Product Manager - Xbox Game Studios- Rare Ltd.

Microsoft; Atherstone; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology company is seeking a Product Manager for their live service game, focusing on player engagement and retention strategies. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in product management, excellent communication skills, and a passion for gaming. Responsibilities include analyzing player data, collaborating with design teams, and reporting game performance. This role offers an exciting opportunity in a dynamic gaming environment.

Benefits

Equal opportunity employer

Reasonable accommodations for disabilities

Qualifications

• Experience in product management for a successful live service game.
• Passion for shared world games.
• Strong data analysis skills across business aspects.
• Ability to convey ideas clearly to multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Analyse player engagement using various data inputs.
• Partner with design and production teams for feature development.
• Lead game performance reporting and analysis.
• Explore industry trends and competitor titles.

Skills

Data analysis

Communication skills

Player psychology understanding

Data literacy

Job description

Responsibilities (Text Only)

- Analyse and understand our player base and how they engage with Sea of Thieves, using multiple inputs (data, sentiment, UR) to build segmentation models and create insights that can inform development. - Be an expert on the game and how it works. Dive into the game experience and understand the end-to-end player journey across different player segments. - Combine your knowledge of the game and its audience to identify opportunities to improve engagement and retention while benefitting the player experience. Ground these opportunities in business KPIs, establishing clear and measurable goals. - Partner with the design and production teams in the development of new features and content, ensuring that the creative vision delivers against player requirements and broader business goals. - Be a champion for live service within the studio, helping to deliver an optimal game rhythm and live service calendar that maximises player enjoyment, engagement and retention. - Partner with the Player Insights team to use data effectively, providing game teams with a range of different inputs and perspectives that can aid decision-making. - Lead the reporting and analysis of game performance so that the impact, value and ROI of development investments can be better assessed and understood. - Analyse competitor titles and follow both established and emerging trends within the gaming industry. Learn from the successes of other live-service games and provide insights into how these learnings can be applied to Sea of Thieves.

Qualifications (Text Only)

Required Skills and Experience - A strong experience of working within a product management role for a successful live service game on PC and console. - Passion and deep interest in the potential of shared world games like Sea of Thieves. - Excellent communication skills – written, verbal and presentational, and the ability to convey your ideas and plans to a multi-disciplinary team in a way that informs and tells a story with data, while also exciting the team around possibilities in a way that persuades key stakeholders and drives improved performance. - An ability to think laterally, encouraging the team to explore broader solutions to turn opportunities into improved performance. - A solid grasp on player psychology and gamer motivations and the impact this has on the overall player experience. - Strongly data literate, able to analyse data across all aspects of the business (acquisition, engagement, retention, monetisation) to provide actionable insights. - A demonstrable ability to build strong working relationships with a diverse range of different teams including data scientists, analysts, design, production, community and marketing. - An ability to think outside-of-the-box to deliver original insights that do not rely on product management orthodoxies. Rare’s games are unlike any others – our approaches to product management and strategy must be too. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a requestvia the Accommodation request form. Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.