Product Owner (Expert Product Manager)

New Moon Production is a rapidly growing game studio, and they are seeking a Product Owner (Expert Product Manager) to take full operational, strategic, and commercial ownership of their flagship resource management title. The role involves leading product strategy, managing P&L, and ensuring alignment between diverse product tracks to drive growth and player engagement.

Responsibilities:

• P&L & Forecast Accountability: Take complete ownership of the game's commercial health, driving the production team to meet aligned financial goals
• Budget Alignment: Partner directly with the Head of Franchise (HoF) and Director of LiveOps (DoL) to define the annual budget and P&L goals (forecast) that align with our overarching franchise strategy
• Performance Tracking: Actively track progress against targets across the fiscal year (FY) and confidently implement course corrections as required to safeguard our commercial trajectory
• Team & Tooling Advocacy: Define the team and tooling needs of the game, collaborating closely with the HoF and DoL to secure resources
• Full Roadmap Ownership: Own the long-term product roadmap and prioritize the backlog to balance commercial beats with player engagement
• Functional Track Leadership: Set clear strategic goals, guardrails, and commercial frameworks for the LiveOps and Strategic Roadmap tracks, ensuring both pipelines are deeply synchronized
• High-Level Feasibility Partnering: Work directly with the track PMs to ensure the high-level roadmap and priorities are well-planned, feasible, and realistic given the team’s resources and constraints
• Strategic vs. Tactical Boundary: Empower the track PMs and PJMs to fully own their day-to-day sprint execution, scheduling, and agile ceremonies, while you maintain the strategic "what" and "why"
• Strategic KPI Input: While you do not have direct ownership of detailed feature design (which belongs to our design discipline), you will provide critical input on design goals and target KPIs to ensure all features align with strategic growth
• Process Support: Support resource allocation to continuously implement, review, and improve internal team processes alongside the project managers
• Key Recruitment Stakeholder: Act as a critical stakeholder and decision-maker in the recruitment process for key project roles

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, or Game GM, successfully scaling and running live operations for a notable F2P mobile title
• Proven experience leading and aligning other PMs and PJMs, coordinating complex multi-track roadmap strategies, and keeping diverse product tracks in sync
• Strong background in managing product P&Ls, designing forecasts, and executing high-yield monetization/LiveOps strategies
• Exceptional ability to lead and align a large, cross-functional team (~25 people) without needing direct HR reports, relying instead on strong partnership, clear logic, and collaborative influence
• A leader who understands how to empower PMs and PJMs to run daily sprint mechanics, focusing instead on high-level production milestones, commercial strategy, and team alignment
• Deep comfort with data validation, cohort analysis, and transforming player metrics into strategic product decisions
• Located in a time zone within +/- 3 hours of CEST to ensure smooth, real-time collaboration within our remote-first setup
• Experience in casual, farming, or tycoon genres is a major plus