Product Manager | Candy Crush Soda Saga

Beschreibung:

Craft:Games Design & Production

Job Description:
At King, we aim to make the world playful. We create moments of magic for millions of players every day, and we want to build experiences that keep them coming back for more.

We are looking for a Product Manager to join the Candy Crush Soda Saga Gameplay & Monetization area, focused on the Content Distribution theme. This team is responsible for shaping how level content is designed, developed and distributed to our players, influencing a core part of the day-to-day Soda experience.

This is an individual contributor role with no direct line management responsibility. You will lead through product thinking, prioritization, and cross-functional collaboration, working closely with designers, analysts, engineers, and other product leaders.

You will be accountable for helping define the direction for your team, driving execution against that direction, and making high-quality product decisions that improve player experience and business performance

Accountabilities
The Product Manager is accountable for:
* Product Impact - Ensuring the team delivers meaningful value to players and measurable business impact, both short and long term.
* Team Performance - Working with cross-functional peers to maintain a happy, motivated, and high-performing team.
* Craft Contribution - Contributing to the product management community by sharing insights, participating in learning & development and supporting craft initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategy & Planning
* Develop the strategy for the Content Distribution theme in collaboration with the Product Director, identifying opportunities to improve player experience and business outcomes
* Translate strategy into clear priorities, goals, and roadmaps for the team.
* Maintain a strong understanding of the product area, market context, player behaviour, and relevant business drivers to guide team focus.
* Ensure alignment with Soda's product strategy and King's broader portfolio goals.

Execution & Delivery

* Ensure the team is working on the most valuable problems, balancing short-term impact with long-term product health.
* Lead the team's product roadmap and day-to-day prioritization.
* Drive alignment across design, engineering, data, and other crafts to deliver initiatives effectively.
* Define clear problem statements, success measures, and decision criteria for initiatives.
* Ensure product work is well-scoped, actionable, and grounded in player and business needs.
* Use AI tools effectively to accelerate discovery, structure feature specifications, explore opportunity spaces, and prototype early concepts where useful.
* Ensure execution quality and timely delivery, reprioritizing as needed.
* Manage dependencies and foster effective workflows aligned with Soda's principles.

Decision Making
* Make clear, well-reasoned product decisions using a mix of data, experimentation, team expertise, and product judgment.
* Match the depth of analysis and validation to the level of decision risk.
* Escalate and partner with the Product Director on higher-risk, higher-ambiguity, or higher-impact decisions when appropriate.
* Help the team move forward with clarity when trade-offs are required.
* Document, communicate, and align stakeholders around key decisions and outcomes.

Cross-functional leadership
* Create clarity and momentum for the team through strong prioritization, communication, and follow-through.
* Build effective working relationships across functions and with adjacent teams.
* Align stakeholders around goals, trade-offs, and progress.
* Support a healthy, high-performing cross-functional team environment by addressing friction early and partnering with functional managers and leadership where needed.
* Create an environment where people can do strong work together, with clear priorities, constructive challenge, and mutual trust.

Communication & Stakeholder Management
* Communicate product direction, priorities, rationale, and results clearly to a range of audiences.
* Ensure stakeholders have the right level of context to support timely decisions and effective execution.
* Represent the team's work in planning, review, and leadership forums.

Craft & Community Contribution
* Contribute to the growth of product craft within Soda by sharing learnings, improving ways of working, and supporting team and discipline initiatives.
* Actively seek feedback and continue developing your product management capabilities.

Skills to create thrills
We're looking for someone who:
* Has experience in product management, ideally in games, mobile, digital consumer products, or another fast-moving product environment.
* Can own a product area independently while collaborating closely with senior product leadership.
* Is comfortable working across strategy, execution, and decision making.
* Uses data confidently and applies sound judgment when data is incomplete or ambiguous.
* Can identify opportunities, frame problems clearly, and drive pragmatic solutions.
* Is an effective cross-functional partner who brings people together around priorities and outcomes.
* Communicates clearly and adapts their style to different audiences.
* Brings a strong understanding of market, player needs, business levers, and product trade-offs.
* Is proactive, collaborative, and motivated to improve both product outcomes and team ways of working.

Bonus points:
* Experience in live mobile games or live service products.
* Experience working on level content systems, progression, or player-facing distribution spaces.
* Experience using experimentation and analytics to inform product decisions.
* Comfort using AI tools in day-to-day product work.

Why Join Us
At King, you'll join a world-class team of creative and data-driven thinkers dedicated to making the world playful. In the Content Distribution team, you'll directly shape how players connect with Soda every day - driving the level content that is the core experience of the game.

We offer a highly collaborative and fun environment across our London, Barcelona and Stockholm studios, where you'll have the autonomy to lead high-impact initiatives and the support of a vibrant product community.

About King
With a mission of Making the World Playful, King is a leading interactive entertainment company with more than 20 years of history of delivering some of the world's most iconic games in the mobile gaming industry, including the world-famous Candy Crush franchise, as well as other mobile game hits such as Farm Heroes Saga. King games are played by more than 200 million monthly active users. King, part of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), has Kingsters in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and Malta. More information can be found at King.com or by following us on LinkedIn, @lifeatking on Instagram, or @king_games on X