Product Manager - Platform, Applied AI/ML

Do you want to use Data and AI to creatively solve core game design problems, delighting users today and crafting the future of mobile gaming? Join Scopely Explore (formerly known as Niantic) as a Product Manager on the Applied AI team. You will lead, innovate, and build outstanding AI-driven experiences across our suite of products, including Pokémon GO, Monster Hunter Now, and Pikmin Bloom.

Unlike a traditional platform role, you will partner directly with Game Designers, Producers, and ML Engineers to deploy AI features that directly touch the player—from personalized game loops to intelligent, adaptive gameplay.

Responsibilities

, dynamic difficulty, personalized rewards, generative content). Drive the "AI for Fun" Roadmap: Create the vision and strategy for how Applied ML enhances the core game loop, ensuring features optimize for fun and retention, not just model accuracy. Cross-Discipline Translation: Act as the bridge between the ML Engineering team and the Game Teams.

Requirements

" and vice versa. Execution Experimentation: Define success metrics that blend technical performance (latency/accuracy) with game KPIs (retention/DAU). Leverage the Ecosystem: Collaborate with Scopely’s central tech teams to adopt and adapt state-of-the-art ML technologies for Scopely Explore’s location-based specific needs.

Qualifications

: 4+ years of Product Management experience, preferably in Gaming, Consumer Mobile, or Applied ML. " Technical Fluency: Experience working with Data Science or Machine Learning teams. You don't need to code, but you must understand the capabilities and limitations of LLMs, Reinforcement Learning, and Predictive Modeling.

Adaptive Learner: Proven track record of picking up new domains quickly. You are comfortable stepping out of your comfort zone to tackle undefined problems. Collaborative Spirit: Experience managing trade-offs between creative desires and technical reality.

Plus If... , matchmaking, bots, personalization). Hands-on experience with Generative AI tools and workflows in a creative production environment.

, Social, Identity, Payments). For candidates in CA, CO, NJ, NY, and WA, the annual salary range is provided below.

Benefits

package, including healthcare

, retirement

, pet insurance, paid holidays, paid Scopely free days, and unlimited paid time off. Base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. ” and “Pokémon GO,” along with “Stumble Guys,” “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” “WWE Champions,” the Scrabble® franchise, “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” and many others.

Across mobile, web, PC, and console, Scopely creates, develops, publishes, and live-operates one of the most diversified and award-winning portfolios in the games industry — bringing hundreds of millions of players together through a shared love of play.