
Product Lead
Owlchemy Labs
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Texas • United States
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Salary
💰 $130,000 - $160,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Collaborate with C-suite leadership, production, design, and engineering teams to align product goals with the overall company vision.
- Define and execute a comprehensive product strategy for our live service title, focusing on long-term engagement, retention, and monetization.
- Utilize data analytics, user feedback and creative direction to inform product decisions, optimize features, and identify new opportunities.
- Oversee the live operations cadence, ensuring a steady stream of content updates, events, and features that keep the community engaged.
- Coordinate with studio leadership to make sure production ramifications of decisions from all disciplines are considered.
- Lead teams across disciplines from a production standpoint: effectively prioritize tasks, identify dependencies and remove blockers.
- Support the Production team with clear direction throughout development including defining priority of features and milestones.
- Partner closely with the Customer Support team to ensure player feedback and support data are systematically assessed, addressed in development cycles, and key drivers in product development decisions.
- Partner closely with the Marketing team to ensure alignment on goals and production timelines, incorporating Marketing insights on player feedback and sales performance into product strategy.
- Take the lead role in supporting Live Services projects throughout their lifetimes.
- Maintain communication of progress and goals across all teams at Owlchemy.
- Guide team to update and maintain documentation of product and development practices, including development processes, art style, and technical documentation.
- Collaborate across departments to ensure product goals are being met, from gameplay and content to stylistic coherence.
- Manage other Owls, providing professional development support, mentorship, and performance feedback.
- Keep informed on the market landscape and stay ahead of industry trends \to ensure Owlchemy products remain competitive and innovative in the VR space.
Requirements
- Clear and proactive communicator across all disciplines and levels
- Detail-oriented, thoughtful, and deeply aware of dependencies across systems and schedules
- Strong strategic mindset with the ability to translate high-level vision into actionable roadmaps
- Proficiency in data analysis and the ability to derive actionable insights from complex datasets
- Deep understanding of free-to-play and premium monetization mechanics, economy design, and user psychology
- Highly organized and capable of organizing others
- Great conflict resolution and soft skills
- Able to mentor and contribute to career growth of other Owls
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Clear understanding of game production pipelines
- At least 1 shipped title made with Unity
- 3+ years professional Unity engine experience
- 3+ years experience with Google Workspace
- 5+ years experience supporting a Live Service game
- 10+ years industry experience
- Management experience
- 3+ years Jira, Notion and Miro experience
- Appreciation of puns (or at least the ability to groan at them)
Benefits
- 20 days of vacation
- Unlimited sick days
- School loan repayment assistance
- New parent benefits
- Health/Dental/Vision Plans
- Retirement Plan
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
data analysisUnitygame production pipelinesmonetization mechanicseconomy designuser psychologyLive Service game supportproject managementfeature prioritizationdocumentation practices
Soft Skills
clear communicationdetail-orientedstrategic mindsetorganizational skillsconflict resolutionmentorshipproactive approachteam collaborationleadershipperformance feedback
Certifications
High School Diploma or equivalent