Principal Product Manager (Gamedev)

TL;DR

Principal Product Manager (Gamedev): Shaping product strategy and roadmap clarity for franchise-wide Minecraft initiatives with an accent on cross-studio execution and alignment. Focus on translating ambiguous opportunities into clear customer outcomes, managing dependencies across global teams, and driving high-priority launch-ready decisions.

Location: United States, Washington, Redmond

Salary: $142,800 - $274,800 per year

Company

hirify.global Studios is the creator of Minecraft, focused on building a better world through the power of play.

What you will do

• Maintain product operating rhythms, portfolio views, and roadmap artifacts to enable crisp decision-making across distributed teams.
• Drive alignment for initiatives from early opportunity framing through prioritization, delivery, and launch.
• Coordinate product dependencies and sequence work across Franchise, Marketing, Legal, and studio teams.
• Identify and mitigate customer, business, technical, and operational risks to ensure quality delivery.
• Create executive-ready communications synthesizing complex product work into clear strategy and metrics.
• Improve product planning practices using data, retrospectives, and stakeholder feedback.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and 8+ years of experience in product/program management or software development.
• Minimum 1+ year of people management experience.
• Experience driving product strategy, roadmap planning, and execution for large-scale products or services.
• Ability to influence without authority and drive accountability across distributed teams.
• Must be based in or able to work from Redmond, Washington, USA.

Nice to have

• Experience in games, live services, entertainment franchises, or creator ecosystems.
• 10+ years in product management or related roles.
• 5+ years leading complex, cross-functional product initiatives.
• Passion for games and deep empathy for the Minecraft community.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative environment built on respect, integrity, and accountability.
• Focus on inclusion and diversity to reflect the global Minecraft community.
• Growth mindset culture aimed at empowering every person and organization.
• Opportunity to work on one of the world's most enduring entertainment franchises.