Lead Product Manager, Big Viking Games
Games
CA$190-230k
+ Employee Stock Option Plan
3 days a week in office
Free-to-play social, mobile, and HTML5 games
Job no longer available
Free-to-play social, mobile, and HTML5 games
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
CA$190-230k
+ Employee Stock Option Plan
3 days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
To make fans—both in game and in the studio.
Role
Who you are
- This is a high-impact role for someone who loves live games, player behavior, monetization, experimentation, and building durable product systems
- The right person will bring strong product judgment, hands-on execution, commercial thinking, and the ability to turn ambiguity into clear priorities and measurable outcomes
- We are looking for someone who combines strong product judgment with hands-on execution. You should be comfortable working with data, leading cross-functional teams, making tradeoffs, and creating structure in a live game environment
- The ideal candidate has experience with:
- Live game product management, monetization, growth, or product strategy
- Running A/B tests and using data to guide product and business decisions
- Game economies, virtual currencies, pricing, bundles, offers, events, and engagement systems
- Cross-functional leadership across design, engineering, art, live operations, data, and leadership teams
- Turning ambiguous business problems into clear product plans and measurable outcomes
- Balancing player experience, product quality, revenue performance, and long-term game health
- Communicating clearly with executives, stakeholders, and execution teams
- Building operating rhythms, roadmap discipline, and repeatable product processes
- Using AI, automation, or modern tools to improve productivity, analysis, and decision-making
- This role is best suited for someone who wants ownership, visibility, and the ability to make a measurable impact
Desirable
- Experience working on social games, casual games, virtual worlds, free-to-play games, or long-running live-service products
- Experience with legacy games or mature products where growth requires both modernization and respect for the existing player base
- Familiarity with player segmentation, cohort analysis, retention curves, economy balancing, content calendars, offer testing, and live event performance
- Experience working with analytics, BI tools, SQL, dashboards, or data teams
- Experience helping a product evolve across web, mobile, or multi-platform environments
What the job involves
- Big Viking Games is looking for a Lead Product Manager to help shape the next stage of growth for FishWorld, one of our long-running social games with a loyal player community and meaningful live revenue
- You will work closely with leadership, design, engineering, data, art, and live operations to improve the existing FishWorld experience while helping define its future across platforms
- We are looking for a product leader who can identify the biggest opportunities, make clear tradeoffs, and turn product strategy into measurable results
- You will help modernize how the game operates, improve the player experience, strengthen monetization
- Systems, and guide the roadmap for both the current live game and future expansion opportunities. This is not a maintenance role. This is a chance to help build a smarter, more data-informed, more scalable version of FishWorld while respecting the community and product foundations that already exist
- Own the product strategy and roadmap for FishWorld, with a focus on growth, retention, monetization, player satisfaction, and long-term product health
- Partner with leadership to define clear goals, priorities, success metrics, and product tradeoffs
- Analyze player behavior, economy health, feature performance, content performance, live operations, and business trends to identify high-impact opportunities
- Lead experimentation across offers, events, live operations, onboarding, engagement loops, pricing, bundles, and monetization systems
- Work closely with design, engineering, art, live operations, and data to ship improvements quickly, measure performance, and learn from results
- Help evolve FishWorld into a stronger multi-platform product while preserving what existing players value most
- Use AI and automation thoughtfully to improve workflows, accelerate analysis, reduce manual effort, and help the team move faster
- Translate player feedback, community signals, market awareness, and data into practical product decisions
- Build repeatable product processes that improve planning, prioritization, execution, measurement, and post-launch learning
- Bring structure, clarity, and accountability to roadmap planning, feature evaluation, live operations planning, and product decision-making
- This is a rare opportunity to work on a live game with an established audience, real revenue, and meaningful upside. You will have the chance to influence both the current business and the future direction of the product
- You will not be joining to maintain the status quo. You will be joining to help build a smarter, more data-driven, more scalable version of FishWorld, one that respects its existing community while creating new paths for growth
Our take
Big Viking Games has long championed HTML5 as the go-to language for developing online social games, and with the decline of Adobe Flash, its foresight is paying off. In fact, many are now touting HTML5 as the future of online social gaming, thanks to its ability to create smooth, embeddable games that bypass the hefty commission of app stores. So, it's a bit surprising that Big Viking Games hasn't yet expanded its impressive portfolio beyond the two major hits it released years ago.
However, there are exciting signs that the studio is working on something new and ambitious. Rumours point to a mobile project in the works. which would be a significant move for the company. Even more intriguing is the suggestion that this project could tap into the blockchain and crypto space, a rapidly growing industry that promises to revolutionize gaming.
As blockchain games are poised to gain tremendous traction in the coming years, Big Viking Games has a unique opportunity to break new ground. With its solid foundation and a fresh, innovative project, it could strike gold with a game that could reshape the landscape and drive major success.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jan 2015
$0.3m
GRANT
Total funding: $0.3m
Company benefits
- Extended Health + Dental Insurance: We provide extended health & dental insurance, along with an ample Health and Wellness Spending Account, so that you and your family can prioritize well-being.
- Hybrid Work: We offer various remote positions across Ontario and hybrid positions for team members based in Toronto. Regardless of location, we adapt our work practices to ensure everyone is supported.
- Generous Paid Time Off: Vikings enjoy 15 days of paid vacation and 5 paid sick days annually. We also offer Flex days for hybrid employees who occasionally need to work from home on typical office days.
- Flexible Work Hours: We prioritize collaboration during core working hours, while offering flexibility outside of that to help you manage life’s demands.
- Continuous Learning: We champion self-directed learning and offer support for courses, certifications, and programs that help you grow in your role - and beyond.
- Fair & Evolving Compensation: We’re committed to paying fairly for your role and contributions. Salaries are reviewed twice a year to ensure they stay aligned with your impact and the market.
Company HQ
Grange Park, Toronto, ON
Leadership
Albert Lai
(Co-Founder)Albert is also the founder of Parallelz. Previously, he founded BubbleShare where he served as the CEO for 4 years and co-founded Kontagenet where he also served as the CEO for 4 years.
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