Product Manager – Mobile Games

Athena Studio

. Own the product direction, priorities and measurable outcomes of an assigned mobile game or substantial product area.

Posted 11/10/2026full-timeRemote • ChinaMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in product management for mobile games, focusing on player experience, commercial goals, and data-driven decision-making. Proficient in analyzing product metrics, managing cross-functional teams, and utilizing AI tools for product development.

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Product ManagementMobile Game Features OwnershipPlayer SegmentationProduct Metrics AnalysisAI Tools Utilization

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Hard Skills

Game DesignProduct DiscoveryCohort EconomicsGame Production WorkflowsExperimentationTechnical Constraints UnderstandingMobile Free-To-Play ModelsRevenue Per Active UserLifetime ValueAcquisition Cost

Soft Skills

Cross-Functional CollaborationClear CommunicationNegotiationIndependent JudgmentCoaching

Tools & Technologies

Analytics ToolsCollaboration ToolsAI Tools

Industry Keywords

Mobile GamingPlayer ExperienceCommercial GoalsGame EconomyOnboardingProgressionDifficultyRetentionConversionPost-Release Evaluation

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the product direction, priorities and measurable outcomes of an assigned mobile game or substantial product area.
Connect player insight, game design and commercial goals, turning decisions into releases, experiments and product improvements.
Define target players, product problems and priorities using market research, competitor analysis, player feedback and behavioral data.
Build business cases and maintain an outcome-led roadmap.
Plan discovery, prototypes and playtests to test important assumptions.
Improve the core loop, onboarding, difficulty, progression and session experience.
Evaluate economy sources and sinks, reward pacing, ad placements and purchase offers.
Balance revenue opportunities with retention, progression and player experience.
Define product metrics, tracking requirements and data-quality checks; analyze cohorts and funnels.
Set hypotheses, measures, guardrails and decision criteria for experiments; decide whether to roll out, iterate or stop.
Translate product choices into requirements covering player flows, game rules, edge cases, tracking needs and acceptance criteria.
Coordinate milestones, estimates, capacity and dependencies across Design, Art, Development and QA.
Resolve ambiguity and delivery risks; negotiate scope, timing and quality trade-offs.
Review technical constraints and product risks; agree release-readiness and quality criteria.
Coordinate rollout checks and monitoring, and support live incident recovery priorities.
Set live-operations priorities across features, content, events and technical health.
Review event and content results by player segment and recommend changes.
Align product readiness with acquisition, store positioning, localization and launch plans.
Review acquisition-cohort quality and manage partner commitments where assigned.
Translate business goals into measurable product outcomes and review retention, monetization and cohort economics.
Investigate material deviations, recommend corrective actions or investments, manage delegated budgets and report decisions and risks to leadership.
Use approved AI tools for research, requirements, localization checks and analysis assistance; verify outputs and protect confidential information.
Measure AI benefits, establish review checkpoints and coach junior colleagues.
Build cross-functional alignment and turn research, experiments and retrospectives into applied learning.
Deliver a clear product direction, prioritized roadmap, actionable discovery and experiment results, feature specifications, realistic delivery plans, measurable progress, coordinated releases and reliable AI-assisted workflows.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5–7 years of relevant experience in product management or adjacent game roles, with demonstrated ownership of mobile game features, systems or a product area through delivery and evaluation.
A relevant background in product management, game design, business, technology or a related discipline, gained through education or equivalent practical experience.
Practical experience using player and commercial evidence to make product decisions.
Experience managing at least one globally released mobile game with 1 million or more cumulative installs is preferred; experience with 5 million or more installs is a strong advantage.
Knowledge of mobile free-to-play models, player segmentation, core loops, onboarding, progression and difficulty.
Understanding of game economy, advertising and purchase models.
Knowledge of product metrics and cohort economics, including retention, conversion, revenue per active user, lifetime value and acquisition cost.
Knowledge of product discovery, experimentation, game production workflows, requirements and release-quality concepts.
Understanding of technical constraints sufficient to work effectively with specialists.
Knowledge of AI capabilities and limitations, output verification and responsible handling of confidential data and generated material.
Ability to prioritize roadmaps, build business cases and turn ambiguous problems into clear product requirements and practical plans.
Ability to analyze funnels and cohorts, frame hypotheses and interpret experiments with appropriate analytical support.
Ability to work confidently with relevant analytics and collaboration tools.
Ability to communicate product recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Ability to negotiate trade-offs and align cross-functional or partner commitments.
Ability to coordinate resources, dependencies and risks, and provide useful feedback and coaching to junior colleagues.
Ability to exercise independent product judgment, make proportionate decisions with incomplete information and escalate material risks early.
Ability to balance player experience, commercial goals and development constraints.
Ability to take ownership through post-release evaluation and adapt priorities when results or constraints change.
Professional working proficiency in Mandarin Chinese and English, both spoken and written.
Ability to respond to Google Play and App Store policy and technical changes.