Sr. Product Manager, Games at Yahoo Holdings Inc. in Nashville, Tennessee

Job Description:

Yahoo serves as a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people globally, helping them achieve their goals online through our portfolio of iconic products. For advertisers, Yahoo Advertising offers omnichannel solutions and powerful data to engage with our brands and deliver results.

Senior Product Manager, Yahoo Games

A little about us

Yahoo is a global media and tech company that connects people to their passions. We reach nearly 900M people around the world, bringing them closer to what they love - from finance and sports, to shopping, gaming and news - with the trusted products, content and tech that fuel their day. For partners, we provide a full-stack platform for businesses to amplify growth and drive more meaningful connections across advertising, search and media.

At Yahoo News, we are laser-focused on making discovery delightful and becoming the world's best curator for our 35 million daily users and expanding our distribution to meet millions more users where they are. Building the best guide to the Internet (and the world) requires building the best team.

A lot about you

We are seeking a creative and results-driven Senior Product Manager to drive the growth and engagement of our Yahoo Games products. In this role, you will collaborate on product strategy and work closely with analytics, engineering, design, marketing, and other cross-functional teams to create and promote new games and features.

You will play a key role in conceptualizing and developing new games, platform features (e.g. Streaks, Leaderboards, etc.) with both internal and external teams. Using data-driven insights, you will analyze game and feature performance, making recommendations to optimize engagement, retention, and monetization.

Additionally, you will partner with teams across the company to enhance game discovery and drive awareness of our gaming services. This role requires a strategic thinker with a deep understanding of game development, live operations, player behavior, and market trends to ensure the success of our gaming portfolio.

If you're passionate about games and have the expertise to drive their success, if this sounds like you, keep reading!

Your day at Yahoo

• Developing a product strategy and roadmap for our games portfolio, regularly evolving it to ensure it aligns with company goals and objectives.


• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to understand content strategy and aligning game offerings with audience preferences, engagement metrics and new content surfaces.


• Partnering external game developers to ensure a quality user experience and ideate on new features and initiatives to improve engagement and retention.


• Identifying opportunities to surface games throughout the broader Yahoo ecosystem, using personalization to improve CTR on ecosystem entry points to games.


• Advocating for the user, through a crisp understanding of customer interactions, user feedback, competitive analyses, market research and experimentation.


• Build dashboards to track gameplay engagement metrics, monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), analyze data, and provide actionable insights and recommendations for improvement


• Working closely with design and engineering to define and prioritize feature requirements; evaluate trade-offs and technical constraints; and consistently deliver timely, high-quality solutions


• Leading an agile scrum team to deliver value for customers quickly while iterating towards the long-term vision.


• Staying updated with game industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in games and media product management.

You must have

• 4+ years as a Product Manager, with a focus on consumer experiences


• Strong understanding of consumer behavior, content consumption trends, and audience engagement in the digital media landscape.


• Experience in successfully leading product development initiatives from ideation to launch, demonstrating the ability to drive cross-functional teams and deliver exceptional results.


• Experience managing external stakeholder groups and partners.


• Experience in games is preferred, but passion for games is a requirement.


• Experience delivering high-impact products using a deep knowledge of product management methodologies, including user-centered design, agile/scrum development, and data-driven decision-making.


• Familiarity with international data privacy regulations is a plus.


• A positive attitude, strong work ethic and strong core values (honesty, integrity, creativity)


• Excellent problem solving, communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively convey complex concepts and influence stakeholders at all levels.


• Proactive and self-motivated, with a passion for innovation and a keen eye for detail.


• Experience in A/B testing, data analysis, and using analytics tools to derive actionable insight and make informed decisions


• Experience delivering products using Agile / Scrum software development & Engineering practices

The material job duties and responsibilities of this role include those listed above as well as adhering to Yahoo policies ; exercising sound judgment ; working effectively, safely and inclusively with others ; exhibiting trustworthiness and meeting expectations ; and safeguarding business operations and brand integrity.

At Yahoo, we offer flexible hybrid work options that our employees love! While most roles don't require regular office attendance, you may occasionally be asked to attend in-person events or team sessions. You'll always get notice to make arrangements. Your recruiter will let you know if a specific job requires regular attendance at a Yahoo office or facility. If you have any questions about how this applies to the role, just ask the recruiter!

Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form ( www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html ) or call +1.866.772.3182 . Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace strengthens Yahoo and deepens our relationships. When you support everyone to be their best selves, they spark discovery, innovation and creativity. Among other efforts, our 11 employee resource groups (ERGs) enhance a culture of belonging with programs, events and fellowship that help educate, support and create a workplace where all feel welcome. Check out our diversity and inclusion ( www.yahooinc.com/diversity/ ) page to learn more.

The compensation for this position ranges from $120,750.00 - $251,250.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience.The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions. Our comprehensive benefits include healthcare, a great 401k, backup childcare, education stipends and much (much) more.

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