The MLB Platform Product Team is currently seeking a Product Manager with experience delivering top-of-the-line consumer applications for iOS and Android. The position will be focused on MLB’s growing suite of casual gaming applications, including Beat the Streak, and also play a major role in helping MLB develop new products within the Free-to-Play (“FTP”), iGaming, and sports-betting space.

Prior experience building, testing, and shipping casual, iGaming and/or FTP mobile games is highly preferred. 

Responsibilities:

• Help facilitate User Research studies by working with User Research teams to get actionable data on product features
• Make recommendations based on the outcome of user research to Senior Product Manager
• Write User Stories and Acceptance Criteria for product features
• Ensure that acceptance criteria are being met through hands-on testing
• Work with the Senior Product Manager to keep product roadmap up to date
• Effectively support the Senior Product Manager throughout sprint cycles by proactively removing roadblocks
• Help create executive presentations
• Work with the team’s dedicated QA tester to triage and validate bugs

 Basic Qualifications:

• At least 2-4 years of experience as a product owner supporting one or more consumer-facing products
• Proven experience in guiding projects to completion, from requirements gathering through rollout and training
• Experience writing specifications in the form of User Stories and an understanding of the User Goals that drives them
• Self-starter who is energetic & enthusiastic, confident, adaptable & customer-oriented
• Experience producing wireframes, mockups, prototypes, and user interaction diagrams
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies including such as scrum or kanban
• Proven success working in a fast-paced, environment with rapidly shifting priorities
• Excellent written and verbal communication, leadership, problem-solving and presentation skills
• Ability to multitask and manage deadlines in a cross-functional team
• Fortitude to remain calm and react appropriately in high-pressure situations

 Highly-Qualified Applicants will have:

• Specific experience shipping casual games, preferably for mobile devices
• A keen understanding of the psychology behind successful games
• A love of baseball, and a firm comprehension of its history, rules, and culture
• Experience using JIRA and Wiki-based documentation tools

This is a unique opportunity to work on award-winning apps used globally by millions of sports fans. This role will be a part of a team working with the latest technologies on iOS and Android, constantly seeking unique solutions to new problems. If you are interested in being at the forefront of mobile technology, at a company known for innovation, and are passionate about delivering engaging content to avid fans, this is a great opportunity to do just that.