Senior Product Manager, Counter-Strike
BLAST, Denmark
Job Description
We’re on a mission to take esports to the next level of global entertainment. We excite and invite billions of fans to join the esports revolution. We create live and digital experiences - from tournaments that pack out major arenas around the world to great content that’s guaranteed to blow your socks off.
We work with some of the world’s best game publishers and brands to elevate their properties into amazing esports experiences - having delivered tournaments, content and shows in a variety of games, including: Counter-Strike, DOTA 2, VALORANT, Apex Legends, FIFA 2022 and Fortnite.
This role would be centred around BLAST Premier, which is a world renowned Counter-Strike tournament series where the best teams and biggest superstars fight it out for glory and a multi-million dollar prize pool. Famous for its unparalleled production quality and game changing fan-first moments. Attracting tens of thousands of fans to our crazy-big-adrenaline-pumped live events in big arenas from Lisbon to Copenhagen to Miami and Sao Paulo, with millions more watching at home on our broadcast, tuning in from more than 154 territories and in 25 different languages.
Responsibilities
- Understand and enhance BLAST’s unique proposition to/within the esports ecosystem to further strengthen and showcase what makes BLAST events stand out
- Identify needs and gaps in the [competitive] gaming space that BLAST could create an offering for, focusing on those areas where BLAST’s proposition is best suited
- Take lead on conceptualising and determining the product strategy and roadmap for the ecosystem and its events or special projects, ensuring that it is [where possible] innovative and value generating.
- Articulate, package and present proposed concepts and formats both internally and externally to partners.
- Lead/manage/organise execution of the overall product while deep-diving into various smaller portions to level up particular aspects (e.g. broadcast, talent or in-game), with an eye on the end goal of ensuring that the eventual output reaches (or exceeds) the BLAST signature quality levels.
- Communicate with the wider org regarding the product and ensure that there is a cross-departmental understanding of the needs and wants (input required, output desired, deadlines, etc.) of the product.
- Take initiative/anticipate potential problem areas and take action/delegate to fix these issues in a timely manner, ensuring communication channels (internally and externally) do not break down in the process.
- Build, maintain and manage trusted relationships with strategic partners
- Follow trends (technical, broadcast, event, format, etc.) in the industry and maintain individual product expertise. This includes assessing the latest industry products for their potential value and actively reporting back learnings to the wider Product group
- Take lead in important conceptual and delivery steps, such as internal brainstorms, product presentations, broadcast staffing briefings and wider org briefings as well as [where applicable] leading these externally with partners
- Proactively make internal recommendations to help BLAST stay ahead of the market and better define the esports-as-entertainment trend
- Help create, innovate/elevate and maintain proper product documentation
- Play an active role in product debriefs and feedback sessions, ensuring feedback is reviewed and actioned for repeat events
- Operate projects with a large scale of autonomy and drive
Requirements
- Fluency in written and spoken English (other languages are of benefit)
- Deep understanding of the esports industry (specific game community knowledge is of benefit)
- Experience autonomously managing projects from conception to delivery
- Experience working on multiple projects concurrently
- Notable client management and/or relationship building experience: with an emphasis on being attentive, responsive, solution-orientated and accurate in your communication
- Track record of not only anticipating and identifying challenges and opportunities but also pursuing the handling of them resourcefully
- Experience outsourcing work to tournament organisers, production companies and/or broadcasters
- Adaptability to various work styles and cross-departmental collaboration
- Evidence of strong leadership skills, creativity and autonomy
- Nice to have: experience in a live broadcast environment
Benefits
- Competitive salary package
- Pension and Health Insurance
- Awesome new office in the center of Copenhagen
- Team building and social events
- Lunch, snacks and sodas