Head Of Product

Job Description

This important role will establish and provide the strategic roadmap for the RaceNet product, an important part of the EA Sports Racing Strategy. You will evolve the RaceNet 2nd Screen product to be a driving force underpinning our Racing portfolio with measurable impact on engagement, NPS and revenue.

You will build and provide the RaceNet roadmap to support and inform web-based product strategy. Advocating the capabilities in the way we work at Codemasters operationally and strategically.
On an operational level you will manage the team and the RaceNet scope to meet the requirements of the business stakeholders for second screen presence.

This is an exciting growing role requiring an entrepreneurial approach and working with all levels of the business.

Responsibilities include:

PRODUCT VISION & SCOPE
• Set the vision in partnership with leadership.
• Anchor the team by setting product goals and essential results that align with company strategy and product vision.
• Promote and guide all RaceNet & Web work as part of the live operations of the business.
• Work with the VP Development and Senior Director Brand Marketing and other partners to scope, define & agree product targets that add value in the right areas. In tandem with the overall EA Sports strategy.
• Use analytics to set clear goals and priorities for the team.
• Use complex data to inform decisions and present business cases to the business and develop an understanding of the competitive set.
• Oversee and communicate roadmap for the RaceNet product

PROCESS
• Set standards for delivery practices and enables their team to execute on those standards across all dimensions.
• Define and enforce product quality bar.
• Oversee improvement in DevOps for rapid deployment.
• Use EADP systems to enhance feature set.
• Take a data informed, user-focused, hypothesis-based approach to learning and constant review results against this.
• Promote retrospectives to examine team delivery and product quality objectively.
• Allow team members to build expertise and defensible points-of-view.
• Help the team to prioritise initiatives using a sound and defensible decision criteria.
• Responsible for the Annual budget and forecast.
• Recommend budget adjustments, justified with data.
• Create, own and act upon risk register.

TEAM & COMMS
• Leverage the team to promote collaboration, partnership and understanding of other teams across EA to provide a cohesive offering that aligns with our strategy.
• Encourage a culture of perseverance.
• Set up regular communication with all partners.
• Mentor, manage and lead existing team in best practice for product delivery.
• Develop relationships with Dev, Analytics, QA, Brand, Finance and Live Ops teams.
• Make the case for and hire talent into team to grow across sites and products.
• Promote team input and cooperation to set an example for how a team should function.
• Work with peers across EA.
• Conduct regular 121s with all reports and manage Talent accordingly.

LOGISTICS

Regular travel to other UK-based EA sites to engage with partners.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rox696-18-116-36-192-42 in your application.