Job Opportunities in Costa Rica

Responsibilities

Product Strategy. Develop and lead complex and large-scale cross-team, cross-functional initiatives from conception/planning to execution, inclusive of the experimentation phase. Do this in in a data-informed way that aligns to Microsoft’s Gaming goals to drive product innovation and differentiation within the games industry.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7+ years experience as a Product Manager in a consumer environment or equivalent experience.
• Ability to conceive, plan, and execute on initiatives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and exceptional emotional intelligence. Ability to influence and motivate people across a broad variety of job functions through your relationships.
• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously, without losing sight of the highest priority items.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality while managing highly sensitive material with the utmost professionalism.
• Demonstrated work experience supporting leaders and a team in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfortable prioritizing among multiple projects and able to react with appropriate urgency to requests.
• Advanced English level

• Knowledge of the gaming industry with a specific focus on monetization.
• Familiarity with Project management tools and processes including Azure Dev Ops.
• Confidence with Excel and Power Point.
• Solid technical aptitude and the ability to understand technical designs, challenges, and risks. Engineers enjoy working closely with you and you with engineers.
• Strong technical, analytical, and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations and drive decisions.
• Ability to understand complex concepts and make reasoned decisions objectively.
• Ability to understand audience segmentation and data pipelines.

The ideal candidate:

• Is proactive with strong leadership skills
• Can move fluidly from the big picture to details so that the team can deliver complex and strategic cross-functional projects, often with tight deadlines.
• Is a bridge and a connector for the company, thrives in a dynamic work environment, and is able to juggle and prioritize multiple projects with ease.
• Is intuitive, focused, driven, organized, insightful and productive. Breaks through communication issues and effectively develops relationships with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Builds trust across the organization. Is not afraid to be direct, but strives to act with empathy and integrity.
• Is able to ask tough questions in a way that reinforces that we’re all trying to do what’s best for the customer.
• Has deep customer empathy and can use it as a razor for prioritization and making tough calls.
• Makes connections within and across disciplines, leveraging insights from within gaming, across entertainment, or other consumer experiences to inform strategy and execution.
• Enjoys writing specs, making Power Points, and playing around in Excel.
• Likes games. You don’t have to love them, but you do have to like them

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