Product Manager, Jagex
Project Zanaris
Offers discretionary annual performance bonus
Video game studio
Job no longer available
Video game studio
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
Offers discretionary annual performance bonus
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make forever games that connect and inspire players all around the world.
Role
Who you are
- Experience working as a Product Manager focusing on the technical aspects of a product
- A strong technical understanding, either having previously worked in a technical role or through technical training
- Demonstrable expertise in integrating data-driven methods into product management and team decisions
- Proven experience in building and sustaining cross functional relationships
- A player-centric mindset, with a commitment to enhancing the gaming experience based on user feedback/data and an understanding of how to interact with both developers and the community to improve the game
- Experience working with game tooling and server infrastructure is highly desired, but not a pre-requisite
What the job involves
- Jagex are looking to hire a Technical Product Manager to help guide us through the next iteration of OSRS content creation
- This is an exciting opportunity to help drive the success of Old School RuneScape and play a vital part in delivering on our product strategy
- The role will include: Defining product specifications, managing the technical product roadmap and applying a player-centric, business focused mindset to help drive continued improvement across the product
- Contribute to the long-term vision for Old School RuneScape and help deliver on Jagex’s values and mission through its product strategy
- To prioritise projects in the technical product roadmap and co-ordinate effectively between the engineering, product management teams and external stakeholders
- To work with business intelligence teams to provide supporting data analysis for new features and incremental improvements, understanding how product changes might impact key metrics and the game’s player base
- Ability to work well with internal teams, including developers, engineers, architects, quality assurance, and operations. Ensure requirements are fully understood and that implementation plans match expectations
- Understand, research, and follow technical trends in the industry and in general
- Co-ordinate customer research, beta tests and management of player feedback
- Ability to uncover and understand customer needs and translate them into product requirements
- Define success criteria for testing and product acceptance, monitoring and communicating progress toward KPI targets business goals
- To work with product development teams to ensure features and updates are implemented with the optimal user experience and in compliance with external platform holders
Our take
Founded in 2000, Jagex is the video game studio behind the RuneScape titles. It is one of the largest British video game studios, having ammased 2.4 million active subscribers, one million free-to-play users, and over 300 million lifetime RuneScape accounts.
Jagex specialises in "forever games", in which players can continue to discover new experiences and challenges without ever reaching an end. RuneScape is a perfect example of this approach, still receiving updates over twenty years after its initial release.
On top of the RuneScape franchise, the company's acquisition of Gamepires brought titles such as SCUM under the company's banner, which it is also working to make into a forever game. It also acquired Pipeworks - adding a Games-as-a-Service platform to its broadening portfolio.
In 2024, it was announced that Jagex would be bought by CVC Capital Partners and Haveli Investments. This represents a move that will position it well to pursue creating more new and innovative player experiences in the future.
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Company benefits
- Private Healthcare, including Dental Plan
- £75 Monthly Energy Allowance (paid on top of your salary)
- Generous Pension Contributions
- Free Gym Membership
- Employee Assistance Programme & Onsite Counselling
- Life Insurance X4 your Salary
- Income Protection 75% Salary
- Annual performance bonus & Pay Reviews
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity - from day 1
- 25 days annual leave +Bank holidays (Increasing by 1 day per year of service up to 30 days)
- Flexible Working Hours
- Flash Bonuses
Company HQ
Milton, UK
Leadership
Phil Mansell
(CEO)Has worked at Jagex since 2011, beginning as Lead Designer then transitioning through roles to become VP of Studios then CEO. Also former Board Member for Ukie and Lead Designer at Climax and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe.
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