Senior Technical Product Manager, Consoles and Media

Unity Technologies; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Stock ownership

Retirement plans

Vacation days

Parental leave

Commute subsidy

Office snacks

Mental health programs

ERGs

Employee assistance

Training & development

Volunteer matching

Job summary

Unity Technologies seeks a Senior Technical Product Manager to join the Platforms team, focusing on console platforms and the media framework. You will define features and roadmaps that deliver value to Unity and its developers, grounded in a deep technical understanding of these platforms to shape their future.

You will collaborate with engineering, PM, design, and marketing, translating customer needs into requirements, and driving data-backed decisions to guide releases and cross-promotions

Qualifications

• A proven technical product manager with a background in game development and a track record of feature development and delivery.
• A solid technical background in console game development, with deep insight into the console publishing process.
• Strong product leadership, with demonstrated user empathy and data-driven decision-making.
• Strong technical communication skills. You can translate customer feedback and requests into the underlying needs and deeper goals behind them, and explain sophisticated concepts clearly to non-technical partners.
• Strong analytical skills and experience working with data analysis tools.

Responsibilities

• Own the relationship between Unity’s engine and our console platform ecosystems. Track platform SDK updates, manage the roadmap for platform-specific features, and ensure Unity meets the technical requirements for first-party certification.
• Own Unity’s audio and video backend capabilities, focusing on codec and container support across the full content pipeline from import to runtime playback on supported platforms.
• Collaborate with internal teams, end users, and external hardware partners to discover user needs, define and map requirements, validate technology, and keep developers unblocked as platform requirements shift.
• Extract, analyze, and visualize data to drive and validate development and user-experience decisions in an unbiased way.
• Work with Engineering, Program Management, and Product Design to establish roadmaps and partner with Product Marketing on go-to-market plans.

Job description

The opportunity

As a Senior Technical Product Manager at Unity, you’ll join the Platforms product team, where you’ll be responsible for our console platforms and media framework. You’ll define the product features and roadmaps that bring value to Unity and our developers, drawing on a deep technical understanding of these platforms to shape where they go next. You’ll be embedded with our engineering teams, providing insight into customer usage, demand for shipped features, features in development, and future areas of growth. Your work keeps Unity’s solutions market-leading and makes full use of what these platforms offer.

What you’ll be doing

• Own the relationship between Unity’s engine and our console platform ecosystems. This means tracking platform SDK updates, managing the roadmap for platform-specific features, and making sure Unity meets the technical requirements developers need to pass first-party certification.
• Own Unity’s audio and video backend capabilities, with a focus on codec and container support across the full content pipeline, from import and transcode in the Editor through to build and runtime playback on supported platforms.
• Work with internal teams, end users, and external hardware partners to discover user needs, define and map current and future product requirements, validate technology in development, and keep developers unblocked as platform requirements shift.
• Extract, analyze, and visualize quantitative and qualitative data to drive and validate development and user-experience decisions in an unbiased way.
• Work with Engineering, Program Management, and Product Design to establish and complete roadmaps that enhance our product offerings, and partner with Product Marketing on go-to-market plans for releases and cross-promotional opportunities with our partners.

What we’re looking for

• A proven technical product manager with a background in game development and a track record of feature development and delivery.
• A solid technical background in console game development, with deep insight into the console publishing process.
• Strong product leadership, with demonstrated user empathy and data-driven decision-making.
• Strong technical communication skills. You can translate customer feedback and requests into the underlying needs and deeper goals behind them, and explain sophisticated concepts clearly to non-technical partners.
• Strong analytical skills and experience working with data analysis tools.

You might also have

• Experience with media or content pipelines, including audio/video codecs, container formats, transcoding, or runtime playback.
• Experience shipping Unity games to console platforms.
• Hands-on experience integrating platform features or submitting titles to platform certification.

Additional information

• Relocation support is not available for this position
• Work visa/immigration sponsorship is not available for this position

Benefits

At Unity, we want our team members to thrive. We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support well‑being and work‑life balance.

Please note: Benefits eligibility, specific offerings, and coverage vary based on the country and employment status.

While specific benefits vary, here are some of the ways we strive to take care of our eligible team members globally:

• Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance
• Commute subsidy
• Employee stock ownership
• Competitive retirement/pension plans
• Generous vacation and personal days
• Support for new parents through leave and family‑care programs
• Office food snacks
• Mental Health and Wellbeing programs and support
• Employee Resource Groups
• Global Employee Assistance Program
• Training and development programs
• Volunteering and donation matching program

Life at Unity

Unity [NYSE: U] is the world’s leading game engine, powering play for more than 3 billion consumers each month. The top mobile games in the world, the most played PC indie titles, the most innovative console games, and virtually all of the top XR and Web Games are developed, deployed, and grown in Unity. Unity also enables teams across industries like automotive, manufacturing, and healthcare to design, simulate, and collaborate in 3D — closing the gap between ideas and reality. For more information, please visit www.unity.com.

Unity is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment and celebrate our employees across age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. Our differences are strengths that enable us to support the growing and evolving needs of our customers, partners, and collaborators. If you have a disability that means there are preparations or accommodations we can make to help ensure you have a comfortable and positive interview experience, please fill out this form to let us know.

This position requires the incumbent to have a sufficient knowledge of English to have professional verbal and written exchanges in this language since the performance of the duties related to this position requires frequent and regular communication with colleagues and partners located worldwide and whose common language is English.

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*Note: This range reflects the anticipated base salary for this position. Beyond base salary, this role may be eligible for equity awards and participation in our company incentive plans (such as annual discretionary bonuses or sales commissions). The final offer amount will depend on several factors, including geographic location and the candidate’s relevant experience, professional background, and skill set.

Gross pay salary

£75,400—£113,000 GBP