Senior Director of Product
Almedia
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Partner with the Product Director to execute product initiatives aligned with player needs, business goals, and product KPIs.
- Own the competitive landscape, providing timely teardowns and market awareness that directly inform product and feature decisions.
- Analyse player behaviour in collaboration with data analysts to identify pain points and opportunities for iteration or improvement.
- Own user research and community feedback cycles to represent player desires and ensure those insights influence development.
- Synthesise multiple data sources (quantitative, qualitative, and market) into clear, actionable product recommendations for game teams.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with production, design, marketing, and community teams to ensure cohesive execution of product vision.
- Support backlog shaping with problem statements rooted in evidence and player goals.
- Regularly contribute to and help deliver product reports, informing directors and senior leadership of key trends and updates.
- Work closely with the Lead Analyst and cross-functional game teams on strategic execution for RuneScape: Dragonwilds.
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Product Manager or in a similar role, ideally within games.
- Excellent collaboration and relationship-building skills across departments and disciplines.
- Strong analytical and critical thinking abilities with a proven track record of converting insights into decisions.
- A deep understanding of the Survival / Open World Survival Craft genre and player behaviours, either as a professional or dedicated player.
- Fluent using MS Excel.
- Proven experience working from pre-production through to live development.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to balance data, community feedback, and vision to guide priorities.
- A genuine passion for RuneScape and familiarity with both RuneScape Games and their players.
- Remote available within the UK with team onsite days in the Cambridge office approx. 4 times per year.
