Hiring: Senior Director, Product Management (Small Axe Studios) Company: 2K Location: Novato, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-11 14:46:27 Employment Type: Contract Target Skills & Keywords : Product Management, Product Strategy About the job Experience: •10+ years of experience in product leadership, specifically driving persistent AAA console/PC live service games Required Skills: •Product Leadership •Multi-Year Product Roadmap: Partner with the studio to drive the design and execution of the multi-year product roadmap, being a strong voice in the vision, direction & evolution of the core game experience. •Player Lifetime Value: Maximize the end-to-end player lifecycle - onboarding, retention, re-acquisition & monetization - leveraging data to build and continually iterate a live service strategy that consistently grows in-game engagement and player lifetime value. •Monetization Models: Collaborate with the studio to plan and optimize in-game monetization models, ensuring they are designed to enhance the player experience, increase MAUs, and drive long-term revenue growth without creating player friction or introducing pay-to-win dynamics. •Content Roadmap: Co-author the daily/weekly/monthly/annual cadence of feature drops, content updates, gameplay optimization, and game resets, ensuring alignment on resourcing, licensing, and development costs. •Evergreen Engagement & Conversion: Build comprehensive messaging, campaign, and upsell strategies in collaboration with performance marketing and studio development teams to drive ongoing player engagement and conversion. •Voice of the Player: Understand and advocate for the player’s perspective at every opportunity, to ensure the development of fair and balanced gameplay experiences that empowers player choice and values their time. •Telemetry & Analysis: Define telemetry needs, critical metrics, reporting, and analysis needed to develop insights that impact product decisions, ultimately enabling us to improve the player experience and exceed core franchise targets. Qualifications: •Early Development: Experience working in the early phases of development (pre-production and production) of AAA and/or Free-to-Play games with live services content. •Mobile Platform Fluency: Strategic insight into onboarding, scaling and retaining player bases within evergreen mobile games. •Publishing Partnership: Experience working in collaboration with publishing teams, collaborating on decisions that impact both product and commercial outcomes. Compensation: •$337,020 per year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!