VP, Product Management - Star Trek Fleet Command

Description Scopely is looking for a VP of Product to join our Star Trek Fleet Command team in Dublin or Barcelona.At Scopely, we care deeply about what we do and want to inspire play, every day - whether in our work environments alongside our talented colleagues, or through our deep connections with our communities of players. We are a global team of game lovers who are developing, publishing and innovating the mobile games industry, connecting millions of people around the world daily.Star Trek Fleet Command's ongoing success goes from strength to strength. Our in-house developed 4X MMO was launched in 2018 and continues to evolve, being consistently one of the top 10 gross revenue Massive Multiplayer Strategy games on the market.What You Will DoThe VP of Product Management is a leading product thinker in Scopely and has a key role responsible for crafting a dynamic vision for Star Trek Fleet Command, which will continue and improve the title's success into the future. You will set strategies and lead a team of cross-functional experts to deliver features, content, and improvements that optimise the user experience and continually have value and enjoyment to our players and the game as a whole. Help define the long-term vision of the game and help set the strategy to reach that visionAccountable for creating a feature roadmap that will drive business results in alignment with the game’s vision and strategyEnsure designs meet the business goals and are aligned with the game’s vision and strategy, but also meet player’s needs and are aligned with the best-in-class market trendsAccountable for ensuring the live operation of the title yields the best possible performance while always aligning and supporting the long-term vision.Drive for world-leading retention of players across their life-cycle through the delivery of incredible, rich, deep experiences that allow the continuous growth of the player audienceLead, guide and mentor a team of experienced PMs who oversee the entire game’s feature set.Support the team on the most innovative and complex product challengesShape the future of the game team and the franchise as part of the game leadership teamWork with the leadership team to hit aggressive targets to optimise the lifetime value of the player baseManage collaboration with leaders across Star Trek Fleet Command and across ScopelyDrive constant improvement of the Product Management craft, team health, processes, and methodologiesHelp identify inefficiencies and provide long-term solutions in our feature development process and live operation process & tooling to further drive operational excellenceWhat We’re Looking ForPassion for creating great games and rich player experiencesExtensive experience leading a team of Product Managers or Game Designers in social or mobile F2P games, managing a live game with strong Social / PvP elements. Ideally, in a persistent shared game worldCommunication: strong verbal & written communication skills. Able to articulate the “why” instead of just the “how” and “what” to drive team-wide alignment on product visionProject Management: demonstrated ability to deploy resources against highest impact initiatives, understand tradeoffs, anticipate & mitigate risks from afar, manage people's expectations & maintain a high quality of deliverablesDesign: Able to create & design experiences that shape positive player behaviours. Ability to effectively balance the needs of technology, business, and player experienceQuantitative Capability: intermediate business statistics knowledge, know when to use and not to use data, able to translate product problems into analytics problems, set expectations, develop and test hypotheses, interpret data in a meaningful and actionable way, and manipulate and visualise dataLeadership: Engage and inspire team members to deliver the best quality product possible