Senior Director of Product Management, King

Platform Products

$189.5-350.5k

In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation.

Senior and Expert level

Los Angeles

San Francisco Bay Area

1-4 days a week in office (Santa Monica, CA)

Mobile games developer

Job no longer available

Mobile games developer

1001+ employees

B2CGamingEntertainmentMobile

Job no longer available

$189.5-350.5k

In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation.

Senior and Expert level

Los Angeles

San Francisco Bay Area

1-4 days a week in office (Santa Monica, CA)

1001+ employees

B2CGamingEntertainmentMobile

Company mission

At King, we’re Making the World Playful. Heard of Candy Crush? We’re the creators behind it. But we aren’t just crushing it with candies, we’re also behind Farm Heroes, Bubble Witch, Pet Rescue and loads of other sweet games.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

A Computer Science degree or equivalent experience in software engineering
Minimum 8 years in the ad tech domain, in product management or engineering roles, with increasing levels of complexity and responsibility
Extensive hands- on experience with ML automation & optimization
Demonstrated mastery in data engineering - constructing, safeguarding, and retrieving data, while managing costs across a globally- scaled ads platform
At least 5 years' experience managing teams: identifying talent, hiring, managing performance, and mentorship

What the job involves

Design the strategic vision for our platform products and chart the roadmap, fully considering the unique nature of our relationship inside the firewall of Activision, Blizzard, & King studios
Rally with allies from Engineering, UX/UI, Sales, Partner Success, Marketing, Studio leadership, and other teams, ensuring united efforts in creating and delivering top- tier products
Mastermind data engineering strategies to optimize data storage, retrieval, and cost management across our vast digital realms
Pave the way for ML automation & optimization in our products by ensuring the right data, at the right granularity, at the right frequency / freshness is available to train our models and for reporting across various channels both internal & external
Lead and cultivate a team of skilled product managers. Set clear goals, provide growth opportunities, and unlock their potential
Draw upon your leadership prowess to drive the product vision, using data to guide decisions where reasonably possible, and enhance our product offerings
Possess strong instincts / product sense to make the right decisions in data- poor situations
Experience in a fast- paced environment managing multiple projects with competing priorities

Our take

Gaming is one of the world’s fastest-growing industries, but many still view gaming as inconvenient, inaccessible, or niche. King solves that problem by designing mobile games with broad market appeal.

Since its launch, King has released more than 200 titles in 14 languages, including Candy Crush, Farm Heroes, Bubble Witch, Pet Rescue, and more. The company pioneered in-game spending, which allows it to monetize user interactions without charging them to buy the game. Titles such as Candy Crush are designed to be highly accessible to demographics that wouldn’t usually define themselves as “gamers”, including older users. King now boasts more than 200 million monthly active users, making it a clear market leader.

In 2016, King was bought by gaming giant Activision Blizzard, which has since been purchased by Microsoft. While the company still operates with a high degree of independence, it has greatly profited from the financial and marketing support of its parent corporation. This support has been instrumental in enabling King to maintain its competitiveness in the constantly evolving mobile gaming industry.

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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

15% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.2)

Company

Funding (2 rounds)

Sep 2005

$43m

SERIES A

Jun 2005

$41m

EARLY VC

Total funding: $84m

Company benefits

❤️ Reimbursements for both physical and mental health-related activities
📚 Dedicated learning & development resources including LEAP and other leadership coaching
🌴 Generous paid holidays and vacation time, paid sick time, and compassionate, bereavement and parental leaves
⌚ A Team First, Hybrid Working approach allows working patterns to be based on the needs of the team
🏥 401(k) Plan with company match, medical, dental, and vision coverage options, and more
🏳️‍🌈 Four employee-led diversity-focused networks and other community groups that raise awareness
🏅 Community Day, charity donation matching, free and discounted Activision Blizzard games, and our Royal Recognition Awards rewarding commitment of long-serving Kingsters
📚 Voluntary benefits including tuition reimbursement, group discounts for legal services, ID protection, home and rental insurance, and others

Company HQ

Soho, London, UK

Leadership

Tjodolf Sommestad

(President )

President from February 2022. Previously served as King’s Chief Development Officer.

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