Principal Product Manager, Infrastructure

2K•Austin, TX

13d•Hybrid

About The Position

2K Games is seeking an experienced Principal Product Manager to ensure 2K Technology delivers critical physical and cloud infrastructure capabilities for its next generation of titles. The role involves leading the strategy for internal, partner, and vendor-provided infrastructure solutions to ensure consistent, reliable, global, and cost-effective performance at scale. This position is crucial for maximizing the value delivered by central technology teams to studios and publishing teams across 2K. The Principal Product Manager will champion the vision and strategy for cloud infrastructure, physical infrastructure, and developer tools within 2K Technology. This involves developing and executing strategies in close coordination with stakeholders and peer leaders, ensuring a deep understanding of diverse customer needs from studios and publishing, and guiding 2K towards a consistent, efficient, and robust technology foundation. Leadership will be demonstrated through influence, aligning stakeholders, partners, and teams to the vision, and inspiring trust through strong communication and reliable delivery. The role requires proactive advocacy for customers, teams, and the central technology organization. Additionally, the position involves forming productive partnerships with leaders across the Infrastructure organization, including SRE and Technical Operations, to execute on shared opportunities, improve operational discipline, and advance the central tech strategy. Collaboration with peers in engineering and program management is essential for effective planning, assumption validation, and delivering high-quality outcomes. Key activities include requirements capture, definition, and validation; roadmapping; competitive analyses; customer interviews; strategic planning; and KPI development and reporting.

Requirements

7-10+ years in product or project management, developing and delivering technical software products.
Background in physical and cloud infrastructure as a product, project, or engineering leader.
Experience delivering scalable, fault-tolerant, and observable production systems to a global organization.
Experience productizing development and delivery best practices.
Experience aligning others to the vision and accelerating the great ideas of others.
Strong oral and written communication skills, with keen attention to detail.
Experience presenting to senior management and key stakeholders to drive decisions and win buy-in for your ideas.
Ability to earn trust and are comfortable saying “no” – and can align your audience on why it’s the right answer.
Diplomatic, empathetic, and appreciative of differing perspectives.
Thrive in unstructured environments but are excited about creating the structures required to succeed.
Remain composed and effective under pressure and navigate high-velocity change with stability and focus.
Champion 2K values and help others to grow.
Bachelor’s degree required, ideally in a related field.
Passion for gaming.

Nice To Haves

MBA or other advanced degree preferred.
Experience in AAA game publishing or development
Experience working with game console, PC, and/or mobile platform partners

Responsibilities

Champion the vision and strategy for 2K Technology’s practices in cloud infrastructure, physical infrastructure, and developer tools.
Develop and execute strategies in close coordination with stakeholders and peer leaders.
Ensure internal teams deeply understand and anticipate the diverse needs of studio and Publishing customers while moving 2K toward a consistent, efficient, and robust technology foundation.
Lead through influence to align stakeholders, partners, and teams to the vision.
Inspire trust and confidence in 2K Technology’s ability to solve on behalf of its customers through strong communication and reliable delivery.
Advocate proactively on behalf of customers, teams, and the rest of our central technology organization.
Form productive, positive partnerships with leaders across our Infrastructure organization, including SRE and Technical Operations.
Execute on shared opportunities to extend capabilities, improve operational discipline, and advance our central tech strategy.
Work closely with peers in engineering and program management to plan effectively, validate assumptions, and deliver high-quality outcomes for customers.
Contribute to our shared understanding of what good looks like across multiple dimensions of product and technical quality.
Requirements capture, definition, and validation; roadmapping; competitive analyses; customer interviews; strategic planning; KPI development and reporting.