Senior Product Manager, Outplay Entertainment
Maternity Cover
+ Bonus Scheme + EMI Share Option Scheme
Mobile games developer and publisher
Be an early applicant
Mobile games developer and publisher
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Bonus Scheme + EMI Share Option Scheme
21-100 employees
Company mission
To create limitless fun for everyone who plays our games.
Role
Who you are
- We're looking for someone who thrives on solving complex problems (a casual puzzle mindset helps!), has a strong command of statistics and player behaviour analysis, and can confidently present and manage considered ideas and strategic recommendations to a variety of stakeholders
- Experience in Product Management or Game Operations within mobile games or digital products, ideally in a Free-to-Play model
- Strong statistical literacy – comfortable working with large datasets and identifying meaningful patterns, trends, and performance drivers
- Casual puzzle game familiarity – either through hands-on experience or deep player understanding
- Proficient in experimentation, A/B testing, and iterative optimisation approaches
- Excellent stakeholder management skills – persuasive, clear communicator who can present strategic viewpoints and can confidently present and consider a variety of input
- Outcome-focused and commercially aware, with a passion for delivering value to both the business and the player
- Degree in a relevant field (Game Design, Analytics, Business, Engineering, or similar) or equivalent experience
What the job involves
- As a key member of our Product Management and Insights team, you will lead the optimisation, analysis, and strategic refinement of our live operations across our key titles
- This role is central to identifying high impact opportunities and driving measurable improvements in performance, engagement, and monetisation
- You’ll be expected to bring a strategic lens, analytical depth, and confident decision-making to help shape the future of our games
- In this mid to senior level position, you will work cross functionally with Production, Analytics, Game Design, and Development teams, acting as a champion for data driven experimentation and continuous improvement
- Your ability to interpret trends, spot patterns, and translate data into actionable insights will directly influence game performance and player experience
- Drive live operations strategy and performance improvements for key titles, leveraging behavioural data, market insight, and product intuition
- Identify and prioritise opportunities to increase retention and monetisation through feature optimisation, in-game events, and A/B testing
- Lead the planning, execution, and analysis of live experiments, collaborating closely with analysts to surface key insights and make data-informed decisions
- Build strong relationships with stakeholders across the organisation and present your findings, hypotheses, and proposals with clarity, confidence, and influence
- Shape game roadmaps by identifying trends, gaps, and untapped potential based on deep player and market analysis
Our take
With the development of smartphones, it's no surprise that mobile gaming has risen over the years, becoming one of the fastest-growing segments in the gaming industry. Due to its widespread availability and the convenience of being able to play anywhere, mobile gaming has been adopted by a wide audience of smartphone users, and as technology continues to advance, so does mobile gaming.
Scotland-based Outplay Entertainment is a mobile game developer and publisher that has produced a multitude of award-winning games. With more than 160M global downloads, as well as a number of awards to its name, Outplay is recognised as one of Europe's leading game developers.
As the largest independent mobile game developer in the UK, Outplay is dedicated to continuing to produce a plethora of new and exciting games, while also developing its existing games. Given its ongoing success, the company has ambitious plans for its future growth within the game development industry.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
May 2014
$5m
EARLY VC
Nov 2012
$4m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $9m
Company HQ
Dundee, UK
Leadership
Douglas Hare
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously the co-founder of The Collective and Foundation 9 Entertainment.
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