Product Manager, Pocket Worlds
Consumer
Metaverse firm
Open for applications
Metaverse firm
101-200 employees
Open for applications
101-200 employees
Company mission
To empower creativity and connection in a digital world.
Role
Who you are
- Experience in consumer products. You’ve worked on things people use and enjoy, or you’re eager to
- Love for games. You understand what makes them engaging, and ideally you’ve worked in gaming or social apps
- Problem-solver. You don’t just point things out, you test fixes
- Fast mover. You get things out the door and improve them quickly
- Clear communicator. You make it easy for teams to align and move forward
- Curious and thoughtful. You use data and player feedback to guide your calls
- Owner mindset. You care about results, not just tasks
What the job involves
- This role is all about caring deeply about our players. You’ll talk to them, study how they play, and turn those insights into clear product direction. You’ll take features from idea to launch, keep them moving fast, and learn from every release
- Discovery:
- Listen and learn from players through conversations, data, and research
- Own features by identifying opportunities and shaping them from idea to release
- Design:
- Come up with solutions that are simple, clear, and fun to use
- Set priorities. Decide what matters most and keep the team focused
- Execution:
- Work side by side with design, engineering, art, and community to ship
- Look at results. Measure impact on engagement, retention, and player happiness
- Keep shipping. Start small, test, learn, and keep making it better
- What Success Looks Like:
- Players enjoy and stick with the features you release
- Features show real impact on engagement, retention, or revenue
- You build trust by pushing work forward and helping the team succeed
- You show Pocket Worlds’ values every day: ownership, speed, directness, and craft
Our take
The popularity of virtual worlds is on the rise, with immersive gaming and social experiences more accessible than ever. As the parent company of Highrise and Everkskies, Pocket Worlds designs and builds metaverse communities to bring people together in new ways.
Through Highrise, it offers a virtual world where people make avatars and create relationships. Impressively, this has now amassed over 40 million users. The company's 2021 acquisition of Everskies, a pixel doll community, added a new world to its offering.
Moving forwards, Pocket Worlds has continued to launch new capabilities to serve its users. For example, Highrise Studio and Highrise 4.0 were introduced to make it easier for creators to build and monetize virtual experiences.
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Insights
12% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jan 2021
$7m
EARLY VC
Oct 2018
$3m
SEED
Total funding: $10.2m
Company benefits
- Work anytime: This isn’t your typical 9-5 — they give you full permission to hop online whenever works for you
- Work anywhere: They have a team that spans the globe, so you have the ability to work from wherever speaks to you
- Training and Education Budget: Keep building your skillset with an annual reimbursement of up to $1,000 for programs, certifications, and learning materials
- Team Building Budget: Get to know your teammates with a monthly event and activity stipend of $25 per person
- Fitness Allowance: Stay active with a $50 monthly reimbursement for your gym membership, yoga studio membership, or whatever gets you moving
- Coworking Space Stipend: Choose a coworking space in your city that works for you and we’ll foot the bill
- Family Leave: Receive up to 2 months 100% paid time off during your first year of parenthood (after 6 months of employment)
- Annual Retreat: Join all fulltime employees on a unique jettsetting adventure every 9-12 months to brainstorm and meet face-to-face
Company HQ
Galindo, Austin, TX
Leadership
Anton Bernstein
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously co-founded Luxury Escapes and Lookingo, serving here as CEO. Served as CEO for Smartbox and sat on the Investment Team for Redpoint Ventures and Insight Venture Partners.
Jimmy Xu
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously served as a Design Engineer for Apple. Experience as a Research Assistant at the University of Washington.
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