Gym Class · 15 hours ago
Product Manager / General Manager (Principal)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$200K/yr - $250K/yr
6+ years expGym Class is a top-rated social VR game on Meta Quest, backed by prominent investors including Andreessen Horowitz and the NBA. They are seeking a Principal Product Leader who will be responsible for driving product changes to enhance retention and revenue, while creating repeatable systems as the platform expands.
BasketballGamingVirtual Reality
Responsibilities
Own flagship outcomes end-to-end: Be accountable for activation → retention → monetization → live ops. Find the biggest bottlenecks, set the plan, align the team, and deliver
Turn “fun” into “full game”: Package the flagship into a complete live-service experience - tighter onboarding, clearer goals, deeper progression, stronger reasons to return daily/weekly
Ship a deeper meta-game (Career Mode): Launch a singleplayer Career Mode that creates long-term pull - progression, bot gameplay, milestones, rewards, narrative framing - and connect it to the broader platform (identity/status, seasons, unlocks)
Build the Live Ops engine: Create and run the cadence: seasons, events, challenges, drops, experiments. Ship weekly iterations and drive measurable lifts in D7/D30, depth, and spend
Strengthen social loops: Improve the social fabric (parties/squads, competitive ladders, leaderboards/tournaments, spectating, community moments) so the game feels like a world, not a match
Run the product like a business: Make tradeoffs with ROI awareness. Prioritize what moves the metrics; cut what doesn’t. Set standards for quality, pacing, and reliability
Create repeatable systems as you scale: Turn wins into process that compounds - dashboards, rituals, operating cadence, quality bars, and launch playbooks the whole platform can reuse
Expand scope into more games: Once the flagship is on a strong trajectory, your scope will expand to additional games on the platform
Cross-pollinate across mobile + AI + UGC: Advise and influence mobile + AI + UGC efforts with proven retention/monetization/live ops patterns - and as bandwidth opens, take direct ownership where you can create step-function impact
Qualification
Required
6+ years of experience
A product shipper (not a committee): You don't wait for perfect specs - you define problems, make calls, and ship high-quality work fast
Live-service fluent: You've built/operated products with ongoing updates - events, economies, progression, battle passes, ranked seasons, experimentation, and iteration tied to outcomes
Metrics-native: Comfortable owning and improving funnels/cohorts (D1/D7/D30, conversion, ARPDAU/ARPU, LTV) and using data + player feedback together
Great taste + systems thinking: You can craft experiences players love, then operationalize them into durable systems that scale across teams and titles
Cross-functional leader: You can drive alignment across design, engineering, art, analytics, community, and marketing — and keep execution moving without heavy process
Startup builder energy: You thrive in ambiguity, move fast, raise the bar, and treat the product like it's yours. Ex-founders very welcome
Preferred
Shipped/owned live service games, progression systems, economies, competitive ladders, or social platform mechanics
Experience with social games, UGC ecosystems, products for younger demographics. VR experience is NOT required
Sports game intuition or deep familiarity with competitive multiplayer communities
Benefits
Equity
Medical, dental, and vision benefits
401k retirement plan with matching
Company
Gym Class
Gym Class is a virtual reality basketball app on meta quest app lab.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$8MKey Investors
Andreessen Horowitz
2022-08-02Seed· $8M
Leadership Team
Justin Hubert
Co-founder
Recent News
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