Simulation Product Manager

Rapsodo•St. Louis, MO

About The Position

Rapsodo is hiring a Product Manager or Senior Product Manager, Simulation, to own the roadmap for Rapsodo Studios, its premium golf simulation platform. The role is responsible for deciding which courses, features, and game modes to build and release, and for defining the product vision and strategy. Engagement is the North Star for the position. The Product Manager will stay closely connected to players and the golf-simulation community, work with course designers, and use customer feedback, product analytics, and competitive research to identify opportunities and guide improvements. They will partner with engineering, design, marketing, sales, support, and teams responsible for launch monitors, PC and mobile apps, and the cloud platform to deliver a connected product experience. Success includes learning the product and its community, producing a competitive benchmark and prioritized list of player-facing gaps, owning an initial release specification, and increasing Studios engagement and membership growth.

Requirements

At least 4 years of product management experience; at least 7 years for the Senior Product Manager level.
Experience ideally in games, simulation, sports technology, or consumer software with an engaged user community.
Track record of owning a roadmap and shipping features that measurably improved engagement or retention.
Strong instincts for player experience and the ability to assess what makes a round feel good or off.
Comfort working directly with communities, including reading forums, hosting Q&As, and closing the feedback loop.
Fluency with product analytics and A/B tests, and ability to turn qualitative feedback into decisions.
Clear, concise writing and ability to align engineering, art, design, and marketing around decisions.
Experience working with a distributed team across time zones.
Passion for golf, including playing and understanding what makes a good course and simulation round.

Nice To Haves

Hands-on experience with golf simulators and launch monitors, at home or in a commercial bay.
Familiarity with game engines such as Unreal or Unity, 3D course creation, terrain scanning, or photogrammetry.
Experience with multiplayer, live operations, or content-release models such as seasons, events, and new-content drops.
Background with subscription or membership products.
Experience using AI tools to speed up specifications, feedback analysis, and research.

Responsibilities

Define and drive the Rapsodo Studios product vision, strategy, and roadmap, including course releases, gameplay features, multiplayer, and game modes.
Prioritize work based on player impact, engagement, and business goals, and communicate trade-offs clearly.
Write product specifications and requirements and guide features through specification, development, beta, and launch.
Review customer feedback from support tickets, app reviews, surveys, forums, social channels, and beta programs; turn it into problem statements and drive fixes and improvements.
Use product analytics to understand how golfers play, where they drop off, and what brings them back.
Represent Rapsodo Studios in the golf-simulation community through forums, Discord, Reddit, and social channels, and close the loop on feedback and shipped work.
Run beta and early-access programs for new courses and features.
Partner with internal and external course designers to plan the course pipeline, set quality standards, and prioritize courses.
Help improve tools and workflows so designers can build and ship courses faster.
Benchmark other simulation platforms on graphics, physics, course libraries, features, pricing, and experience.
Track trends in home and commercial golf simulation and translate them into roadmap opportunities.
Define launch success metrics and KPIs and report on results.
Coordinate go-to-market work with marketing, sales, and support, including release notes, launch messaging, and enablement.
Align with teams responsible for launch monitors, PC and mobile apps, and the cloud platform to provide a connected Studios experience.