Game Product Manager - Data-Driven, AI-Powered, Flexible

Sumo Digital; Royal Leamington Spa; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits package

Salary sacrifice pension

Bespoke benefits hub

Employee referral scheme (up to £1,000

Annual gaming subscription

Job summary

Sumo Digital is seeking a results-driven product thinker to join Lab42. You will generate strategic insights to influence game pitches, development directions, and broader studio priorities, while applying AI tools to accelerate concept development and early-stage work.

You’ll analyse game data to inform backlog decisions, prioritise features, and present recommendations to cross‑functional teams; you’ll act as a bridge between external clients and internal teams, ensuring momentum across

Qualifications

• Experience in games industry in game design, product management, or live operations.
• Strong understanding of the games market, trends, and player behaviours.
• Ability to turn data and insights into opportunities and product improvements.
• Experience backlog management in a development environment; publishing experience desirable.
• Practical use of prioritisation frameworks (e.g., ICE, Jobs to Be Done).
• Experience combining qualitative and quantitative insights to understand players' needs and motivations.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management, with proposal presentation experience.

Responsibilities

• Generate insights to inform game pitches, development, and strategy.
• Apply AI tools to advance early-stage development and concepts.
• Analyse game data to support backlog prioritisation and recommendations.
• Pitch and promote strategy to cross‑disciplinary teams.
• Liaise between external and internal teams, presenting work to customers and colleagues.
• Report game performance from prototype to sunset.
• Work across multiple projects, managing shifting priorities while maintaining momentum.

Skills

Game design

Product management

Live ops

Data analysis

Backlog management

Stakeholder management

ICE prioritisation

Job description

Sumo Digital is seeking a results-driven product thinker to join Lab42. You will generate strategic insights to influence game pitches, development directions, and broader studio priorities, while applying AI tools to accelerate concept development and early-stage work.

You’ll analyse game data to inform backlog decisions, prioritise features, and present recommendations to cross‑functional teams; you’ll act as a bridge between external clients and internal teams, ensuring momentum across