Product Manager

At King, we aim to make the world playful. We create moments of magic for millions of players every day, and we want to build experiences that keep them coming back for more. We are looking for a Product Manager to join the Candy Crush Soda Saga Gameplay & Monetization area, focused on the Content Distribution theme. This team shapes how level content is designed, developed and distributed to our players, influencing a core part of the day‑to‑day Soda experience. The role is an individual contributor position with no direct line management responsibility. You will lead through product thinking, prioritization, and cross‑functional collaboration, working closely with designers, analysts, engineers, and other product leaders. You will be accountable for helping define the direction for your team, driving execution against that direction, and making high‑quality product decisions that improve player experience and business performance.

Accountabilities

• Product Impact – Ensure the team delivers meaningful value to players and measurable business impact, both short and long term.
• Team Performance – Work with cross‑functional peers to maintain a happy, motivated, and high‑performing team.
• Craft Contribution – Contribute to the product management community by sharing insights, participating in learning & development and supporting craft initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategy & Planning – Develop the strategy for the Content Distribution theme in collaboration with the Product Director, identifying opportunities to improve player experience and business outcomes. Translate strategy into clear priorities, goals, and roadmaps for the team. Maintain a strong understanding of the product area, market context, player behaviour, and relevant business drivers to guide team focus. Ensure alignment with Soda’s product strategy and King’s broader portfolio goals.
• Execution & Delivery – Ensure the team is working on the most valuable problems, balancing short‑term impact with long‑term product health. Lead the team’s product roadmap and day‑to‑day prioritization. Drive alignment across design, engineering, data, and other crafts to deliver initiatives effectively. Define clear problem statements, success measures, and decision criteria for initiatives. Ensure product work is well‑scoped, actionable, and grounded in player and business needs. Use AI tools effectively to accelerate discovery, structure feature specifications, explore opportunity spaces, and prototype early concepts where useful. Ensure execution quality and timely delivery, reprioritizing as needed. Manage dependencies and foster effective workflows aligned with Soda’s principles.
• Decision Making – Make clear, well‑reasoned product decisions using a mix of data, experimentation, team expertise, and product judgment. Match the depth of analysis and validation to the level of decision risk. Escalate and partner with the Product Director on higher‑risk, higher‑ambiguity, or higher‑impact decisions when appropriate. Help the team move forward with clarity when trade‑offs are required. Document, communicate, and align stakeholders around key decisions and outcomes.
• Cross‑functional Leadership – Create clarity and momentum for the team through strong prioritization, communication, and follow‑through. Build effective working relationships across functions and with adjacent teams. Align stakeholders around goals, trade‑offs, and progress. Support a healthy, high‑performing cross‑functional team environment by addressing friction early and partnering with functional managers and leadership where needed. Create an environment where people can do strong work together, with clear priorities, constructive challenge, and mutual trust.
• Communication & Stakeholder Management – Communicate product direction, priorities, rationale, and results clearly to a range of audiences. Ensure stakeholders have the right level of context to support timely decisions and effective execution. Represent the team’s work in planning, review, and leadership forums.
• Craft & Community Contribution – Contribute to the growth of product craft within Soda by sharing learnings, improving ways of working, and supporting team and discipline initiatives. Actively seek feedback and continue developing your product management capabilities.

Skills to create thrills

• Experience in product management, ideally in games, mobile, digital consumer products, or another fast‑moving product environment.
• Ability to own a product area independently while collaborating closely with senior product leadership.
• Comfort working across strategy, execution, and decision making.
• Confident use of data and sound judgment when data is incomplete or ambiguous.
• Skill at identifying opportunities, framing problems clearly, and driving pragmatic solutions.
• Effective cross‑functional partner who brings people together around priorities and outcomes.
• Clear communicator who adapts style to different audiences.
• Strong understanding of market, player needs, business levers, and product trade‑offs.
• Proactive, collaborative, and motivated to improve both product outcomes and team ways of working.

Bonus points

• Experience in live mobile games or live‑service products.
• Experience working on level content systems, progression, or player‑facing distribution spaces.
• Experience using experimentation and analytics to inform product decisions.
• Comfort using AI tools in day‑to‑day product work.

Why Join Us

• Join a world‑class team of creative and data‑driven thinkers dedicated to making the world playful.
• Directly shape how players connect with Candy Crush Soda Saga every day, driving the level content that is the core experience of the game.
• Highly collaborative and fun environment across London, Barcelona and Stockholm studios.
• Autonomy to lead high‑impact initiatives with the support of a vibrant product community.
• Opportunities for learning and development within a global company that is part of Microsoft.