Software Product Manager

Versant•Carlsbad, CA

11h•$130,000 - $151,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Full Swing's software product practice covers the full product lifecycle, including writing and driving PRDs, maintaining a living roadmap, and managing market and competitive research to inform product development. The role calls for a hands-on understanding of the game and software, including simulation mechanics, the game engine, and underlying architecture. The Software Product Manager will help build a Software Product Center of Excellence by taking accountable ownership of unscoped work and establishing the roadmap discipline and product judgment needed to scale the practice.

Requirements

At least 6 years of experience as a Product Manager within a software engineering organization, with direct ownership of shipped products.
Deep, hands-on knowledge of game engines such as Unity and simulation or game software architecture, gained through direct experience building or shipping a game or simulation product.
Demonstrated ability to write and drive PRDs from ambiguous, unscoped requests through shipped, resourced execution plans.
Ability to own multiple concurrent, sometimes competing initiatives across related but distinct product surfaces.
Independent technical command of the product and software sufficient to make and defend scope and prioritization decisions with engineering.
Experience with market and competitive research methods, such as customer interviews, sales feedback loops, surveys, and competitive site visits, and translating insights into product direction.
Excellent written communication and ability to produce clear, rigorous PRDs that engineering, design, and QA can execute without extensive back-and-forth.
Bachelor's or Master's degree in a technical, business, or related field, or equivalent hands-on experience.

Responsibilities

Make product decisions for the game and software based on a deep understanding of simulation mechanics, the game engine, and software architecture.
Own PRDs end to end, from first draft through shipped release, including defining scope, timeline, and resourcing for unscoped initiatives.
Manage the Jira discovery board by capturing, triaging, and prioritizing ideas before they become PRDs.
Maintain a living product roadmap for assigned product lines, with scope and level of effort sized.
Make and defend scope and prioritization decisions across engineering, QA, and design.
Conduct market and competitive research, understand customers and the competitive landscape, and translate findings into product direction.
Communicate design requirements, review designs, and approve work before it moves into development.
Manage partner and vendor relationships for integrations and white-labeled products.
Run simulator demonstrations for internal teams, external partners, and prospects.
Serve as an escalation point for customer support issues requiring product judgment.
Provide Go/No-Go readiness input in partnership with QA and Release Management.