Senior Product Manager (Player Experience)

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Cary, NC
212K-310K Annually
Senior level
Gaming • Metaverse
The Role
As a Senior Product Manager in the Player Experience team at Epic Games, you will lead development initiatives, define product strategies, manage roadmaps, and ensure the successful implementation of features that enhance player satisfaction across products. Collaboration with cross-functional teams and effective communication with stakeholders are key components of this role.
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WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

PLAYER EXPERIENCEWhat We Do

Player Experience is responsible for the overall health and happiness of Epic’s players across all consumer products within the Epic Games ecosystem. The Player Experience organization partners closely with internal and external stakeholders, relentlessly driving innovation and continuous improvement on behalf of all Epic’s players.

What You'll Do

As a Senior Product Manager in the Player Experience team, you will collaborate with cross-functional team members to drive development initiatives across our suite of products. You will use both creative and analytical skills to identify opportunities, define product features & strategy, support roadmap development, execute live operations and contribute to strategic planning. You will have a critical role in maturing the products to solve the problems of millions of players and helping thousands of agents to work more efficiently and productively.

In this role, you will

  • Define measurable feature and initiative goals, as well as create detailed business and product requirements for our public facing presence (www.epicgames.com/help), for our internal support tools and for our used CRM, Salesforce
  • Take accountability for the adoption and success of features and products from inception through to delivery and evaluation, both internally and externally
  • Collaborate with software engineering teams and effectively communicate with stakeholders, including users/developers, technical teams, and management, to gather and specify requirements, and explain technical designs / features
  • Create experiments to test hypotheses in partnership with design and development teams
  • Establish MVPs while considering long-term scalability for future sequencing that has dependencies on multiple teams running at the same time
  • Maintain a live backlog, balancing the needs of internal and external stakeholders
  • Collaborate with team members to assess user behavior, technical viability, test new technology and explore design options

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of Product Management experience in live operation & support products
  • A demonstrated track record of delivering incremental, meaningful improvements to tools, content, or processes to customers or users. Experience building online safety products is a plus
  • Someone who is versed and familiar with software development lifecycles, manage and prioritize, sprints, and act as product owner for the development team
  • Experienced in architecting and leading innovative, complex products involving regulatory requirements, and adept at working with legal, compliance and policy teams towards shared outcomes
  • Demonstrated ability to contribute in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment
  • Skilled in defining and tracking success metrics that matter, and comfortable working with data tools to support your understanding
  • Experienced with conducting user research to inform your perspective on what problems are critical to solve, and the efficacy of different approaches to solve them
  • Experienced in advocating for the needs of your customers and users, with excellent communication and presentation skills

This role is open to multiple locations across the US (including CA & NYC).

Pay Transparency Information

The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren’t limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic’s generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).

New York City Base Pay Range

$211,514$310,220 USD

California Base Pay Range

$186,132$272,994 USD

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found here.

The Company
HQ: Cary, NC
5,500 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1991

What We Do

Founded in 1991, Epic Games is an American company founded by CEO Tim Sweeney. The company is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, and has more than 50 offices worldwide. Today Epic is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic operates one of the world’s largest games, Fortnite, and Epic has over 600 million accounts with over 5 billion friend connections across Fortnite, Fall Guys, Rocket League, and the Epic Games Store. Epic also develops Unreal Engine, which powers the world’s leading games and is also adopted across industries such as film and television, architecture, automotive, manufacturing, and simulation. Through Unreal Engine, Epic Games Store, and Epic Online Services, Epic provides an end-to-end digital ecosystem for developers and creators to build, distribute, and operate games and other content.

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