Product Manager - Hearthstone

Posted:
10/27/2024, 5:00:00 PM

Location(s):
Irvine, California, United States ⋅ California, United States

Experience Level(s):
Junior

Field(s):
Product

Workplace Type:
Hybrid

Team Name:

Hearthstone

Job Title:

Product Manager - Hearthstone

Requisition ID:

R024199

Job Description:

Job Title: Product Manager - Hearthstone | Irvine, CA

Department: Hearthstone

Location: Irvine, CA

Your Mission:

Blizzard is looking for a Product Manager to join us in shaping the future of Hearthstone. We are looking for candidates with experience managing free-to-play games, owning business outcomes and delivering features that meaningfully improve metrics and enhance the player experience.

This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position, with some work on-site and some work-from-home. The potential home studio for this role is Irvine, CA.

What you bring to the table:

Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities

  • Drive commercial success and player engagement by forming hypotheses, setting KPI targets, analyzing product performance and iterating on feature design.  

  • Support the design and implementation of new features to improve target KPIs, with the ability of innovating and/or learning from established best practices. 

  • Familiarity with Hearthstone and the competitive landscape of mid-core games, so that you have a deep understanding of our players’ motivations and desires from a global perspective. 

  • Provide valuable insights on LiveOps performance and apply LiveOps strategies that deliver high-performant retention and monetization metrics 

  • Conduct rigorous testing, post-mortem analysis, and player/competitor research to continuously optimize business planning and execution 

  • Write clear and actionable product specifications, and effectively communicate ideas to the team for implementation 

  • Collaborate with our Insights team on analysis of game data to draw actionable learnings and provide valuable insights

  • Be a player champion!

Minimum Requirements

  • 2+ years of experience in game product management 

  • Demonstrated analytical skills, with a focus on data-driven decision making 

  • Love for games and creating fun & compelling player experiences 

  • Passionate, self-motivated, and driven to create and execute great ideas cross-functionally 

  • Able to operate in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment and find creative ways to get things done 

  • Outstanding communication, collaboration, and organizational abilities

Extra Points

  • Business, quantitative, technical, or design degree a plus

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! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to [email protected] General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest

Our World

At Blizzard Entertainment, we pour our hearts and souls into everything we create. Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, and StarCraft, we’ve been creating genre-defining games for millions of players around the world for more than 30 years. We’re on a quest: bring our dreams to life and craft the most epic entertainment experiences…ever. Hard work, iteration and polish go into the Blizzard “secret recipe,” but the most important ingredients come from talented people who share our vision. If that sounds like you, join us.

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.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics.

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 https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/.

In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $72,720.00 - $134,460.00 Annual. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Ultimately, your specific range and offer will be based on several factors, including relevant experience, performance, and work location. Your Talent Professional can share this role’s range details for your local geography during the hiring process. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed. While we strive to provide competitive offers to successful candidates, new hire compensation is negotiable.