Director of Product, VRChat
New Audiences
+ Stock Options
Virtual world platform
Open for applications
Virtual world platform
101-200 employees
Open for applications
+ Stock Options
101-200 employees
Company mission
To build VRChat into one of the most successful community-driven social VR platforms in existence.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of growth product management in a high-growth consumer tech company
- 3+ years of experience with experimentation design and execution
- Experience launching mobile experiences and growing a mobile audience to tens of millions of users
- University degree or equivalent experience with business, computer science or economics
- Extensive experience in product intuition and UX design, with a healthy obsession to discover and fulfill the needs of users
- Expert at defining metrics and making product and strategic decisions based on A/B testing and/or qualitative feedback
- A history of challenging the status quo and making tough decisions based on data
- Intellectually curious about new technologies and societal changes, and understands how to apply innovations and trends to product opportunities
- Proven demonstrable impact, leading $10M+ high impact growth opportunities
What the job involves
- Director of Product - New Audiences is a highly strategic Senior IC role on the product management team at VRChat. This person will lead our efforts to drive user acquisition and early stage retention, and play a pivotal role in building the experiences that will help us reach the next 10 million users
- This role reports into the VP Product at VRChat, and will work closely with a dedicated cross functional team, heads of various functions, with regular interaction with the Exec team and the VRChat Board
- Take ownership of the user acquisition funnel and establish a framework for categorization and prioritization
- Develop a culture of experimentation and data-first decision making across a wide portfolio of opportunities including close partnership with marketing and business development
- Partner closely with data, engineering, design and producers to spearhead the vision and strategy for our growth efforts
- Work with your peers to coordinate some of the most important, largest opportunities for the business
- Run a smooth and collaborative planning process to generate plans that reflect strategic goals, user insights and past learnings
- Manage execution to deliver against goals and objectives
- Represent progress at periodic product reviews, and seek leadership support in a timely manner to unblock execution
- Partner with production and engineering leaders to ensure our execution is world class
- Stay current on industry trends and best practices for acquisition and retention across social networks, virtual economies, mobile games, and large scale subscription services
- Support the VP Product in critical strategy, organization and execution areas
Our take
Virtual Reality is one of the technologies with the highest projected potential for growth. VRChat offers a free-to-play metaverse platform where users gather as avatars in virtual spaces to socialize and hang out, just as one would in real life.
Whilst competitor Rec Room has a greater valuation, VRChat has positioned itself as the leading VR socializing-based product. It taps into a modern desire to form connections in digital spaces, with some users meeting their real-life partners in their virtual avatar form. When contemplating VR’s popularity, it cannot be denied that virtual realities enable freedom of self-expression, an attractive proposition perhaps for those who struggle with their identity and place in the real world.
The company recently announced a 30% workforce reduction, addressing overhiring during its 2021 boom. Despite these layoffs, the company remains focused on long-term growth and capital efficiency, positioning itself for continued success as VR becomes a key part of social connection.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
59% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jun 2021
$80m
SERIES D
Sep 2019
$10m
SERIES C
Total funding: $95.2m
Company benefits
- Work remotely: Work from anywhere! They use collaboration software to stay organized and VRChat for meetings and hanging out.
- Health and wellbeing: Medical, Dental and Vision plans for those in the United States, and extended health plans in British Columbia, Canada.
- Fun: Monthly team dinners, get-togethers and once a year, they travel somewhere fun for a few days to hang out, catch up, brainstorm and have fun.
- Tools: You’ll be provided a powerful PC, high-end VR hardware, and any software you need to make you effective in your role.
- Vacations: Flexible vacation schedules that are encouraged. Most United States and Canadian holidays are observed by everyone on the team.
- Swag: Great VRChat and Developer Team Swag such as hoodies, coffee mugs, t-shirts, sun glasses and even custom 3D printed goodies.
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Graham Gaylor
(Co-Founder & CEO)Interned at SmartVault, RSM Design, Equivalent DATA, and Seismic Exchange, before spending time at ChaiONE as an iOS Developer at at Zynga as a Software Engineer.
Jesse Joudrey
(Co-Founder & CTO)Owner and CTO at Jespionage Entertainment. Began as a Software Engineer for Electronic Arts Canada before co-founding and serving as CTO for A.C.R.O.N.Y.M Games Inc.
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