Senior Product Manager, Publish & Live Ops

Scopely is looking for a Senior Product Manager, Publish & Live Ops, to join Slate Development Group and contribute to an ambitious new AAA cross-platform game, based in Shanghai, China.

At Scopely, we care deeply about what we do and want to inspire play, every day - whether in our work environments alongside our talented colleagues or through our deep connections with our communities of players. We are a global team of game lovers who are developing, publishing and innovating the games industry, connecting millions of people around the world daily.

Slate Development Group owns Scopely’s editorial and content strategy, including the company’s greenlighting, Game Development Framework (GDF), studio strategy (organic and inorganic) and slate-wide budget and investment strategy.

What You’ll Do

As a Senior Product Manager, Publish & Live Ops, you will be a critical role to the game’s success in the west. Your core focus will be defining and driving publishing strategy, ensuring our game meets internal and market expectations in the major western regions. You will be based in Shanghai and Report to the Director of Product on this game team.

• Benchmarking & Market Insights: Continuously track market trends, target audience behavior, and competitor benchmarks in the major western regions. Translate findings into actionable insights to inform strategic decisions.
• Publishing: Plan and drive game’s roadmap from dev to launch at a Product stand point.
• Live ops: Leverage Scopely’s strengths in LiveOps by developing and adapting scalable systems tailored to the game. Establish robust pre-launch plans to support a strong and sustainable live phase.
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Communicate and align all the work effectively across disciplines. Ensure alignment among the dev team, marketing, UA, community, etc.

What We’re Looking For 

Required Qualifications

• Strong insights about western mobile midcore games.
• 5+ years of experience working on western publishing and live ops product roles.
• Drove at least one free to play mobile midcore launch in the major western countries.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Bilingual fluency in reading and writing
• Passion for data-informed decision-making and strategic thinking

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working across both Chinese and Western game development cultures.
• End-to-end product ownership experience from development through LiveOps
• Comfortable operating in both English and Chinese in professional settings

About Us

Scopely is a global interactive entertainment and mobile-first video game company, home to many top, award-winning experiences such as "MONOPOLY GO!," “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “Stumble Guys,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” and “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” among others. Scopely creates, publishes, and live-operates immersive games that empower a directed-by-consumer™ experience across multiple platforms--from mobile, web, PC and beyond.

Founded in 2011, Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform Playgami that supports one of the most diversified portfolios in the games industry.

Recognized multiple times as one of Fast Company’s “World’s Most Innovative Companies,” Scopely is a multi-billion-dollar business due to its ability to create long-lasting game experiences that players enjoy for years.

Scopely has global operations in more than a dozen markets across Asia, EMEA, and North America, and is home to many internal game development teams, referred to as Scopely Studios, with additional game studio partners across four continents.

Scopely was acquired by Savvy Games Group in July 2023 for $4.9 billion, and is now an independent subsidiary of Savvy.

For more information on Scopely, visit: scopely.com.

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About Us

Scopely is a global interactive entertainment and mobile-first video game company, home to many top, award-winning experiences such as "MONOPOLY GO!," “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “Stumble Guys,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” and “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” among others.
 
Scopely creates, publishes, and live-operates immersive games that empower a directed-by-consumer™ experience across multiple platforms--from mobile, web, PC and beyond.
 
Founded in 2011, Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform Playgami that supports one of the most diversified portfolios in the games industry.

Recognized multiple times as one of Fast Company’s “World’s Most Innovative Companies,” Scopely is a multi-billion-dollar business due to its ability to create long-lasting game experiences that players enjoy for years.

Scopely has global operations in more than a dozen markets across Asia, EMEA, and North America, and is home to many internal game development teams, referred to as Scopely Studios, with additional game studio partners across four continents.

Scopely was acquired by Savvy Games Group in July 2023 for $4.9 billion, and is now an independent subsidiary of Savvy.

For more information on Scopely, visit: scopely.com