Lead product manager

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Maxis, home to tinkerers, craftspeople, & storytellers. Our drive is to inspire everyone to make a better world through creative play. As the developer of The Sims, we create games and experiences for millions of people around the world and are always looking for new ways to inspire our players. Maxis is a place where you can do what you love and help others grow while doing it; a place where your unique voice can be heard and seen. We put creativity and inclusivity at the core of our work and don’t settle for seeing the world only as it is, but strive to build a world as it could be.

You will be reporting to the Senior Director of Product Management.

Location: Hybrid: San Francisco, CA; Vancouver, BC; Austin, TX; Seattle, WA

As a Lead Product Manager with Maxis, you will be part of the team improving our gameplay updates. Be the PM lead for gameplay roadmap planning and ensure our gameplay updates and DLCs delight players and drive business success.

Responsibilities:

• Generate insights that identify new opportunities for game expansions and increase business and player impact of new Sims 4 DLCs
  • Collaborate with data, consumer insights, user research, and other teams to find qualitative and quantitative insights that improve the business performance and player satisfaction of gameplay features and updates.
  • Recommend and manage AB tests that improve the gameplay experience.
  • Work with large data sets to analyze player behavior and recommend gameplay features that enhance the player experience.
• Drive improvements to the Sims 4 gameplay roadmap process; regularly refresh the backlog, use data to assess and evaluate opportunities, and with Design and Production, prioritize our future DLC and base game updates.
• Collaborate with Commercial and Marketing leaders to review changes to our DLC go-to-market and promotional plans.
• Lead Product Reviews and retrospectives that analyze previous gameplay releases and recommend changes to the roadmap based on learnings.

Qualifications:

• 5-10 years Product Management experience.
• Previous experience launching and optimizing gameplay features for a large title, particularly on PC and/or console.
• Previous experience leading roadmap planning for a large title.
• Analytical background; experience turning data into actionable insights.
• High proficiency with Microsoft Excel.
• MBA, business, or software engineering background.
• Passion for games, especially Life Simulation games.

Visit us at:

https://www.ea.com/ea-studios/maxis
#J-18808-Ljbffr Recommended Skills

• Analytical
• Big Data
• Microsoft Excel
• Passionate
• Product Management
• Simulations

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