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JOB TITLE: Principal Product Manager, Gaming Monetization
The Principal Product Manager, Gaming Monetization leads the monetization demand strategy across the gaming portfolio, specifically focusing on XBOX and Activision-Blizzard-King titles and surfaces. This role involves defining product strategy, translating business opportunities into clear player and advertiser problems, and developing product requirements, roadmap priorities, and launch plans. The manager will lead product discovery to identify high-value monetization opportunities across mobile, console, and PC gaming while balancing advertiser demand, player experience, marketplace economics, privacy, and technical feasibility. Key responsibilities include partnering with engineering, data science, and design to ship scalable monetization products and measurement capabilities. The role requires expertise in digital advertising, inventory quality, yield optimization, brand safety, and platform architecture, including APIs, data pipelines, and machine learning-driven product experiences.
What does a Product Manager earn?
Median $199125 from 772 postings across 95 companies.
Define and drive the product strategy for gaming monetization across XBOX and Activision Blizzard King titles.
Lead product discovery to identify high-value monetization opportunities across mobile, console, and PC gaming.
Develop product requirements, roadmap priorities, and launch plans that balance advertiser demand with player experience.
Partner with engineering and data science to ship scalable monetization products and measurement capabilities.
Use data, experimentation, and customer feedback to evaluate product performance and make prioritization decisions.
Evolve fragmented monetization opportunities into a unified, premium, and measurable product portfolio.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree and 8+ years of experience in product/service/program management or software development, or equivalent experience.
3+ years of experience driving product strategy, roadmap definition, requirements, and execution for complex software, advertising, marketplace, commerce, media, or platform products (preferred).
7+ years of experience in product management, program management, strategy, business planning, advertising technology, marketplace products, or related roles (preferred).
Experience using data, experimentation, customer research, or business analysis to identify opportunities, make product tradeoffs, and measure outcomes (preferred).
Experience partnering with engineering and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver products or features from concept through launch and iteration (preferred).
Experience in digital advertising, monetization, inventory quality, campaign management, yield optimization, brand safety, measurement, or media marketplaces (preferred).
Technical fluency with platform architecture, APIs, data pipelines, experimentation systems, privacy/security considerations, or machine learning-driven product experiences (preferred).
Passion for gaming, including hands-on experience building games or gaming products, or a genuine interest in gaming platforms and interactive entertainment (preferred).
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