Lead Product Manager - Consumer (Bangalore, India)

Join Skillz and Level Up Your Career!

Are you ready to take your career to the next level? Join Skillz, the first publicly-traded mobile esports platform that hosts billions of casual mobile gaming tournaments for millions of players worldwide. Skillz is revolutionizing the gaming industry, providing the ultimate platform for competitive mobile games. By fostering social competition within games, Skillz empowers developers to create multi-million dollar franchises while connecting players through fair, enjoyable, and meaningful competition.

At Skillz, we firmly believe that everyone is born with unique skills and deserves to experience an epic win. We understand the thrill of achievement and the satisfaction of overcoming challenges. That's why we passionately champion game developers and players alike, empowering them to unleash their full potential through the power of competition.

Life @ Skillz

• Culture of Impact: Join a united team of builders, creators, innovators, and entrepreneurs driven by the desire to win. At Skillz, we create value and make a difference in the world.

• Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy peace of mind with our comprehensive benefits package, which includes coverage for medical, dental, and vision expenses for both you and your entire family. Additionally, take advantage of tax benefit options (PF & NPS), expense reimbursement, and more. 

• Perks: We believe in enhancing your work experience. We offer competitive paid time off (PL & sick/casual) & company holidays to help you recharge and pursue your passions.

Why Skillz?

• Pioneers of Skill-Based Competition: Skillz is not just any company in the gaming industry; we are the pioneers of skill-based competition, partnered with industry titans like UFC, NFL, T-Mobile, Buzztime, Bowlero, while also hosting renowned events like the Game Developer Conference (GDC). Join us in transforming the way people play games and building the home of competition for all.

• Impact Beyond Gaming: Skillz harnesses the power of its platform to support nonprofit organizations such as Susan G. Komen, American Cancer Society, the NAACP, and more. By participating in Skillz tournaments, you can make a difference and contribute to causes you care about.

• Recognized Success: Skillz has earned recognition as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies, CNBC's Disruptor 50, San Francisco Business Times' Best Places to Work, Forbes' Next Billion-Dollar Startups, and the #1 fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000 list, and many more.

• Talent Magnet: Join a team of talented professionals who are passionate about what they do. Our team includes experts from Meta, Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Tesla, Twitter (X), Roblox, Zynga, Samsung, Lyft, EA, Riot, Nexon, Gameskraft, PlayStation, Unity, Scopely, Tinder, Intel, Deloitte, EY, Twitch, DraftKings, and more.

The Future of Gaming Awaits!

The gaming industry is larger than movies, music, and books combined, with over 3 billion active gamers playing monthly and over 25 million active developers worldwide. Mobile gaming, in particular, is the fastest-growing segment, projected to reach $300 billion by 2025. At Skillz, you have the opportunity to be at the forefront of this exciting industry and shape its future. 

Job Description:

As the Lead Product Manager - you'll report to our Director of Product Management (Sujoy Ghosh) focusing on driving roadmap execution and delivery. You will be instrumental in shaping the technical delivery within our Consumer Experience division, headquartered in our new office in Bangalore. In this key leadership position, you will be responsible for providing strategic direction for the product management function, ensuring the successful implementation of our roadmap, and contributing to the overall success of Skillz. Your role will encompass inspiring a culture of challenging the status quo, promoting data-driven decisions and KPIs, leading by example, and fostering innovation within the eSports domain. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced product manager to significantly impact the eSports space.

• 5+ years of PM/live operations experience.

• 6-8 years of experience in building and delivering user-centered, engaging experiences across a range of platforms, with the ability to demonstrate the success and impact of efforts for both users and business. This should include at least 3 years in games (RMG or mobile).

• Experience in the Gaming Industry (ideally). Experience in building web or mobile gameplay, competition features, and/or social experiences in social casino or puzzle games is a strong plus. Knowledge of consumer products, refined visual design sensibility, and a passion for mobile.

• Able to work in-office 5 days a week in Bangalore, India.

• A great communicator (verbal, written, and visual) who can influence and build consensus within a product team and with executive stakeholders across the company.

What we are looking for:

• Durability and Resiliency - A startup mindset and comfort in building from the ground up.

• Ability to work cross-functionally with stakeholders to define the consumer product vision, strategy, and roadmap for achievements and social game modes aligned with the overall company product roadmap and business strategy.

• A strategic thinker who can own the overall plan, including design, implementation, GTM (Go-To-Market), and analysis framework of features and functional refinements.

• Ability to work with the Leadership team to estimate ship dates of major deliverables with 75% accuracy or better.

• An excellent communicator capable of clearly sharing feature development progress, metric impact, etc., with a multi-functional group.

• Ability to work with the Director of Product Management, Sujoy Ghosh, to understand and articulate the company mission to the Engineering and Design teams.

Join Skillz and Let's Redefine the Boundaries of Gaming! 

Together, we'll create a world where skill, passion, and innovation thrive. Join our team and be part of the journey. We look forward to having you on board!