Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery... the stuff dreams are made of.
Who We Are...
When we say, "the stuff dreams are made of," we're not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD's vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what's next...
From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.
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Warner Bros. Games Boston is a Warner Bros. Games development studio focused on creating free-to-play games for mobile platforms. The studio is utilizing its extensive expertise in creating persistent online worlds that foster powerful social gaming communities to develop its hit mobile game, Game of Thrones: Conquest.
Your new role...
WB Games Boston is seeking an Associate Product Manager to join the game team. Exhibits foundational skills in quantitative analysis and data-driven decision-making techniques. Able to define business goals and translate goals into business requirements and product specifications. In addition to job knowledge and technical skills, emphasis is placed on teamwork, communication and organization skills.
Your Role Accountabilities...
- Developing individual contributor.
- Works on assigned aspects of the product.
- Manages and optimizes live operations by ensuring smooth day-to-day execution, troubleshooting issues in real-time, and enhancing user experience through continuous monitoring and improvements
- Assignments are clearly defined in terms of expected output, quality, process and timeframe for completion. Independently handles smaller features/programs or assists with specific portions of larger features.
- Independently handles smaller features or assists with specific portions of larger features.
- Contributes and shares ideas/competitive practices.
- Works collaboratively with others to implement, test and measure hypotheses and the impact of decisions.
- Possesses a solid knowledge of quantitative analysis and data modeling principles and methodologies. Able to derive conclusions from data and structured thinking techniques to make data-driven decisions.
- Depending on the focus of the role, may be developing a knowledge of game design principles such as player experience, player behavior, choice and motivation, game progression and pacing, etc.
- Depending on the focus of the role, may possess a solid understanding of the game's economic design, financial levers and performance KPIs.
- Maintains an awareness of competitive products and trends.
- Developing a general understanding of all development disciplines, their input into the product and the team's chosen development methodology.
- Analyzes data, builds automated reports, and works with the analytics team to get all necessary data to evaluate game metrics.
- Developing skill with product testing
Qualifications & Essentials...
- Industry experience is a plus.
- Experience in quantitative analysis and ability to work with existing hypotheses and models is required.
- Requires a degree in a related discipline (e.g. economics, finance, math, hard sciences, etc.) or equivalent functional experience.
How We Get Things Done...
This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.
Championing Inclusion at WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.
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