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Director, Product Management - Game Publishing
San Francisco, CA
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Job Description
Director, Product Management - Game Publishing
PlayFirst is a leading publisher focused on creating shared casual game experiences around lasting original brands. Committed to building casual gameplay rich in story and character, PlayFirst works with talented internal and external developers to bring mass market games to multiple platforms, including PC, Mac, mobile, handheld and console. The company's portfolio includes the world-renowned Diner Dash® franchise as well as top-selling games such as Wedding Dash™, Chocolatier™, and Dream Chronicles™. For more information, visit www.playfirst.com and www.dinerdash.com.
Founded in 2004 by veterans of Internet portals, traditional games publishers, entertainment software, and technology firms, PlayFirst is funded by Mayfield Fund, Trinity Ventures, Rustic Canyon Partners and DCM. PlayFirst, Inc is headquartered in downtown San Francisco.
Job Description:
This new position will help define and execute PlayFirst’s next generation casual gaming experience. You will be one of the leaders in our evolution from single player, stand-alone casual games to online, connected worlds built around our popular brands, new business models and community play. You will direct and inspire a cross-functional team of game producers, engineers and artists, being the voice of both process and execution. This is a highly visible role reporting to the VP of Game Publishing and collaborating across the entire organization. If you are excited to create more than novel connected experiences for millions of users to enjoy then PlayFirst may be the place for you!
Responsibilities:
* Identify new business models and help build entertainment products around them.
* Manage a team of producers responsible for building and executing new entertainment products and supporting technologies.
* Relentlessly drive metrics-based strategy and decision making.
* Manage and inspire teammates, developing strong positive relationships with the staff you are directly and indirectly overseeing.
* Work well cross-functionally with marketing, game design, engineering, QA and others to reach consensus and drive results.
* Drive feature development across existing and new games.
* Oversee and give specific direction on product development lifecycle from consumer research to market analysis to managing implementation to testing and ongoing product evolution.
* Hands-on project management of large projects – working to timeline and keeping to budget.
Requirements:
* 7+ years professional experience (out of school) in consumer technology product development.
* Highly intelligent, action and detailed oriented team player with a successful track record in building and managing successful teams and launching compelling online products.
* An insatiable appetite for learning new approaches, sharing learned best practices, and the maturity to apply judiciously.
* Cross-functionally capable and seasoned consensus builder; able to lead through influence.
* Demonstrated ability to strategize, define and deliver large, long-term products.
* Previous games experience a bonus but NOT required; previous people management experience is.
* Experience writing typical product management documents such as MRDs and functional specs.
* Excellent written and verbal English-language communication skills.
* Eligible to work in the U.S. on an ongoing basis without sponsorship.
Preferred:
* Computer Science degree or web programming experience.
* Previous experience building a large web community.
* Current Bay Area resident.
Level and salary to be determined by experience and education.
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Experience Required
5 plus years exp.
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Last Update
May 12, 2008
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