Product Director

Description & Requirements

• Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world.
• Here, everyone is part of the story.
• Part of a community that connects across the globe.
• A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter.
• A team where everyone makes play happen.

Pogo has been the leader in online casual games since 1998. Featuring a growing library of 60+ titles spanning popular genres like Solitaire, Mahjong, Match 3, and more, Pogo exists to be the best destination for online casual games. We strive to produce high-quality HTML5-powered games with sophisticated metagames and social mechanics, all while working seamlessly across desktop, tablet and mobile web. Our fans and subscribers come to Pogo for fresh content, daily challenges, great events, new games, and a live service that delivers!

• We are seeking an experienced Product Director to lead product strategy and live services for Pogo. In this key leadership role, you will report directly to the Studio General Manager and serve as the studio's strategic product anchor.
• You will partner with cross-functional leadership spanning Art, Design, Engineering, Production, Analytics, and Community to deliver a high-retention live service roadmap that delights players every day and meets core business outcomes.
• You will be responsible for gaining a deep understanding of Pogo players’ needs and Pogo’s key business objectives to plan, prioritize, and deliver the right content and feature improvements for our players.

Key responsibilities

Product Management

Drive Portfolio Roadmap

: Own the holistic product vision and roadmap, orchestrating live operations, catalog health, platform enhancements, and game updates to maximize lifetime engagement.

Optimize an Established Ecosystem

: Identify high-impact opportunities to evolve and grow an existing web platform, prioritizing scalable improvements over disruptive "0-to-1" rebuilds.

Drive Player & Market Intelligence

Develop a deep understanding of player motivations, competitive titles, and market trends to identify opportunities for improvement and growth.

Data-Informed Decision Making

• Synthesize complex behavioral, telemetry, and transactional datasets into actionable product roadmaps, clear executive narratives, and measurable KPI benchmarks.
• Financial Management

Deliver Business Commitments

Partner with Studio Leadership and Finance to forecast, establish, and meet quarterly and annual revenue, retention, and engagement goals.

Balance Multi-Stream Monetization

• : Optimize and grow our multi-tier business model across subscriptions, programmatic advertising, and live-event monetization without compromising player trust.
• Leadership

Lead the Product Discipline

Mentor and empower the Product Management team, fostering a culture of curiosity, data rigor, player empathy, and operational excellence.

Foster Cross-Functional Alignment

Collaborate with other key studio leaders to support our vision, mission, and strategy; develop plans to achieve those goals

Cultivate Healthy Accountability

Promote a development culture of healthy accountability, maximizing potential and pride in accomplishments

Qualifications

• 7+ years of product management experience in digital games or web/mobile consumer platforms
• Demonstrated success optimizing, maintaining, and scaling an existing, live consumer business with an established, highly engaged audience (as opposed to strictly early-stage startup/pre-launch environments).
• High emotional intelligence (EQ) with a track record of driving change collaboratively across tenured teams and deeply invested player communities.
• A deep understanding of the casual games space, including player motivations, market trends, and key business drivers.
• A genuine passion for creating fun, compelling, and engaging user experiences that resonate with everyday players.
• Natural curiosity with a strong emphasis on continuous learning, adaptation, and iterative business growth.
• Comfort and readiness to work effectively in a fully remote environment across multiple time zones.
• Pay Transparency - North America

Compensation and Benefits

The ranges listed below are what EA in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in these locations at the time of this posting. If you reside in a different location, a recruiter will advise on the applicable range and benefits. Pay offered will be determined based on a number of relevant business and candidate factors (e.g. education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, or business needs).

Pay Ranges

• British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria) *$133,500 - $186,400 CAD

Pay is just one part of the overall compensation at EA.

In Canada, we offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of paid sick time, company top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave), extended health/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, and retirement benefits to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and long-term cash programs.