Game Product Manager

Mob Entertainment is a startup multimedia studio known for the indie horror game 'Poppy Playtime'. They are seeking a Game Product Manager responsible for overseeing the entire lifecycle of game development, from concept evaluation to post-launch performance, ensuring alignment across various teams and meeting player expectations.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the concept evaluation process including market analysis, genre trends, competitive benchmarking, and player opportunity sizing
• Develop the Product Brief: core lore, target audience, differentiators, KPIs, success metrics
• Build ROI rationale in partnership with Finance and Production: staffing plan, timeline, budget, risk analysis
• Create & own the green-light package for SLT review and approval
• Define minimum gating criteria and business justification required for advancement
• Maintain and continuously refine the product roadmap, prioritization framework, and delivery milestones
• Work with Production to translate vision into milestones, scope, and sprint objectives
• Ensure alignment between feature set and target KPIs, player motivations, and market fit
• Drive cross-functional communication and ensure all teams work from the same assumptions and priorities
• Lead change management: assess any scope, staffing, or timeline adjustments with data and rationale
• Own the risk/assumption log and mitigation plan across departments
• Partner with Marketing, Analytics, and Community to develop the launch strategy, key beats, messaging, and positioning
• Ensure the product meets the definition of readiness for launch, including quality thresholds, analytics instrumentation, and content completeness
• Coordinate playtests, player research, and feedback cycles pre-launch
• Monitor live KPIs and gather player feedback to drive post-launch iterations
• Lead postmortems and integration of learnings into the studio’s development frameworks
• Own and evolve Mob’s green-light framework, milestone gating standards, and product evaluation methodology
• Establish reusable documentation templates (PRDs, briefs, KPI scorecards)
• Ensure disciplined application of processes to prevent misalignment, late-stage surprises, and inefficient spend
• Bring the right subject-matter experts into decisions at the right time—Production, Finance, Analytics, Creative, Marketing, etc

Requirements:

• 5–10 years of game product management experience, ideally with shipped titles
• Strong understanding of market dynamics, player motivations, and product-to-market fit
• Prior experience owning roadmaps, KPIs, playtest cycles, and green-light evaluations
• Exceptional cross-functional leadership and ability to influence without formal authority
• Data-driven decision-making; comfortable with forecasting, KPIs, and iterative development
• Experience working with Creative, Production, and Engineering partners on complex projects
• Must have Video Game Experience