Senior Product Manager

Job Description

''Who is EA Capital Games?''

We're a mobile game studio located in Midtown Sacramento, home to the hit title Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, the most successful Star Wars mobile game ever released, charting as the #1 grossing game in over 35 countries, and one of the Top 40 grossing games in the entire world across Apple and Google.

Collectively, we are a close-knit group of passionate gamers, inspired by the creation of genre-defining mobile RPGs, and the vibrant live services necessary to support them.

While walking the halls of our brand-new 31,000 sqft studio, you'll hear the cacophony of epic console competitions, lively debates, and the rattle of dice thrown across a game board. Game nights, happy hours, weekend adventures, and a dog-friendly atmosphere are all elements of who we are.

Capital Games is looking for an experienced Senior Product Manager to join our team. You will report to the Lead Product Manager for Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes.

Role Overview

As a Senior Product Manager, you will establish and improve the Acquisition, Engagement, and Monetization (AEM) strategies for our mobile titles. You are passionate about representing the voice and needs of our players, working closely with your team to promote best-practice strategies related to the development and fine-tuning of the game economy.

Senior Product Managers are expected to collaborate with other PMs, Analysts, Developers, and external partners to further the success of our games. This is a data/metrics focused role, driving the effort behind AEM targets for new or existing titles coming out of Capital Games.

Responsibilities
• Design and manage game features that further the strategic vision of the product
• Conduct and communicate in-depth analysis of in-game economy trends using data insights and business intelligence to affect top-line KPIs
• Work with the game team and partners to gather requirements and establish the product roadmap
• Get the team to rally behind your ideas and influence change among multiple partners and collaborators
• Design, balance and optimize economy models for virtual economies
• Track performance on a daily, monthly, and quarterly basis
• Communicate KPIs to all partners and adjust designs/plans accordingly
• Define requirements for Data Analytics, A/B testing, push notifications and other partner tools
• Become an expert on models for monetizing games
• Monitor trends and best practices, third parties tools/partnerships, and internal business intelligence
• Leverage first and third-party tools to establish, track, and best serve player segments
• Learn, have fun and build games that millions of people love to play

Requirements
• Strong analytic skills and experience with data-driven product design and decision making
• Success building web or mobile consumer-facing products in the past
• Delivered at least one product through the entire product development cycle
• Experience with multivariate testing in web or mobile products
• Experience defining specs or PRDs with clear technical requirements, user flows, and wireframes
• Proficient in excel (able to create models and simulators for in-game economies)
• Experience with economy and systems design
• Experience creating and balancing virtual economies, with an eye to technical and user experience best practices
• Experience communicating both creative and technical feedback to diverse groups
• Passion for creating great freemium games, with the ability to identify flaws in design, art, and ''feel''
• Experience with Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
• Economies, character ability kits, features, squad synergies, the meta, etc.
• Core loop and the downstream impact of new content and features
• Community channels and how this segment of active players discusses the game
• Bring excitement and enthusiasm to work each day
• Love games
• Preferred: BS/BA degree, in a quantitative discipline; MS/MBA
• 4+ years of experience in product management in consumer web, system design experience in a top-ranked management consulting firm

''Tell me about Sacramento.''

Sacramento hosts a metropolitan lifestyle, where a home can be established for anyone from the singleton who wants to live downtown, to the family whose top priorities are a yard and great schools, all within a reasonable commute to our studio. The city fosters a vibrant urban culture through weekend street festivals, professional sports teams, bustling farmer's markets, wonderful eateries, and award-winning craft breweries and coffee roasters. If connecting with nature is more your vibe, the Sierras are in our backyard in addition to many local hiking and biking trails.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g6bnkn-3-129-45-92-42 in your application.