About the company
Who we are There are millions of virtual worlds people visit every day to play games, socialise, and collaborate. Today, most of those worlds are closed and disconnected walled gardens. We are on a mission to break down virtual walls to enable a more open and connected virtual world. Product Ready Player Me is a cross-game avatar platform for developers, players, and content creators. We give players an avatar that travels with them across thousands of experiences and becomes their virtual identity. For game developers, we are an end-to-end avatar system that saves development time and helps them monetize better. Our avatar tools are used by 9000+ games, apps, and leading brands. Present and future We are backed by top investors like Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Plural, David Baszucki, co-founder of Roblox, Justin Kan, co-founder of Twitch, Sebastian Knutsson & Riccardo Zacconi, King Games co-founders, Konvoy Ventures, Endeavor and Samsung Next among many others. Our team has built avatar systems for companies like Tencent, Huawei, HTC, and Verizon since 2014. We are working with well-known brands like Warner Bros, Adidas, Tommy Hilfiger, Dior, New Balance, and RTFKT. With more than 9,000 developers and millions of users, Ready Player Me is the world's leading avatar platform. Come join us on this exciting journey and play a key role in shaping the future of how we represent ourselves in games and virtual worlds, while breaking down those virtual walls!
Job Summary
Your daily adventures will include:
šSetting Product Strategy and Vision: Define goals, identify the target customer, primary features, use cases, success metrics, competitive positioning, and business model. šEvolving the Product: Enhance SDKs, APIs, 3D content creation tools, and authentication to onboard more game studios and players. šManaging the Product Roadmap: Develop and maintain a dynamic roadmap for your product area. šMaintaining Feedback Loops: Ensure strong communication between the product and commercial teams, especially for developer-facing products. šImproving Developer Experience: Enhance the journey from customer onboarding to live integration. šFacilitating Integrations: Support customer and partner proof of concepts and integrations within our partners' ecosystems and products.
What you bring:
šPassion for Gaming: Youāre a gamer or deeply passionate about the gaming industry. šEntrepreneurial Spirit: Driven to make an impact, you proactively take ownership and are not afraid to be hands-on. šEmpathy and Openness: Youāre empathetic towards users, customers, and coworkers. You seek truth, challenge ideas, and welcome feedback. šZero to One: Proven track record of kickstarting new products from scratch, with the ability to innovate and think from first principles. šTechnical Expertise: Strong technical background with experience in setting and owning visions for products with deeply technical components. šAdaptability: Comfortable in a startup environment, able to experiment and pivot quickly based on customer feedback, new insights, or market changes. šExperience: 5+ years as a product manager, having built external-facing products used by hundreds or thousands of users. šDeveloper Experience Insight: Keen understanding of excellent developer experiences, prioritizing features that enhance usability and efficiency. šTech Trend Awareness: Up-to-date with new technology trends and advancements, especially in the 3D space, and continuously integrating innovations. šTechnical Knowledge: High-level understanding of web, mobile, and game engine technologies.
