Product Owner (Expert Product Manager)

Team: Product

Location: US

Commitment: Full-time

Workplace Type: remote

Accountabilities

• Own the product's overall commercial performance, including P&L management, forecasting, budgeting, and achievement of financial objectives.
• Define and maintain the long-term product vision, strategic roadmap, and backlog priorities to support player engagement, retention, monetization, and sustainable growth.
• Provide strategic leadership across multiple product execution tracks, ensuring alignment between LiveOps initiatives, feature development, and broader business goals.
• Partner closely with project managers and product managers to validate roadmap feasibility, prioritize initiatives, and optimize resource allocation while empowering teams to manage day-to-day Agile execution.
• Monitor product performance through data analysis, player behavior metrics, cohort analysis, and key performance indicators, implementing strategic adjustments as needed.
• Collaborate with design, engineering, production, and leadership teams to establish product objectives, define success metrics, and improve development processes.
• Contribute to hiring decisions and team growth by serving as a key stakeholder in recruitment for critical project roles.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration and ensure all stakeholders remain aligned around strategic priorities, production milestones, and commercial targets.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, Game General Manager, or similar leadership role within the mobile free-to-play (F2P) gaming industry.
• Proven success managing live operations and scaling successful mobile games, with experience in casual, farming, simulation, or tycoon genres considered a strong advantage.
• Demonstrated experience owning product strategy, commercial performance, P&L management, forecasting, and monetization initiatives.
• Strong background leading cross-functional product organizations through influence, collaboration, and strategic alignment rather than direct people management.
• Expertise in Agile product development methodologies, roadmap planning, backlog prioritization, and stakeholder management.
• Advanced analytical skills with experience interpreting player data, KPIs, cohort analyses, and business metrics to drive product decisions.
• Excellent communication, leadership, organizational, and decision-making skills with the ability to coordinate multiple workstreams simultaneously.
• Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary teams including engineering, design, production, LiveOps, and executive leadership.
• Ability to work effectively in a remote-first environment with availability compatible with teams operating within approximately three hours of Central European time.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package.
• Fully remote work environment with flexible working arrangements.
• Opportunity to lead the strategic direction of a flagship, high-growth mobile game.
• High level of ownership and autonomy with direct influence on product strategy and commercial success.
• Collaborative international team composed of experienced gaming professionals.
• Long-term career growth opportunities within a global gaming organization.
• Exposure to large-scale live service operations and innovative product development initiatives.
• Inclusive, diverse, and supportive workplace culture focused on creativity, collaboration, and continuous improvement.