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Mob Entertainment · 3 weeks ago

Game Product Manager

Mob Entertainment is a startup multimedia studio known for the indie horror game 'Poppy Playtime'. The Game Product Manager is responsible for overseeing the entire lifecycle of a game, ensuring alignment between various departments and driving product outcomes that meet player expectations and company goals.

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Responsibilities

Lead the concept evaluation process including market analysis, genre trends, competitive benchmarking, and player opportunity sizing
Develop the Product Brief: core lore, target audience, differentiators, KPIs, success metrics
Build ROI rationale in partnership with Finance and Production: staffing plan, timeline, budget, risk analysis
Create & own the green-light package for SLT review and approval
Define minimum gating criteria and business justification required for advancement
Maintain and continuously refine the product roadmap, prioritization framework, and delivery milestones
Work with Production to translate vision into milestones, scope, and sprint objectives
Ensure alignment between feature set and target KPIs, player motivations, and market fit
Drive cross-functional communication and ensure all teams work from the same assumptions and priorities
Lead change management: assess any scope, staffing, or timeline adjustments with data and rationale
Own the risk/assumption log and mitigation plan across departments
Partner with Marketing, Analytics, and Community to develop the launch strategy, key beats, messaging, and positioning
Ensure the product meets the definition of readiness for launch, including quality thresholds, analytics instrumentation, and content completeness
Coordinate playtests, player research, and feedback cycles pre-launch
Monitor live KPIs and gather player feedback to drive post-launch iterations
Lead postmortems and integration of learnings into the studio’s development frameworks
Own and evolve Mob’s green-light framework, milestone gating standards, and product evaluation methodology
Establish reusable documentation templates (PRDs, briefs, KPI scorecards)
Ensure disciplined application of processes to prevent misalignment, late-stage surprises, and inefficient spend
Bring the right subject-matter experts into decisions at the right time—Production, Finance, Analytics, Creative, Marketing, etc

Qualification

Game product managementMarket analysisCross-functional leadershipData-driven decision-makingRoadmap ownershipPlayer motivationsKPI managementIterative developmentPlaytest cyclesGreen-light evaluations

Required

5–10 years of game product management experience, ideally with shipped titles
Strong understanding of market dynamics, player motivations, and product-to-market fit
Prior experience owning roadmaps, KPIs, playtest cycles, and green-light evaluations
Exceptional cross-functional leadership and ability to influence without formal authority
Data-driven decision-making; comfortable with forecasting, KPIs, and iterative development
Experience working with Creative, Production, and Engineering partners on complex projects

Company

Mob Entertainment

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Mob Entertainment is a gaming studio company that creates 3D animations and videogames.

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Funding

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