Senior Product Manager, Wordscapes Solitaire

PeopleFun is an award-winning creator of mobile games for players across the globe. We are part of AppLovin, a publicly traded company, with world-class projects, resources, and infrastructure. PeopleFun is a Dallas-based game studio founded and led by game industry veterans, where game developers thrive on collaboration, creativity, teamwork, and fun. Our games are played by over 25 million players each month, and we have a number of exciting mobile games in development to fuel the future growth of PeopleFun.

We believe in bringing People together through Fun by creating the best in class social features and communities in our games that enables our players to engage deeply with other players. Secondly we endeavor to bring our studio teammates together by creating the very best game teams that foster healthy collaboration, incredible productivity, and life-long professional relationships.

Candidates who reside or will reside in the following locations are eligible for this role: California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, and Washington State.

Job Summary

PeopleFun is seeking a dedicated and passionate Senior Product Manager to join our growing Wordscapes Solitaire team. Wordscapes Solitaire launched globally in August 2024, and the team has exciting plans for continued growth. We are seeking a Senior Product Manager who is humble, an excellent communicator, data-driven, and capable of making critical decisions based on strong analytical reasoning, supported by clear evidence.

In this role, you will collaborate closely with the Product Owner, Lead Product Manager, and Lead Designer to prioritize and drive initiatives across major features and live operations, aimed at boosting engagement, ad revenue, and in-app purchase revenue.

• Collaborate with the Lead Product Manager to assess the impact of new features and initiatives, set clear goals, and prioritize the product roadmap based on strategic importance.
• Own feature development and work closely with the feature team to ensure seamless execution and high-quality outcomes by removing blockers, communicating status updates, and providing essential resources during the development process. 
• Collaborate with stakeholders to design and manage key features that drive user acquisition, engagement, and revenue that are aligned with the product’s growth strategy. You will critically define the scope, optimize the workload, secure stakeholder buy-in, and balance KPI targets with project timelines.
• Lead and own live operations, including planning, scheduling, executing, and analyzing live events to drive player engagement and revenue growth. With live ops as a major initiative in 2025, you'll define live ops tools from MVP to advanced stages, execute live ops events, and apply learnings for continuous optimization.
• Analyze and optimize game economies at both the game and feature levels to create exceptional player experiences, improve retention, and increase monetization. You'll deep dive into player segments to deliver tailored solutions for features, live operations, and limited-time offers.
• Develop/maintain taxonomies, and conduct game analytics to provide actionable insights into player behavior and core financial performance.
• Formulate A/B test hypotheses, design and prioritize experiments, oversee their execution, and analyze results to offer data-driven recommendations that optimize player experience and key performance metrics.

• Possess strong quantitative analysis skills with a demonstrated history of supporting data-informed decisions using Excel, SQL, and business intelligence tools such as Tableau
• Familiarity with A/B Testing including test design, execution, analysis, and development of actionable recommendations
• Professional experience with a wide range of business models and monetization mechanics, including, but not limited to, free-to-play and subscription business models
• Demonstrated experience making structured, hypothesis-driven product improvements
• Strong interest in gaming (casual mobile preferred)

• 3+ years of professional experience in Product Management and Live Operations, with strong preference to those with mobile gaming experience
• Demonstrated experience performing product research at industry, genre & product level 
• Excellent attention to detail and strong desire to iterate and improve on processes
• Demonstrated ability to efficiently manage time and priorities and work with minimal management
• Receptive to constructive feedback with strong critical thinking and communications skills

PeopleFun provides a competitive total compensation package with a pay for performance rewards approach. The expected base pay range for this [CA based or North America based] position is $90,000-$140,000. Base compensation at PeopleFun is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Depending on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical and other benefits.

Benefits

Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance

Performance Bonuses

401K Match Policy

Flexible PTO Policy

Wellness Stipend

Free Lunch each Friday

Generous Parental Leave & Family-Friendly Culture

Annual Credits for Professional Development & In-App Purchases 

PeopleFun is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about EEO rights as an applicant here.