Associate Product Manager

About the Role

Game District is seeking an Associate Product Manager who can contribute across game design, level design, quality assurance, and product management. Based full-time in our Istanbul studio, you will partner with the Game Producer to transform creative ideas into polished, data-driven mobile-gaming experiences. Daily collaboration with international teammates makes fluent, professional English a must.

Key Responsibilities

• Design engaging gameplay, features, and levels
• Draft level layouts, build difficulty curves, and document core-loop mechanics.
• Prototype new features or levels in Unity, gather play-test feedback, and iterate for optimal fun and retention.
• Own quality from concept to launch
• Create and execute test plans, log and track issues in Jira, and verify fixes.
• Monitor crash and performance reports, working with engineers to uphold stability and frame-rate targets.
• Support product planning and delivery
• Break down approved features into user stories, acceptance criteria, and sprint tasks.
• Maintain the backlog, prioritising items by player impact, effort, and roadmap alignment.
• Facilitate stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, keeping documentation current.
• Analyse performance and market trends
• Track KPIs—level completion, retention, monetisation—and prepare concise reports.
• Benchmark competitor titles, surface actionable insights, and propose A/B tests to improve engagement and revenue.

Qualifications

• 1 – 2 years’ experience in game/level design, product management, QA, live-ops, or a related role in gaming or digital entertainment.
• Fundamental understanding of free-to-play mobile lifecycles and live-ops models.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum practices and tools such as Jira, Trello, or Asana.
• Basic Unity skills (or equivalent engine) for prototyping or level editing.
• Comfortable reading analytics dashboards or spreadsheets; exposure to SQL or BI tools is a plus.
• Strong written and verbal English communication; organised, detail-oriented, and eager to learn in a fast-paced environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Game Design, Computer Science, Business, or a related field—or equivalent practical experience.