Senior Product Manager: Monetization - Santa Monica, United States - Activision

Description

Job Title:

Senior Product Manager: Monetization

Requisition ID:

R018726

Job Description:

Job Title: Senior Product Manager: Monetization

Reporting To: Director of Product

Department: Call of Duty: Mobile Product Team

Location: Santa Monica, California

Your Mission

Welcome to Solid State Studios We're a new in-house studio within Activision, dedicated to developing the best AAA mobile games in the world. Our first project is the AAA mobile hit Call of Duty: Mobile, which generated over $1 billion in consumer spending in 2021. We are looking for great talent who are passionate about their work and share our belief in what AAA experiences on mobile can and should be. We're incredibly excited to build our teams and get to work, and invite you to join us in making something special.

Your Profile

As Senior Product Manager: Monetization, you are responsible for the design and execution of our overall monetization strategy for Call of Duty: Mobile. This includes building frameworks and generating insights to inform decisions around in-game content (e.g. skins, weapons, operators, and IP integrations), improving our monetization systems, and optimizing our pricing. It also includes growing revenues through third party payment channels. You will work with analysts and researchers to improve our understanding of the main factors that drive revenues, and will design experiments to generate learnings to improve our performance. You will report to the Director of Product, who leads the Call of Duty: Mobile product team, and will manage an Associate Product Manager.

Main Mission

• Improve our understanding of the drivers behind the appeal of our in-game content by partnering with analysts and researchers, and by digging into dashboards and data
• Use learnings to define and improve our overall monetization strategy
• Build and iterate on frameworks to help decide which content to release each season
• Identify improvements to existing monetization systems and propose new systems
• Partner with other Product Managers, our content team, and the development team at Tencent to define our roadmap and execute our strategy
• Lead IP licensing strategy, partnering with others at Activision to secure deals
• Lead third party payments strategy and execution

Minimum Requirements

• 5+ years experience in product management, strategy, business operations, or similar roles
• Able to clearly synthesize insights from analysis and research to diagnose root causes of problems and generate recommendations
• Strong structured and critical thinking skills, able to craft a clear and well prioritized strategy and roadmap
• Experience creating new or improved product features that drive business outcomes
• Strong analytical skills and ability to dig into data to uncover insights, experience with analytical tools like SQL and Tableau preferred
• Experience designing and running A/B tests
• Excellent communication skills and ability to influence others

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do At Activision Blizzard, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

Your Platform

Solid State Studios is an emerging team within Activision Publishing focusing on both publishing and live- operations for Call of Duty Mobile along with our new in-house studio dedicated to the development of AAA mobile titles. Designed around the singular focus of creating the best games in our space, ours is a mobile studio like no other. Developing in collaboration with Activision studios around the world, work on a new AAA mobile game in the Call of Duty franchise has begun.

It takes the industry's best talent to make entertainment history, and while we have world-class franchises, infrastructure and resources, our success comes from a driven and diverse team of people producing greatness together. We're looking for developers from mobile and PC backgrounds passionate about their work and who believe in realizing the potential of mobile gaming as much as we do.

Our World

We're highly collaborative, relaxed, and deadly serious about creating incredible entertainment for passionate players around the world. We approach mobile development as a craft, and our ability to build immersive and innovate worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for 'Every World' - we've got you covered

About Activision

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), is one of the world's largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, Candy CrushTM and Bubble WitchTM. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet

Our ability to build immersive and innovative worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for 'Every World' - we've got our employees covered

The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

Activision is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do At Activision Blizzard, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply

Rewards

We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for 'Every World' - we've got our employees covered Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:

• Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
• 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
• Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
• Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;
• If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.

Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting

In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $116, $216,000.00 Annual. This base pay range is for the U.S. and is not applicable to locations outside of the U.S. Actual amounts will vary depending on experience, performance and location. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed.