Principal Product Manager, Developer Experience

Job Description

About Skillz

Skillz is driving the future of entertainment by accelerating the convergence of sports, video games and media for an exploding mobile-first audience worldwide. The company’s platform empowers mobile game developers and players with democratized access to fun, fair and skill-based competition for real prizes , shifting the paradigm to make eSports accessible to anyone, anywhere with a mobile device. Skillz helps developers build multi-million dollar game franchises by turning content into competitive social gaming properties for the world’s 2.6 billion gamers. The company has already worked with 13,000 game developers, leveraging its patented technology to host over 800 million tournaments for 18 million players worldwide. This year, Skillz was recognized as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies and CNBC Disruptor 50 (for the second time ). In 2018, Skillz was listed as one of Forbes’ Next Billion-Dollar Startups and Entrepreneur Magazine’s 100 Brilliant Companies . In 2017, Inc. Magazine ranked Skillz the No. 1 fastest-growing private company in America .

The company is backed by leading venture capitalists, media companies, and professional sports luminaries, ranging from Liberty Global, Accomplice, Wildcat Capital, Telstra Ventures, and a founder of Great Hill Partners to the owners of the New England Patriots, Milwaukee Bucks, New York Mets, and Sacramento Kings.

Principal Product Manager, Developer Experience (Skillz Platform, Inc. – San Francisco, CA): Oversee & direct development and execution of business and technical strategies for our growing suite of Skillz eSports platform and incorporated analytics products. Duties include: Develop a Product Strategy and long-term roadmap to assist developer partners with successful application development and Go-to-market strategy on Skillz’s eSports platform; Manage a team of Product Managers to execute on product vision and strategy; Collaborate with design, user research, customer success, finance and revenue, data science and other business departments to understand customer business and technical needs and transfer them into feasible product features for the Developer Console; Oversee and execute the research, data gathering, and studies required to produce Skillz products in accordance with the company’s strategic business plans; Direct the analyses to optimize feature performance and propose product rollout plans to enhance Skillz’s eSports platform functionality; Prioritize a backlog, write product requirement documentation and metrics driven product specifications and present recommendations for new features and initiatives for our ever evolving platform; Drive cross-functional alignment for new features and initiatives in the team; Ensure that project management documentation, reports and plans are relevant, accurate and complete, and all product development plans and processes are in accordance with Skillz’s technical documentation standards; and Propose team and organizational productivity and management enhancement strategies to improve product development efficiency.

Position Requirements: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical or Electronic Engineering or similar field (or foreign equivalent degree), plus 7 years of data analytics experience.

Experience, which may be gained concurrently, must include:

1. 4 years of experience in Analytics or Data Analytics product management in technology, fintech or finance, including program/project management experience to drive features or product implementation process.
2. 3 years of experience in Data Analytics including model and data validation.
3. 4 years of experience with big data analysis and proficient with at least 1 data analytics tool.
4. Experience in a product lead role launching a new data analytics product or platform from start to end.
5. 3 years of experience and proficiency in statistical analysis, financial data analysis, and financial model building.
6. 4 years of cross-functional team leadership experience working with marketing, sales, leadership and other business departments to drive internal stakeholder alignment and approval.
7. 4 years of experience mentoring or supervising junior data analysts.

Job Site: 303 2nd Street, Suite 110, San Francisco, CA 94107. Full-time.

Please apply via Skillz Platform, Inc.’s career website at https://www.skillz.com/careers/ and reference Job #PPM422. This position is part of Skillz Platform, Inc.’s employee referral program and is eligible for an employee referral incentive.