed of diverse talent dedicated to pioneering unforgettable experiences that connect fans around the world through play. If you're passionate about transforming the future of sports entertainment, this is the role of a lifetime.

The Director, Product Management will report to the VP/GM of UFC and NHL. They will establish core competency within the UFC and NHL portfolio to drive live service value by increasing share of time, value and participation powered by interactive experiences

Your Responsibilities
• Be a Live Service expert in current and new trends, knowledgeable of why the latest games in Live Service are succeeding or failing across the gaming industry
• Assess, evolve, and drive a culture of data driven decisions: Manage the Insights needs with partner teams including User Experience Research, Data Analytics and Consumer Insights to ensure data and insights are available in a timely manner to allow for data driven decisions
• Partner with Product and Franchise leadership teams to build a roadmap that includes all critical monetization levers: Features, Content, Events, Marketing campaigns, Offers, Promotions, Regionalization, Segmentation, A/B testing, Platforms, etc.
• Establish KPIs to measure player base health and business performance throughout the entire product lifecycle
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop hypotheses and execute on monetization initiatives in a fast-paced environment and advocate a nimble live service culture of test-learn-iterate across platforms
• Support Live Service forecasting efforts and business reviews
• Assess data that will drive action to create and balance models for progression systems
• Develop talent within the Product management discipline
• Lead exploration around new business models in partnership with other cross functional leads

Your Qualifications
• 7+ years of product management leadership experience
• Led large-scale monetization efforts ($100M+) in video games / digital products / consumer entertainment on multiple platforms and geographies
• Experience building and/or managing a complex marketplace
• Demonstrated strong business acumen with expertise in revenue attribution to product features, content, brand, and marketing initiatives
• Expertise in business planning and forecasting using economy models
• Worked and thrived in a matrixed environment - planning and executing through influence

BC COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The base salary ranges listed below are for the defined geographic market pay zones in these locations. If you reside outside of these locations, a recruiter will advise on the base salary range and benefits for your specific location.

EA has listed the base salary ranges it in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in the locations listed, as of the time of this posting. Salary offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, and business or organizational needs.

BASE SALARY RANGES
• British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria):
º $93,700 - $153,900 CAN Annually

Base salary is just one part of the overall compensation at EA. We also offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave), extended health/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d9k6p7-18-218-164-141-42 in your application.