Responsibilities
- Own the product vision and strategy for multiple SDS tooling efforts across their lifecycles, from initial proposal and greenlight, through development and release.
- Translate ambiguous problem spaces into clear opportunities and measurable outcomes that deliver value for our partners.
- Capture and validate requirements, develop roadmaps, conduct competitive analysis, customer interviews, lead strategy discussions, and develop critical metrics and reporting.
- Define and track key success criteria (e.g., adoption, efficiency gains, user satisfaction) to guide prioritization and investment.
- Support agile planning by coordinating sprint cycles, backlog refinement, and release schedules to keep delivery predictable.
- Regularly communicate progress, outcomes, and risks to SDS leadership, executives, and customers.
Requirements
- 5-7+ years of product management experience, ideally with exposure to technical tools, platforms, or pipelines.
- Strong ability to balance strategic vision (why/what) with practical delivery (how/when).
- Able to build positive relationships cross functionally between studios, engineers, and partners.
- Skillful communicator in any direction, able to translate technical issues to non-technical audiences and vice versa.
- Passion for game development and the tooling that enables teams to do their best creative work.
- Can explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Nice to Have
- Experience with platform products and technologies a plus.
- Experience in AAA game development or publishing pipelines.
- Familiarity with content creation tools, automation frameworks, or resource management systems.
- Background in both product and project management roles, ideally in technical organizations.
- Loves to solve tough problems.
