Director, Product Managment

Konami Gaming is looking for a Director, Product Management to join our team!

This position is responsible for product planning and product launch for the Games Division. This includes managing the product throughout the product lifecycle, gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the product vision and roadmap, product End-of-Life and product launch strategies, and working closely with R&D to deliver high quality and innovative products.   The Director, Product Management will ensure that the product lifecycle management efforts support the company's overall financial and strategic goals. This position also requires the flexibility to act autonomously at all times while adhering to overall department and company policies and procedures.

What you'll be doing:

• Create product plan for company’s gaming products. 
• Define and develop product strategies and roadmaps for the Games Division.
• Define market segments, release and implementation strategy.  Develop product plan to support those various market segments
• Researches, analyzes, and communicates game product requirements. Communicate to R&D related to marked demands, market issues, and localization or product requirements.
• Delivers market requirement documents and product requirement documents to development teams with prioritized features and corresponding justification.
• Creates product development requests to kickoff games development to meet product plan objectives.
• Manages and coordinates products with R&D, Sales, Manufacturing, and Customer Service for completion of all critical items for product release, localization requirements, and communicates those requirements to engineering on a timely basis.
• Provide product line updates to executive management team.
• Serves as the product expert by analyzing customer requirements and performing technical analysis, competitive, and ROI analysis.
• Manages products through lifecycle (product inception, release planning, set product priorities, validate enhancements, and bug fixes, product module launch and End-of-Life strategies and plans).
• Ensures that regulatory requirements are considered in the continual design of the product.
• Works productively with and supports key stakeholders to ensure company achieves product plan objectives.
• Develops product naming and trademark strategies.

Additional Duties: 

• Develop sales tool to supports ongoing and future business needs.
• Works with Marketing to produce press releases pertaining to company products and develops sales tools and marketing collateral.
• In conjunction with Marketing, participates in focus groups and user forums to determine customer opinions and needs. 
• Provide competitive analysis on products in the market. 
• Provides input to Marketing on the games portion of the website for external and internal reference. 
• Provides input to Marketing on branding of the games product, positioning, and pricing implementation.
• Defines product strategy for trade shows and other company events.
• Participates in trade show sales support, including in depth demonstrations and communicating detailed product knowledge.
• Performs product demonstrations to large prospective customers or gaming enterprise organizations.
• Conducts training of newly released products
• Oversee, train, and mentor product management team.  Provide direction to ensure company achieves the goals defined in the product plan.   

Konami Offers

• Competitive Wages
• Great 401(k) plan with company match
• Comprehensive health benefits package
• Generous Company paid Holidays and Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Tuition reimbursement program

About Konami Gaming, Inc.:

For Players. For Operators. For Each Other.

Konami Gaming, Inc. entered the US gaming market in the 2000s and we have spent the last two decades moving the industry forward with breakthrough games, head turning cabinets, and a casino management system that brings it all together. Over that time, we have garnered our share of awards and established a corporate culture of success and innovation.

A world leader in systems and game development, Konami can offer you the best of both worlds - stability within a dynamic, creative environment. We are excited to announce that Konami Gaming Inc. is growing and expanding into new product lines, including premium and standard games, and new market segments. As we enter a new growth period for the Company, we are expanding our reach to attract top talent in game studio operations, technology and product development.

What we'll want you to have:

• Relative Bachelor’s degree (MBA preferred) required, certification from an accredited institution recommended.
• 5 years minimum experience in Product Management and or Marketing, 10 plus preferred. 
• Demonstrated success defining and launching gaming products for a minimum of five years.
• Must be able to communicate verbally and write in English.
• Must be fully proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Working knowledge of Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign and Acrobat. 
• Must be able to obtain and retain gaming licensure.

Additional Requirements:

• Travel Percentage: 35% - Employee must be flexible to the needs of the business.

Work Environment:

• Full time / 40 + Hours per week.  Must be flexible for overtime, including evenings, weekends and Holidays as required.
• Must be comfortable working in a cubicle with limited working space for long hours with the ability to remain seated at the computer terminal for extended periods.  Extreme repetitive motion using keyboard, mouse and telephone.  Position can be high stress and extremely fast paced.  Ability to handle directive, assess situations, enter into dialogue and complete tasks. Must be able to communicate verbally and write in English.  Must be able to travel and drive a vehicle independently.
• Position shall work primarily in an office environment. Position shall maintain a cubicle in close proximity of other cubicles and offices.

Konami Gaming is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified employees and applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, marital status, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please call 702-616-1400 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.