Electronic Arts

Pogo has been the leader in online casual games since 1998. Featuring a growing library of 70+ titles spanning popular genres like Solitaire, Mahjong, Merge, Match 3, and more; Pogo exists to be the best destination for online casual games. We strive to produce high-quality HTML5-powered games with sophisticated metagames and social mechanics, all while working seamlessly across desktop, tablet and mobile. Our fans and subscribers come to Pogo for fresh content, daily challenges, great events, new games, and a live service that delivers! 

We are looking for an experienced Games Producer to join our team and work with a team of internal designers, artists and product managers to deliver first-class gameplay experiences to our players. You will be responsible for working with our external development partners to deliver on the vision and expectations you and your team set. You will bring your extensive experience in game development and understanding of how each phase and discipline operates and interacts with one another. You are the Games Producer and you will be accountable to creating games with compelling visions that complement and improve the larger Pogo meta. 

Key Responsibilities (What you will do) 

• Work with Games team leads to establish a vision and feature set for each new game 
• Manage end to end production of new games, accountable for working with developers to meet milestone commitments, quality targets and business KPIs 
• Provide the context for how the game and features fits into the larger Pogo meta, how it fits into the marketplace, and how it will delight our players 
• Use a deep understanding of the competitor landscape, market opportunities and player expectations to shape the vision of games and their features 
• Utilize previous and current key performance indicators, metrics and business goals to help shape the game’s vision and features 
• Own prioritization within the Game team to help shape the vision of the game while working closely with peers to ensure vision alignment 
• Approve milestone deliverables against aligned upon vision and KPIs 
• Analyze quality and business KPIs; recommend action plan to based on analysis 
• Partner with Game team leads to develop features to drive new engagement, monetization and acquisition 
• Work closely with teams across different time zones and locations 

Qualifications (What you know how to do) 

• 5+ years experience as an Games Producer or similar role in the industry 
• Experience and passion for the casual games space 
• Ability to learn new tools and process quickly 
• Ability to inspire teams to achieve the established vision and goals 
• Ability to read the audience and cater the presentation to them 
• Ability to understand scope versus capacity and prioritizes appropriately 
• Ability to learn from success and failures of past games 
• Ability to utilize data/metrics in daily/weekly work 
• Deep understanding of the game industry, trends, competition, market, etc. 
• Deep understanding of game development processes (i.e., workflows, content, tech areas) 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills 
• Experience working in an agile environment. 
• Readiness to work with a globally distributed development team. Nice To Have 
• 8+ years working in the game industry on one or more live service titles 
• Past experience working in web or platform development