Chess.com
Senior Product Manager, New Games
Edtech.com's Summary
Chess.com is hiring a Senior Product Manager to lead the development of new mobile games from concept through launch. The role involves designing game mechanics, prototyping rapidly using AI-assisted tools, and collaborating with engineering, design, and data teams to deliver engaging skill-based games that appeal to millions of players.
Highlights
- Lead creation of new mobile games from concept to launch
- Design and refine core game mechanics, progression, and retention systems
- Utilize AI-assisted tools (LLMs, no/low-code) for rapid prototyping
- Partner closely with engineering, design, and data teams
- Ground product decisions in player psychology, metrics, and intuition
- 7+ years of product experience in games or consumer apps preferred
- Strong understanding of gaming loops, economies, incentives, and UX
- Technically fluent and comfortable working with engineering and producing code
- AI-native mindset, using AI tools to prototype and accelerate execution
- Experience with skill-based or learning-oriented games
Senior Product Manager, New Games Full Description
Senior Product Manager, New Games
Product
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About Us
Chess.com is one of the largest gaming sites in the world and the #1 platform for playing, learning, and enjoying chess.
We are a team of 600+ fully remote people in 60+ countries working hard to serve the global chess community. We are here to support 200M+ chess players worldwide with the best possible product, content, and tools to serve the community!
We are a tech company. A gaming company. A content company. And we do it all with passion and commitment to the game. Above all we prize our mission-driven, flat, life-celebrating, no-corporate culture, and we look forward to meeting you and learning more about what you can bring to the team.
About You
We’re looking for a Senior Product Manager to help us create the next generation of thinking games: skill-based experiences that are elegant, fun, and deeply engaging. This role is for someone who blends excellent product taste, strong game design intuition, and a bias toward action, and who actively uses AI tools to prototype, test, and iterate quickly.
If you’re excited about building games that millions of people love, and using AI as a creative and execution multiplier, we’d love to hear from you.
What you'll do
- Lead the creation of new mobile games from concept to launch
- Design and refine core game mechanics, progression systems, and retention loops
- Rapidly prototype ideas using AI-assisted tools (LLMs, no/low-code, simulations, mockups)
- Partner closely with engineering, design, and data to ship high-quality experiences
- Make thoughtful product decisions grounded in player psychology, metrics, and intuition
- Balance speed and craft—knowing when to move fast and when to sweat the details
Preferred Qualifications
- 7+ years of Product experience, ideally in games or consumer apps
- Strong understanding of gaming mechanics (loops, economies, incentives, UX)
- Excellent product taste—you know what feels good and what doesn’t
- Technically fluent: comfortable collaborating deeply with engineers and understanding systems, not afraid to read and produce code
- AI-native mindset: you already use AI to prototype, explore ideas, and accelerate execution
- Highly agentic: you don’t wait for perfect specs or permission to move forward
- Ability to build quick prototypes yourself (even if rough)
- Experience with skill-based games or learning-oriented products
About the Opportunity
- This is a full-time opportunity
- We are 100% remote (work from anywhere!)
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