Lead Producer

About the Role

If you want to build, develop, and see your impact, join Skillz and level up your Career!

Skillz, the first publicly-traded mobile eSports platform that hosts billions of casual mobile gaming tournaments for millions of players worldwide, is revolutionizing the gaming industry. By fostering social competition within games, the Skillz platform helps developers build multi-million dollar franchises by enabling real-money activity in their games and providing operational support while connecting players through fair, enjoyable, and meaningful competition.

At Skillz, we understand the thrill of achievement and the satisfaction of overcoming challenges. Want to join a team made up of alums from Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Tesla, Twitter (X), Roblox, Zynga, Samsung, Lyft, EA, Riot, Nexon, Gameskraft, PlayStation, Unity, Scopely, Tinder, Intel, Deloitte, EY, Twitch, DraftKings, Wynn Resorts and more? Learn more to see if Skillz is the right fit for your next career move!

Why Skillz

• Culture of Impact: Join a united team of builders, creators, innovators, and entrepreneurs driven by the desire to win. At Skillz, we create value, obsess over our product, and make a difference in the world.

• Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy peace of mind with our comprehensive benefits package, which includes 100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision expenses for both you and your dependents. Additionally, take advantage of our 401K matching, equity incentives, pre-tax benefit options, and more.

• Wellness Support: Enhance your well-being with our array of wellness initiatives, including meditation and mental health resources, physical fitness coaching and classes, family planning assistance, health and parenting guidance, virtual therapy sessions, and more.

• Time off: We offer competitive paid time off (PTO) & company holidays, to help you recharge and pursue your passions.

• Las Vegas Headquarters: Skillz strongly believes in a five-day a week, collaborative office environment at our 36,000+ square foot headquarters. Enjoy free daily breakfast and catered lunch, snacks, a full-size gym with showers, commuter benefits, insurance, team bonding events and many more. 

• Recognized Success: Skillz has earned recognition as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies, CNBC's Disruptor 50, San Francisco Business Times' Best Places to Work, Forbes' Next Billion-Dollar Startups, and the #1 fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000 list, and many more.

• Development Opportunities: We hold our employees to high standards while providing them with professional growth opportunities. We operate like a startup, and encourage all of our employees to collaborate and voice feedback about our product and ways we can improve as a business. We believe in never settling, and that also pertains to your growth. 

Responsibilities 

• Project management including the creation of development schedule and key milestones, weekly project tracking and communication to developer and internal teams.

• Own the end-to-end planning process, including feature design, technical implementation, go-to-market (GTM) execution, and post-launch analysis to drive measurable impact.

• Maintenance of internal tracking systems in Jira, Confluence, and Google Docs.

• Partner with stakeholders to define and execute the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for developer-focused features and tools, ensuring alignment with company-wide objectives and business strategy.

• Create Product Requirement Documentation for new features or campaigns.

• Leads analysis of feature and product releases, sharing insights through structured reviews (e.g., quarterly business reviews), and establishes a track record of meeting or exceeding forecasted outcomes.

Key Competencies 

• Technical understanding of mobile development cycle and core concepts related to live operations of mobile games.

• Basic understanding of user acquisition funnel, promotion channels, and social media constructs.

• Thrives in ambiguous environments and is comfortable building systems and processes from the ground up in dynamic, evolving contexts.

• Works with engineering teams to provide accurate delivery estimates (75%+ accuracy) and balances technical constraints with business priorities to ensure timely execution of major deliverables.

• Clearly conveys progress, technical details, and business impact of feature development to a diverse audience, including executives, engineering teams, and cross-functional stakeholders.

• Collaborates with senior leadership (C-suite) to distill the company’s mission into actionable goals and effectively translates these to technical teams.

• Understanding of key performance indicators for mobile content including DAU, MAU, GGR, NGR, Rolling Retention, Churn, Conversion, and LTV. Keen understanding of content cadence, feature cadence.

Experience 

• Must have experience working in a gaming environment and have a personal passion for gaming.

• Experience with both development and publishing of mobile content.

• Some level of experience working with offshore development.

• 6-8 years of experience building and delivering developer-facing solutions across platforms, with at least 5 of those years as a Product Manager who delivered tools and systems for developers, including live games and monetization-focused features. 

• Strong technical understanding of SDKs, APIs, and developer platforms, with the ability to effectively collaborate with engineering teams on complex projects.

• Proven communicator (oral, written, and visual) with the ability to articulate technical details, influence stakeholders, and build consensus across cross-functional teams.

• Experience using developer-centric features, such as analytics dashboards, live-ops tools, or monetization systems, is a strong plus.

• BA/BS in a related field such as Computer Science, Product Management, or Engineering - or equivalent experience.

Starting Compensation including Base + Bonus + Equity: $172,600 

Location: Onsite in Las Vegas, NV or Remote USA 

Travel Requirement: Less than 10% 

 

 

Join Skillz and Let's Redefine the Boundaries of Gaming!

Together, we'll create a world where skill, passion, and innovation thrive. We look forward to having you on board!

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Client-provided location(s): Las Vegas, NV

Job ID: 7592014

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2026-02-06T18:35:50